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Seven more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 330, says the Ministry of Health.

One more patient has tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 323, says the Ministry of Health.

Former Leader of the House Lakshman Kiriella has deemed the 2nd of March Presidential Proclamation issued to dissolve the Eighth Parliament, invalid, and has requested Former Speaker of House Karu Jayasuriya to reconvene the previous Parliament.

One more patient has tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 322, says the Ministry of Health.

11 more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 321, says the Ministry of Health.

Two more COVID-19 patients have been discharged from the hospital after recovering from the virus, stated the Ministry of Health.

The Government would bring all culprits who planned, financed and supported the Easter bombing carnage that killed over 270 and wounded over 500 innocent people on last year’s Easter Sunday, to book soon, Defence Secretary Major General (Retired) Kamal Gunaratne has said.

The government of Japan has provided a sum of approximately Rs.230 million through the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies for tackling the novel COVID-19 in Sri Lanka.

113 students who had been stranded in Lahore and Karachi have been brought back to Sri Lanka today (21).

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa emphasized the vitality of taking measures to provide essential services effectively with the participation of limited number of personnel once the curfew is lifted.

One more patient has tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 310, says the Ministry of Health.

Two more COVID-19 patients have been discharged from the hospital after recovering from the virus, stated the Ministry of Health.

Five more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 309, says the Ministry of Health.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, yesterday, stated that the Easter Sunday carnage was the worst terrorist attack, on civilians, ever to take place, not only in Asia, but also anywhere in the world, and it could have easily been prevented had those in charge of security and power acted promptly on the warnings.

Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith yesterday called for Sri Lanka to observe a two-minute silence and appealed for all places of worship to ring bells to commemorate victims of last year’s April 21 Easter Sunday bombings.

While stating that the ‘law does not expect to do the impossible’, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today said that he had no intention whatsoever to reconvene the old parliament.