Category: Local News

The National Election Commission has decided to hold the General Election on April 20th, a Commission’s official said.

One more COVID-19 patient has been discharged from the hospital after recovering from the virus, stated the Ministry of Health.

One more patient has tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 304, says the Ministry of Health.

Eight more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 303, says the Ministry of Health.

One more COVID-19 patient has been discharged from the hospital after recovering from the virus, stated the Ministry of Health.

Member of the National Election Commission Professor Ratnajeevan Hoole has opposed the proposal to conduct the impending Parliamentary Election, on the 28th of May.

Former MP Ranjan Ramanayake, who was arrested for obstructing the duties of police officers, has been released on bail by the Nugegoda Magistrate’s Court today.

Curfew in Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara & Puttalam districts will continue till 5:00 am on 27th April (Monday) 2020, President’s Media Division said.

24 more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 295, says the Ministry of Health.

The Election Commission (EC) will meet today (20), to take a final decision on holding the Parliamentary Elections, which have been postponed indefinitely after taking the nominations, sources said.

Sri Lanka Police says they have information arising from ongoing investigations into the terror attacks on Easter Sunday to believe that a second wave of attacks was planned, after the Easter Sunday bombing that took place last year.

Two more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 271, says the Ministry of Health.

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

13 more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 269, says the Ministry of Health.

Two more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 256, says the Ministry of Health.

Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Saturday allowed Sri Lanka to operate special flights to Pakistan to bring back Sri Lankan nationals stranded in Pakistan, ARY News reported.