Category: Local News

Private bus owners say inter-provincial bus services will commence from Tuesday onwards, if the Ministry of Transport and health authorities grant approval to proposals presented to officials in this regard two weeks prior.

Warning that 500,000 workers ranging from three-wheeler drivers to high level executives would lose their jobs due to the impact of the rampaging Coronavirus, UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said last week that the government, by printing Rs. 200 billion during an economic recession, had only succeeded in pushing up inflation.

Four more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 1089, says the Ministry of Health.

17 more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 1085, says the Ministry of Health.

The police curfew in all districts would be relaxed and only be in effect from 10.00 pm to 4.00 am daily from May 26 until further notice, the President’s Media Division said.

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

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that a Presidential Task Force will be appointed under the Defence Secretary to conduct a comprehensive survey of archaeological sites in the East and to take measures to preserve them.

Election Commission Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya’s contradictory statements on holding the General Election, has given rise to a highly problematic situation, political analysts point out.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, yesterday, said that the Rs. 5,000 allowance, given to the people who had lost their daily income due to COVID-19 pandemic, would not be stopped though there had been a decision made not to pay it for the month of June, owing to opposition by some political parties.

Nine more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 1068, says the Ministry of Health.

Price of Lanka IOC 92 Octane Petrol will be decreased by Rs. 5 per litre with effect from midnight today.

Two more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 1057, says the Ministry of Health.

Island-wide curfew will be re-imposed from 8.00 pm tomorrow (23) to 5.00 am on Tuesday (26) including the high-risk districts of Colombo and Gampaha where curfew will continue indefinitely.

The United National Party has filed a fundamental rights petition before the Supreme Court calling for the Extraordinary Gazette notification issued by the President dissolving the eighth Parliament to be quashed.

The government decided to develop school cricket and develop facilities at the other stadiums suspending the International Cricket Stadium project in Diyagama yesterday.

Following institute and personal donations along with direct deposits, the Itukama COVID-19 Healthcare and Security Fund reached Rs. 1136 million yesterday (May 21).