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Defence Secretary Maj. Gen.(Retd) Kamal Gunaratne said that donating a day’s salary to the Government to overcome the financial constraints due to Coronavirus pandemic is not applicable to Tri-Forces, Police and Civil Defence Services personnel.

11 more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 981, says the Ministry of Health.

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

6 more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 970, says the Ministry of Health.

4 more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 964, says the Ministry of Health.

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

The SLFP, which is contesting the Parliamentary Polls on the Podujana Peramuna ticket, shared common ground with the UNP, on the feasibility of holding the elections as scheduled on June 20 when the two parties along with 32 others met the Elections Commission in Colombo, last week.

Two deaths due to the adverse weather experienced across the country were reported yesterday from Kegalle.

More than 56,000 persons have been arrested thus far for violating curfew regulations since curfew was first imposed.

11 more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 960, says the Ministry of Health.

12 more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 949, says the Ministry of Health.

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

Curfew will be implemented island wide from 8.00 p.m. today, till 5.00 a.m. on Monday.

The Sri Lanka Telecom PLC and Mobitel (Pvt) Ltd has donated Rs.50 million to COVID-19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund.

10 more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 935, says the Ministry of Health.

Government has announced a grace period till 31 July, 2020 to renew vehicle revenue licences in the Western Province.