Birth, death, and marriage certificate copies issued online

Copies of birth, death, and marriage certificates will be issued online from today (August 02), the Registrar General’s Department said.



Teachers will not report to work – Stalin

Despite President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s announcement mandating public servants to return to work, academic staff in schools around the country will not report to work.



Sri Lanka’s worst COVID outbreak yet to come – Professor Malik Peiris

Head of Virology at the University of Hong Kong, Professor Malik Peiris has warned that the worst for Sri Lanka is yet to come, and it will hit the island in the coming months.



Another ex-domestic aide at MP Bathiudeen’s house claims she suffered sexual harassment

Investigations disclosed that three of the eleven women who had served as domestic workers at MP Rishad Bathiudeen’s residence in Colombo since 2010, have died.



Singer Umaria Sinhawansa arrested over accident in Rajagiriya

Popular singer Umaria Sinhawansa was arrested by the Welikada Police last evening (31) following an accident near the Rajagiriya flyover.



Lunch sheet ban effective from today

Sri Lanka’s ban on all types of non-degradable lunch sheets will be implemented from today (August 01) onwards.



Upsurge in COVID deaths and cases, but Government wants normal work from tomorrow

Despite close to 250 people dying from COVID-19 this week and daily COVID positive cases exceeding 2,000 during the past few days, the Government is determined to fully resume public services from tomorrow in a move that will bring thousands of state sector employees to Colombo and its suburbs via public transport.



Isuru Udana retires from international cricket

Allrounder Isuru Udana has announced his retirement from international cricket, conveying his decision to Sri Lanka Cricket through a letter on Friday.



Government MP seeks to sterilise monkeys countrywide

Matale District SLPP MP Rohana Dissanayake has submitted a private member’s motion seeking parliamentary approval for a nationwide project to capture and sterilise stray monkeys.



Identify those not vaccinated – President

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed officials to conduct an island wide survey on those who have not obtained any vaccine against COVID-19.



No more localities under isolation orders at present – Army Chief

All localities in Sri Lanka that were placed under isolation have now been released from the orders, the Army Commander General Shavendra Silva says.



Veteran actress Hyacinth Wijeratne dies in road accident

Veteran actress Hyacinth Wijeratne has passed away in a motor accident that took place last night (July 30).



Sri Lanka bans 3 cricketers for breaching virus bubble

Sri Lanka cricket officials have banned three national team players for one year from international cricket and fined them $50,000 each for breaching a bio-secure bubble during the recent tour of England.



Special notice to public servants

The government has decided to call all employees of public service back to duty from August 02 (Monday), subject to COVID-19 health guidelines.



Sarana Gunawardena released from 8 bribery cases

The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court today (July 30) released former Deputy Minister Sarana Gunawardena from the charges in 08 cases filed against him by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC).



Man arrested with heroin worth nearly Rs. 400 million

A man was arrested with 40 kg of heroin which has a street value of Rs. 400 million during a raid at Rerukana in Bandaragama early this morning (July 30).