During a search operation carried out by the Kelaniya Police last night, three suspects were arrested in Kelaniya for the possession of 800 kilograms of turmeric that was illegally imported.

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna parliamentarian Professor Ranjith Bandara says the public will witness economic management of the present government in the coming days.

Ceylon Teachers Union General Secretary Joseph Stalin, Frontline Socialist Party Politburo Member Duminda Nagamuwa and several others who were detained in quarantine centres were released yesterday.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today instructed officials to launch a mobile vaccination service for those who are suffering from illnesses and unable to leave their homes.

The Director-General of Health Services has relaxed the restrictions that were in force for several more sectors effective from today (July 16).

A fire has broken out at the canteen and old hostel of Maradana Police Station early this morning (July 16).

Former Home Affairs Minister and UNP Chairman Wajira Abeywardena, at a Media conference yesterday (15), claimed more than 600,000 Sri Lankans have applied for visas at Foreign Embassies and High Commissions to enter other countries

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has ordered an investigation of allegations that some members of state intelligence agencies knew and met with people who carried out Easter Sunday bombings in 2019 that killed more than 260 people, a government official said.

Directives have been issued to security units to promptly arrest the suspects involved in hurling rocks at religious places of worship in Mannar, The Secretary of Defence Rt. General Kamal Gunaratne said.

Sri Lanka has identified oil and gas deposits currently valued at US$ 240 billion, Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila said.

19 new COVID-19 patients with the highly-contagious Indian variant known as Delta have been detected in several areas in the country, Deputy Director General of Health Services Dr Hemantha Herath said.

The Chinese government decided to donate another 1.6 million doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine to Sri Lanka, the Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka said.

The JVP says Minister of Finance Basil Rajapaksa must provide an explanation over whether he will approach the International Monetary Fund to resolve the country’s economic crisis.

Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) stated that if fully vaccinated foreign travellers test negative to a COVID test on the first day in the country, they will be able to travel anywhere in the country without undergoing quarantine.

It is doubtful whether there is any public concern about the coronavirus. However, the risk of the virus spread is gradually increasing, the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) said.

United National Party (UNP) Leader, former Prime Minister, MP Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday (14) called for a Parliamentary debate on the current economic crisis in the country.