President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has categorically directed that officials with decision-making powers must attend District and Regional Development Committee meetings to implement people-centric projects.

Irrigation Minister Chamal Rajapaksa said the Committee appointed under him will look into what steps the government has taken so far and what else needs to be done in line with the recommendations of the Easter Sunday attacks Commission report.

Ten more COVID-19 related deaths have been reported in Sri Lanka, the Department of Government Information confirmed a short while ago.

Wildlife Conservation Department and Forest Department officers are up in arms over a circular which prevents them from filing legal action against government institutions which permit deforestation and other illegal acts in violation of the Fauna and Flora Ordinance.

Archbishop of Colombo Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith yesterday (20) said he did not believe victims will receive justice through a six-member ministerial committee appointed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to study the final report of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the Easter Sunday terror attacks.

Two more COVID-19 related deaths have been reported in Sri Lanka, the Department of Government Information confirmed a short while ago.

Sri Lanka will purchase 10 million doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from India, officials said.

Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara yesterday told a gathering at Anuradhapura that he did not need to take COVID-19 vaccine for at least six months.

A 24-year-old female, who alleged to have attended classes conducted by Easter Sunday suicide bomber Zahran Hashim, arrested in Mawanella by the TID (Terrorists Investigation Division) yesterday, police spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed a committee to study the report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) on the Easter Sunday attacks and the Parliamentary Committee report on National Security, the President’s Media Division said.

Tripura law minister Ratan Lal Nath on Thursday claimed that several countries including the United States and Sri Lanka were influenced by Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) ideals and were thinking of accepting them.

The JVP has challenged the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into Political Victimization to be brought before the public in order to table recommendations.

The Women Parliamentarians Caucus stated that they will stand for the rights and job security of Bimshani Jasinarachchi, promoted first Deputy Inspector General of Police in Sri Lanka.

Eight more COVID-19 related deaths have been reported in Sri Lanka, the Department of Government Information confirmed a short while ago.

The Chief Justice has appointed two Trial-at Bars to hear the cases involving the Central Bank bond scam, Attorney General’s Coordinating Officer- State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne said.

US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alaina B. Teplitz on today (18) expressed her disappointment with regard to Sri Lanka’s cremation policy.