An Extraordinary Gazette has been issued by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declaring several services as essential services considering the current COVID-19 situation in the country.

Speaker of the Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has placed his signature today (27) validating the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill which was passed in Parliament on May 20, 2021.

The JVP says countries that took objective decisions instead of arbitrary actions have managed to successfully contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Reports on terrorist threats or such related activities have not been revealed in Sri Lanka as of yesterday, stated the Defence ministry in a media communiqué yesterday with regard to the Level-4 US Travel Warning to Sri Lanka.

The Ministry of Finance and the World Bank recently signed a new agreement to receive a grant from the European Union to support the Agriculture Sector Modernization Project (ASMP).

The COVID-19 death toll in Sri Lanka climbed to 1,298 with 29 more deaths being confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today (26), the Government Information Department said.

Acting Solicitor General Sanjaya Rajaratnam has been sworn in as the new Attorney General of Sri Lanka before President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat today (26).

The JVP says the government must self-reflect of the factors that led to the critical progression of the coronavirus pandemic in the country.

Sri Lanka Government has decided to lift the temporary restriction imposed on inbound travellers with effect from the 01st of June.

Sri Lanka has received 500,000 doses of Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine donated by China as the Indian Ocean island nation faces severe shortage of vaccines amid a recent rise in infections.

The U.S. embassy in Sri Lanka donated 4,700 PCR test kits worth Rs.13 million to the Ministry of Health yesterday (25).

As COVID-19 has hampered the Vesak celebrations, commemorate it giving priority to understand the Buddhist teachings in a more pragmatic way, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said in his Vesak Poya Day message.

It is our societal duty in the face of the COVID-19 epidemic to dedicate ourselves to the protection and well-being of the lives of others as preached by the Buddha, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said in his Vesak Poya Day message.

The COVID-19 death toll in Sri Lanka climbed to 1,269 with 28 more deaths being confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today (25), the Government Information Department said.

Grama Niladhari officers across the island will launch an indefinite strike action from midnight today.

Kurunegala District Parliamentarian Nalin Bandara Jayamaha and his wife have tested positive for COVID-19.