The Supreme Court today rejected the examining of 12 Fundamental Rights petitions filed challenging the gazette notification issued on cremation of COVID-19 victims.

The government will not be able to conduct the GCE Ordinary Level Examination on the scheduled dates due to the prevailing situation in the country, Minister of Education GL Peiris said in Parliament.

Another inmate who was admitted to the Ragama Hospital after being injured in the clash at the Mahara Prison on Sunday (29) has died.

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday called for an independent and impartial inquiry into the unrest at the Mahara prison on Sunday night which left eight prisoners dead and scores injured.

The Expenditure Heads of the Ministry of Health and State Ministries of Production and Supply of Pharmaceuticals and Indigenous Medicine Promotion and Rural and Ayurvedic Hospitals for the year 2021 were passed with amendment in Parliament yesterday.

State Minister of Prison Reforms and Prisoners’ Rehabilitation, Dr. Sudarshani Fernandopulle, yesterday (30), claimed in Parliament that the Government believes there is an invisible hand behind the unrest at Mahara Prison on 29 November.

Dharmasiri Perera, the main suspect in the assassination of Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Council Member Ranjan de Silva has been arrested by the Interpol in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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

Dr. Sudarshini Fernandopulle was sworn in as the State Minister for Primary Health Services, Infectious Diseases and COVID-19 Prevention.

Intermittent gunfire rang out Monday at a Sri Lankan high security prison where a riot by inmates over a surge of coronavirus infections left at least eight dead and 55 wounded, police said.

Minister Basil Rajapaksa and three others have been acquitted by the Colombo High Court over the case misappropriation of public funds to distribute roofing sheets during the run up to the 2015 Presidential Election case.

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) charges the government of concealing the true financial figures of the country.

Justice Minister Ali Sabry on Saturday (27) urged Opposition MPs to be fair when they spoke about the judiciary as their speeches and innuendos could lead to an erosion of public faith in the judiciary.

Eight persons have died while 109 others have sustained injuries in the unrest reported at the Mahara Prison last evening.

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

Four inmates were killed and twenty four others were injured during the tense situation at the Mahara Prison.