Failed Government, not failed State – Opposition Leader

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday denied that he had used the term ‘failed state’ in his speech.



Sri Lanka confirms one more COVID-19 deaths

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



COVID-19 infected man who spat on PHIs remanded

The COVID-19 infected man who spat on health workers and obstructed their duties in Atulugama last Wednesday (02) has been arrested and remanded till December 17 after being produced before court.



Bus carrying COVID-19 patients met with accident in Welikanda

A bus carrying 23 COVID-19 patients towards Punani collided with another bus coming from Kattankudy to Polonnaruwa at Asela Pura in Welikanda this morning.



Failure to probe 04/21 attackers background could see repeat – Patali

Samagi Jana Balawegaya Parliamentarian Patali Champika Ranawaka says failure to investigate the background of terrorists involved in the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks could lead to another extremist attack in future.



Site of Meethotamulla garbage dump being converted into Rs. 1.7 billion modern park – Dr. Godahewa

State Minister of Urban Development, Coast Conservation, Waste Disposal and Public Sanitation Dr. Nalaka Godahewa told Parliament yesterday that the site of the Meethotamulla garbage dump would be converted into a modern urban park at an estimated cost of Rs 1.7 billion.



Not banning TNA a big mistake – Weerasekara

Minister of Public Security, Rear Admiral (retired) Sarath Weerasekara yesterday (3), opined that it was a big mistake not banning the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) after winning the war in 2009.



SF warns LTTE threat not over

Sparks of terrorism were still surfacing from the smoldering ashes even though the political leaders boasted in air-conditioned rooms that they had ended the war, former army commander and SJB Gampaha District MP Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka said in Parliament yesterday.



Sri Lanka confirms 5 more COVID-19 deaths

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



Daljith Aluwihare removed as Matale Mayor

Governor of the Central Province Lalith U Gamage has issued an Extraordinary Gazette Notification, removing Daljith Aluwihare from his post as Mayor of the Matale Municipal Council.



Government under fire over its decision to abolish PUCSL

Consumer rights groups and opposition lawmakers yesterday alleged that the CEB and some power producers had engineered the disbanding of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), and the government’s decision to close down the PUCSL would pave the way for backdoor power project deals..



End to waste plastic menace through national 100,000 km roads program

A sustainable solution has been found to the ever-increasing waste plastic problem in Sri Lanka by an innovative technology that converts non-recyclable plastic as a raw material to modify asphalt as a value-added product called plastic modified asphalt concrete to be used extensively in the highway road carpeting sector..



Not ‘Sir’ or Government failed, but 6.9 Million voters – Ruwan

It is not “Sir” or the Government that has failed, but those who voted for this Government, UNP Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene said on Sunday.



Injured Mahara Prison inmate admitted to Ragama Hospital escapes

An inmate, who was under medical care at the Colombo North Teaching Hospital in Ragama after sustaining injuries during the Mahara Prison riot, has escaped last night (02).



Sri Lanka confirms 2 more COVID-19 deaths

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



Sri Lanka evacuates thousands as Cyclone Burevi nears

Sri Lanka evacuated 75,000 people from homes on the east coast, where tropical cyclone Burevi, packing winds of 80 kph to 90 kph (50 mph to 56 mph) is expected to hit the island nation late on Wednesday.