Latest statistics on the outbreak of Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Sri Lanka for the day 06 October 2020, according to the Health Promotion Bureau.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) is ready to suspend confrontational politics and provide whatever support the government may need to curb the new situation that had arisen with regard to COVID-19, an MP attached to the party said yesterday.

Former IGP Pujith Jayasundara and former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando should be held fully responsible for not preventing the bombings on Easter Sunday, 21 April 2019, former President Maithripala Sirisena said.

Defence Secretary Maj. Gen. Kamal Gunaratne said that the speech he had made during an opening ceremony of the Vavuniya Kachcheri Auditorium had been distorted and misinterpreted tarnishing his integrity and reputation.

The President’s Media Division (PMD) requested people not to fall prey to false news circulating on social media sites saying that an island-wide curfew will be imposed tomorrow.

Two more employees of the apparel factory in Minuwangoda where the COVID-19 patient from Divulapitiya worked have been confirmed to have contracted the novel coronavirus.

2,000 persons, including employees of the apparel factory in Minuwangoda, their associates and several school children will undergo PCR tests today.

Two more employees of the apparel factory in Minuwangoda, where the COVID-19 patient from Divulapitiya worked, have tested positive for COVID-19.

The hearings of the petitions filed against the 20th Amendment to the Constitution has been concluded by the five-Judge Bench of the Supreme Court today.

Sixty-nine contacts of the Divulapitiya COVID-19 patient have been tested positive for COVID-19 infection.

Buses will only be allowed to carry passengers according to their seating capacity, State Bus Transport Services Minister Dilum Amunugama said.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, yesterday, denied allegations that the Auditor General’s powers would be reduced by the proposed 20th Amendment.

Police Curfew also imposed in Veyangoda Police area until further notice according to the Government Information Department.

The National Freedom Front (NFF) says that three points contained in the proposed 20th Amendment to the Constitution should be amended.

The Ministry of Education says the second term holidays beginning from tomorrow will apply for private and international schools as well.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says ensuring national security is the first and foremost responsibility of the government.