Allow mobile services to operate – Bakery owners

The All Ceylon Bakery Owners Association says those selling bakery products in three-wheelers and bicycles have been prevented from operating in curfew-imposed areas.



Two persons at Elephant House Head office test positive for COVID-19

Two persons at the Elephant House Head office, Colombo have tested positive for COVID-19.



Reveal purpose of Pompeo’s visit – Wajira

Former Minister Wajira Abeywardena has said that those in the present government would have accused the former government for selling off the country to the US, had the US Secretary of State visited the country during the UNP government.



CCTV footage of suicide bombers played before PCoI

Mohammed Azam Mohammed Mubarak and Mohammed Hastun, who blew themselves up inside the Kingsbury Hotel and at the Katuwapitiya Church respectively. On April 11 2019, they purchased nine backpacks and eight shawls that National Thowheed Jamaat (NTJ) members wore in the video pledging allegiance to ISIS, the PCoI probing Easter Sunday attacks was informed, on Tuesday (27).



Coronavirus outbreak in Sri Lanka – 28 October 2020

Latest statistics on the outbreak of Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Sri Lanka for the day 28 October 2020, according to the Health Promotion Bureau.



Sri Lanka has not fallen into a debt trap, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa tells Mike Pompeo

China has helped Sri Lanka to develop infrastructure after the civil war and Sri Lanka has not fallen into a debt trap, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has told United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (Michael Richard Pompeo).



US wants supremacy in Indian Ocean – JVP

Leader of the JVP Anura Kumara Dissanayaka says the visit by the United States Secretary of State to Sri Lanka and other South Asian countries is focused on acquiring supremacy in the Indian Ocean.



Pompeo says China has brought bad deals and lawlessness to Sri Lanka

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the Chinese Communist Party was operating as a “predator” in Sri Lanka, as the top U.S. diplomat kept up tough criticism of China on a tour of Asia.



Curfew in Western Province from midnight tomorrow

A quarantine curfew will be imposed within the Western Province from 12 midnight tomorrow (October 29), stated the Army Commander Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva.



U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets Sri Lanka President

United States Secretary of State Michael Richard Pompeo (Mike Pompeo) has called on Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa a short while ago.



COVID-19 ‘Slightly Out of Control’ – President of PHIA

President of the Public Health Inspectors’ Association of Sri Lanka (PHIA), Upul Rohana, said the spread of COVID-19 in the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) area was ‘slightly out of control.’



Government will not hide if COVID-19 has reached community spread stage – Pathirana

With the rapid rise of COVID-19 patients and limited hospital beds fresh treatment measures were being adapted by the Government, a top official said yesterday, assuring that the Government would not hide announcing if the virus has reached community spread stage.



Curfew in Panadura, Moratuwa & Homagama police areas

Quarantine curfew has been imposed in three police areas of Colombo and Kalutara districts with immediate effect, says the Commander of Army, Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva.



U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives in Sri Lanka

Secretary of State of United States, Michael Richard Pompeo (Mike Pompeo) has arrived in Sri Lanka a short while ago (27) for two-day bilateral discussions, says the U.S. Embassy in Colombo.



Coronavirus outbreak in Sri Lanka – 27 October 2020

Latest statistics on the outbreak of Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Sri Lanka for the day 27 October 2020, according to the Health Promotion Bureau.



Two more COVID-19 deaths reported in Sri Lanka – Total rises to 19

The Health Ministry has said that two more COVID-19 deaths have been reported from Sri Lanka, increasing the death toll to 19.