Cabinet this week approved the State Trading Corporation (STC) and Cooperative Wholesale Establishment (CWE) to import 6,000 metric tons of Basmati rice annually under the provision of the Pakistan-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement (FTA).

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has dispatched 06 police teams to arrest MP Rishad Bathiudeen, the Police Spokesperson said.

Import tax on dhal, canned fish, Big Onions and sugar was lifted from today considering the cost of living and hardships faced by the people due to COVID-19, Presidential Media Unit said.

Fort Magistrate Priyantha Liyanage on Tuesday (13) said the Criminal Investigations Department does not need a warrant from a court in order to arrest MP Rishad Bathiudeen and two others, based on the nature of the charges filed against them.

Latest statistics on the outbreak of Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Sri Lanka for the day 13 October 2020, according to the Health Promotion Bureau.

A special investigation has been launched pertaining to the alleged incident in which a 21-year-old arrested by the Pugoda Police on Sunday night fell ill while in custody and died upon admission to the Ragama Hospital.

The Government is prepared to make changes to the proposed 20th Amendment to the Constitution in accordance with Supreme Court recommendations, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Chairman and Parliamentarian Prof. G.L. Peiris said yesterday.

Health Ministry Spokesman and Medical Research Institute Deputy Director Dr. Jayaruwan Bandara yesterday told the media that Sri Lanka is in a position to battle the new COVID-19 cluster and to contain outbreaks of the virus in occupational settings.

The head of the World Health Organization has warned against deliberately allowing coronavirus to spread in the hope of achieving so-called herd immunity, saying the idea is unethical.

The Police has requested the public to maintain a log of places they visit either on a mobile phone or in a notebook in the event it is required in future.

Latest statistics on the outbreak of Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Sri Lanka for the day 12 October 2020, according to the Health Promotion Bureau.

Hela Clothing, an apparel manufacturing group, said that an employee at its Thihariya plant tested positive for Covid-19 on October 11.

The police had not come up with a plan to deal with an impending terrorist attack after the State Intelligence Service (SIS) had received foreign intelligence, on April 04, 2019 that National Thowheed Jamaat (NTJ) leader Zahran Hashim and his associates would carry out an attack, former IGP Pujith Jayasundara on Saturday told the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) into the Easter Sunday attacks.

Attorney General Dappula de Livera has summoned the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) S.P. Ranasinghe and the Chief Investigating Officer to meet him today.

Latest statistics on the outbreak of Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Sri Lanka for the day 11 October 2020, according to the Health Promotion Bureau.

Two villages in Mannar have been declared isolated areas in an attempt to control the COVID-19 pandemic, stated the Army Commander Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva.