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

The Second Reading of the Appropriation Bill for the fiscal year 2021 has been approved in the Parliament with a two-thirds majority.

Atulugama in Bandaragama has been isolated following the detection of COVID-19 cases.

The United National Party (UNP) yesterday charged that the Government has failed to indicate a revenue enhancement model needed to fund debt repayment for 2021 in the Budget, pointing out that $ 5.2 billion worth of debt was due for repayment next year.

Minister Chamal Rajapaksa said in Parliament, on 20 November, at least eight to nine persons die on a daily basis in traffic accidents, according to the Police.

The multi-skilled and multi-faceted corps of Sri Lanka Army Engineers (SLE) yesterday raised its newest first Army Engineers Division that includes three Brigades.

Another patient who tested positive for the COVID-19 has died today, marking the 74th death reported in Sri Lanka due to COVID-19.

Three persons have been arrested with 100 kilograms of heroin by the Special Task Force (STF) in the Weligama area in Matara.

Latest statistics on the outbreak of Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Sri Lanka for the day 20 November 2020, according to the Health Promotion Bureau.

The Ceylon Teachers Services Union has raised objections to the decision by the government to reopen schools across the island excluding schools in the Western Province and in isolated areas.

The government could not dispatch 10 or more aircraft and bring home Lankan migrant workers stranded overseas though it was desirous of doing so because it had to follow international procedures, Labour Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva told Parliament yesterday.

Colombo Mayor Rosy Senanayake yesterday (19), said people who live within the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) area are facing a massive humanitarian crisis due to the knock-on effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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

Former Chairman of the Ceylon Fertilizer Company Limited has been arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) for financial fraud.

The Rapid Antigen Test is not a substitute for the PCR test, stressed the Government Medical Officers Association on Thursday (18).

The government’s current import restrictions in place are having a negative impact on Sri Lankan and European businesses, and on Foreign Direct Investment, the Delegation of the European Union (EU) said.