Former United National Party (UNP) Minister Mangala Samaraweera has decided to step down from the politics of being a member of parliament.

The Ministry of Education has decided to reopen all public schools under four stages, as the country is gradually returning to normalcy with no community coronavirus infections being reported for over a month.

Ten individuals including the Propaganda Secretary of the Frontline Socialist Party Duminda Nagamuwa have been arrested for staging a protest opposite the US Embassy in Colombo violating a Court order.

The Supreme Court has decided to dismiss the petition filed seeking a writ order for the Elections Commission to reject the nomination papers submitted by the Samagi Jana Balawegaya for the upcoming general election, without taking it into consideration.

Latest statistics on the outbreak of Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Sri Lanka for the day 9 June 2020, according to the Health Promotion Bureau.

It is not mandatory to wear a face masks when exercising or using walking paths, the Ministry of Health said.

The extraordinary gazette notification containing the preferential numbers for the General Election 2020 has been published a short while ago, stated the Department of Government Printing.

One of the main reasons why Sri Lanka lost the GSP tax concession was the illegal fishing activities carried out by vessels that belonged to Blue Ocean Company, Chairman of the Avant Garde security company, Nissanka Senadhipathi yesterday told the PCoI on political victimization.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday held a meeting with private bus owners to discuss the problems they have faced.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says members of state corporations, statutory boards, state institutions, and director boards, who were appointed under his government, must not engage in political activities for any political party.

The date for holding the General Election will be declared within this week, stated the Elections Commission a short while ago.

Colombo Archbishop Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith called on the Government yesterday to allow church services and other religious activities to resume.

Postal trade unions are presently engaged in trade union action in opposition to the decision by the Post-Master General to close Post Offices and Sub-Post Offices on Saturdays.

Latest statistics on the outbreak of Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Sri Lanka for the day 8 June 2020, according to the Health Promotion Bureau.

In an effort to boost confidence levels, the Central Bank yesterday assured Sri Lanka’s financial system remains resilient and insisted license cancellations of finance companies were done to protect the interests of depositors and should not be construed as sector-wide instability.

Former Prime Minister and UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe charged that serious problems have arisen regarding the government’s programme to control the spread of COVID-19 especially due to lack of testing.