949 COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka

12 more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 949, says the Ministry of Health.



43 more patients recover from Coronavirus

43 more COVID-19 patients have been discharged from the hospital after recovering from the virus, stated the Ministry of Health.



We missed out the real champion, Mali my bad – Rohit Sharma

Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma and Chennai Super Kings player Suresh Raina turned selectors on their recent chat session on Instagram as the due picked their combined MI-CSK ultimate XI.



Island wide curfew to be enforced tonight

Curfew will be implemented island wide from 8.00 p.m. today, till 5.00 a.m. on Monday.



COVID-19 Fund balance surpasses Rs. 1 billion

The Sri Lanka Telecom PLC and Mobitel (Pvt) Ltd has donated Rs.50 million to COVID-19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund.



935 COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka

10 more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 935, says the Ministry of Health.



Grace period for vehicle revenue licence renewals

Government has announced a grace period till 31 July, 2020 to renew vehicle revenue licences in the Western Province.



32 more patients recover from Coronavirus

32 more COVID-19 patients have been discharged from the hospital after recovering from the virus, stated the Ministry of Health.



Four arrested with 226kg of heroin in Ragama

Four suspects have been arrested while in possession of 225kg 969g of heroin during a raid in Welisara, Ragama by the Police Narcotic Bureau (PNB).



Alcohol consumption drops 80% in Sri Lanka due to COVID-19

The Alcohol and Drug Information Centre says alcohol consumption has dropped by 80% among consumers, since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country.



No job losses in private sector

The Government assured that no one in the private sector will lose their jobs due to the financial crisis created by the COVID-19 outbreak.



925 COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka

Nine more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 925, says the Ministry of Health.



Sri Lanka begins export of 200 million face masks

Basil Rajapaksa, Special Representative of the President and Head of the Presidential Task Force on Economic Revival and Poverty Eradication, symbolically handed over the first batch of face masks from a production of 200 million face masks for export by Brandix, to the US Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives Alaina B. Teplitz.



President surrenders his three-month salary to COVID-19 Fund

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has surrendered his three-month salary of Rs. 292,500.00 to the COVID-19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund.



Mangala arrives at CID to record statement

Former Minister of Finance Mangala Samaraweera arrived at the Criminal Investigation Department to give a statement over facilitating finances to transport voters during the last Presidential Election.



PUCSL, CEB & LECO to provide maximum relief to consumers to pay bills

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) and Lanka Electricity Company Private Limited (LECO) have taken steps to ensure fairness for electricity consumers in issuing monthly electricity bills and allowing a grace period to pay the monthly bills.