President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday told a group of Bank of Ceylon officials that he had not instructed them to assist any of his relatives, associates or those who had supported him. State banks should take the lead in assisting everyone from farmers to investors, he said.

The Colombo District Court yesterday rejected the application filed by former minister Sujeewa Senasinghe and two others seeking permission to intervene in the case filed by Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB)

Latest statistics on the outbreak of Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Sri Lanka for the day 15 June 2020, according to the Health Promotion Bureau.

Vinavi Mapitigama (41), the daughter of veteran film Director Chandrarathna Mapitigama, was killed and two others were injured when two cars collided head-on at Wellawatta on the Old Havelock Road yesterday.

Minister of Transport Services Management Mahinda Amaraweera says the government will not permit private bus operators to increase bus fares in any manner at present.

Former Minister Mangala Samaraweera who is quitting politics must be doing so under the instructions of Western powers that have backed him up for a long time, Higher Education, Technology, Innovation and Media Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardena said.

Sri Lanka staged a mock election on Sunday to test measures aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus during a parliamentary vote in August.

Minister of Employment and Labour Relations Dinesh Gunawardena says they will take steps to increase the employable age limit from 14 to 16 years.

Leader of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya Sajith Premadasa has called for prompt measures to eradicate the leasing mafia in the country.

Latest statistics on the outbreak of Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Sri Lanka for the day 14 June 2020, according to the Health Promotion Bureau.

A police constable attached to the State Intelligence Service who assisted in the arrest of a suspect in a recent Rs 7.9 million robbery at the Colombo National Hospital and prevented the escape has died in an accident.

Former Central Province Governor Neluka Ekanayake and Denat Paniyandoowage, two candidates of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) from the Sabaragamuwa and Galle Districts announced their decision to withdraw from the upcoming elections, becoming the second and third candidates to withdraw from the contest – all from the SJB.

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

The President’s Media Division stated that from tomorrow Sunday, 14 June, curfew in all districts will be in effect from 12 midnight, until 4.00 am.

Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has ordered police to stop leasing companies from re-posseing defaulted leases after a three-wheeler owner was allegedly beaten to death by workers employed by a leasing company.