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.

Leader of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya Sajith Premadasa says the party is prepared to engage in a fight alongside the public to obtain concessions for water and electricity tariffs for the months of March and April.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed the Diyawadana Nilame and Basnayaka Nilames to organize this year’s Peraheras (procession) at main places of worship and Devalas giving priority to traditional and religious rituals.

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

The body of a man which was found with gunshot wounds near the Independence Square in Colombo this morning was identified as 63-year old Rajeewa Prabash Jayaweera.

Former Parliamentarian Lakshman Kiriella says health guidelines issued for the conduct of the General Election are impractical.

While condemning Tuesday’s assault on Frontline Socialist Party Protestors by the Police, Co-cabinet Spokesman Information, Higher Education and Innovations Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardena yesterday said that the attack was only a counter-attack made in response to an attack by the protestors and not an attack launched on an order of the Government to suppress the protestors.