The government could not be blamed for the reduction in people’s incomes because the coronavirus pandemic had affected the entire world, Media and Higher Education Minister Bandula Gunawardane said yesterday.

Police fired tear gas to disperse a group of residents who acted violently at the Angulana Police station and pelted stones in protest of the recent death of a fisherman.

Leader of the United National Party Ranil Wickremesinghe says the government is facing grave challenges, due to the lack of an effective programme to address economic turmoil brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Latest statistics on the outbreak of Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Sri Lanka for the day 16 July 2020, according to the Health Promotion Bureau.

Following corporate, individual donations and direct deposits, ‘ITUKAMA’ COVID-19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund balance has now surpassed Rs. 1491 million.

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has recommended zonal lockdowns to thwart a possible second wave of corona infections.

There is no need to declare a curfew or lockdown in the country because the Kandakadu COVID-19 cluster is restricted to certain areas. The solutions should be matched with the issue and suitable solutions have been given considering the size of the issue, Health Services Director General Dr. Anil Jasinghe said.

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

Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenna was appointed as the 24th Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday.

The government has directed attention towards handing over the preparation of driving licenses to the Sri Lanka Army from next year.

UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said, in Kandy, on Sunday (12) that testing for Covid-19 had to be increased to at least 5,000 a day in view of the current situation in the country.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has declared 2021-2030 the Decade of Skills Development in Sri Lanka. The move is expected to herald a transformational phase of educational reform and skills development for the nation in line with the government’s national policy framework, ‘Vistas of Prosperity and Splendour’.

A 36-year-old inmate of the Negombo Prison who was admitted to the District General Hospital, Negombo, with symptoms similar to COVID-19, died from injuries sustained from a fall from the hospital’s eighth floor.

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

The National Peoples’ Power (NPP) said yesterday the government was hiding the true situation of the COVID-19 outbreak in a move to show that the situation in the country had returned to normalcy just for political advantage.

A police officer has died after being knocked down by a tipper truck at Kongala checkpoint in the area of Hakmana.