President Gotabaya Rajapaksa emphasized the vitality of taking measures to provide essential services effectively with the participation of limited number of personnel once the curfew is lifted.

One more patient has tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 310, says the Ministry of Health.

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

Five more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 309, says the Ministry of Health.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, yesterday, stated that the Easter Sunday carnage was the worst terrorist attack, on civilians, ever to take place, not only in Asia, but also anywhere in the world, and it could have easily been prevented had those in charge of security and power acted promptly on the warnings.

Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith yesterday called for Sri Lanka to observe a two-minute silence and appealed for all places of worship to ring bells to commemorate victims of last year’s April 21 Easter Sunday bombings.

While stating that the ‘law does not expect to do the impossible’, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today said that he had no intention whatsoever to reconvene the old parliament.

The National Election Commission has decided to hold the General Election on April 20th, a Commission’s official said.

One more COVID-19 patient has been discharged from the hospital after recovering from the virus, stated the Ministry of Health.

One more patient has tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 304, says the Ministry of Health.

Eight more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 303, says the Ministry of Health.

One more COVID-19 patient has been discharged from the hospital after recovering from the virus, stated the Ministry of Health.

Member of the National Election Commission Professor Ratnajeevan Hoole has opposed the proposal to conduct the impending Parliamentary Election, on the 28th of May.

Former MP Ranjan Ramanayake, who was arrested for obstructing the duties of police officers, has been released on bail by the Nugegoda Magistrate’s Court today.

Curfew in Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara & Puttalam districts will continue till 5:00 am on 27th April (Monday) 2020, President’s Media Division said.

24 more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 295, says the Ministry of Health.