The Election Commission (EC) will meet today (20), to take a final decision on holding the Parliamentary Elections, which have been postponed indefinitely after taking the nominations, sources said.

Sri Lanka Police says they have information arising from ongoing investigations into the terror attacks on Easter Sunday to believe that a second wave of attacks was planned, after the Easter Sunday bombing that took place last year.

Two more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 271, says the Ministry of Health.

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

13 more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 269, says the Ministry of Health.

Two more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 256, says the Ministry of Health.

Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Saturday allowed Sri Lanka to operate special flights to Pakistan to bring back Sri Lankan nationals stranded in Pakistan, ARY News reported.

The National People’s Power says the government must prioritise the containment of the coronavirus over the General Election.

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

Six more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 254, says the Ministry of Health.

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

With the objective of restoring normalcy in the civilian life the Government has decided to relax the curfew imposed in order to control the spread of COVID-19.

Four more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 248, says the Ministry of Health.

The Election Commission has no authority to postpone the General Election without fixing an alternate date, says Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Former Speaker of Parliament Karu Jayasuriya yesterday (17) requested the Government and the Opposition to work together with the Election Commission (EC) to avoid a possible Constitutional crisis if the Parliamentary Election could not be held on time.

Former non-cabinet minister Dr. Harsha de Silva said yesterday (17) that the wisest thing to do was to pave the way for parliament to meet again by rescinding gazette, bearing no. 2165/8, dated March 02, that dissolved the House.