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12,000 Grama Niladharis in Sri Lanka on strike demanding jabs

Three GN officers out of 50 infected have already died of COVID-19, with another 100 quarantined.

May 27, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka prepares for oil spill as burning X-Press Pearl spews cargo and charred debris

About half the 278 tonnes of oil on board the container vessel could spill

May 26, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka president, PM call for "Prathipaththi pooja"-focused Vesak at home

Absorbing and understanding the Dhamma will help Buddhists get through the current crisis, the premier said.

May 26, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka planet savers stop X-Press Pearl plastic pollution defying Coronavirus

Virgin polyethene granules are worth about 1000 US dollar a tonne.

May 26, 2021 2 min read
Does Covid vaccines deprive visa and reduce fertility? - fact-checked

Some countries do not require vaccines and other countries requesting mandatory vaccination do not reject Sinopharm.

Sri Lanka vaccinates 61-pct of population, amid over-60s caution

48-percent with Sinopharm

COVID 19: More patients cured and discharged than warded in hospitals

For the first time the number of COVID 19 patients who have been cured and discharged from hospital has exceeded the num...

May 16, 2020 1 min read

151 Navy Personnel have recovered from COVID 19 - Army Chief

Army Commander Lt Gen Shavendra Silva said that a total of 479 Navy personnel have been infected by COVID-19 so far whil...

May 16, 2020 1 min read

Alcohol and tobacco consumption falls due to COVID 19 lockdown

The COVID 19 lockdown has seen a “significant reduction in the consumption” of alcohol and tobacco the Alcohol and D...

Imesh Ranasinghe
May 15, 2020 2 min read

COVID 19 patients rise to 916

The total number of COVID 19 patients in the country since the outbreak has now risen to 916 with the addition of 26 pat...

May 14, 2020 1 min read

Gotabaya and Xi talk over the phone: agreement to restart development work

Chinese President Xi Jinping is suggesting that China and Sri Lanka, gradually resume practical cooperation in various f...

May 14, 2020 3 min read

Electricity Consumers to be given a grace period to pay their bills

Electricity consumers concerned at having to pay huge amounts because charges for the past two or three months have accu...

Imesh Ranasinghe
May 14, 2020 3 min read

Navy vows not to let COVID 19 "escape" the virus ravaged Welisara camp

The Sri Lanka Navy is vowing that it will not allow the COVID 19 pandemic that has caused a lockdown of the Navy’s mas...

May 14, 2020 2 min read

Govt confirms Private Sector will not let go any employees due to COVID 19

The Private sector Employers’ Union has agreed not to terminate any employee due to the financial crisis created in th...

May 14, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka Navy not hiding true situation at Welisara COVID 19 outbreak - Defense Secy

The Ministry of Defence is saying it is not hiding the seriousness of the issue of the number of Navy Personnel infected...

May 13, 2020 2 min read

Ten new cases of COVID 19 reported today - DG Health Services

Ten new COVID 19 positive cases have been reported today the Health Ministry said bringing the total infected in Sri Lan...

May 12, 2020 1 min read
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Police probing fake statement offering relief payments for Lankans overseas

A CID investigation has begun into a fake press release written on a Presidential Secretariat letterhead offering allowa...

May 12, 2020 1 min read

School re-opening could take at least another month - Minister

The government is yet not fixing dates for schools to re-open and it would be done only on the advice of the health auth...

May 12, 2020 1 min read

President appoints seven new Ministry Secretaries; Army General for Health

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed six new Permanent Secretaries to Ministries bringing in two senior military m...

May 11, 2020 2 min read

No all day curfew in Puttalam and Kalutara districts

Police Spokesman SP Jaliya Senaratne said that curfew in Kalutara and Puttalam district have been lifted until further n...

Imesh Ranasinghe
May 11, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka police offers clarity on COVID-19 curfew confusion

Curfew in Sri Lanka’s Kalutara and Puttalam districts - considered to be at high risk of COVID-19 infection - have bee...

Imesh Ranasinghe
May 11, 2020 2 min read

Supreme Court to examine FR petitions on elections next week

The Supreme Court will next Monday examine seven Fundamental Rights petitions challenging the holding of the Parliamenta...

May 11, 2020 2 min read

COVID 19 - Ranil wants testing increased as restrictions on movements are relaxed

Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is calling on the government to increase community testing of people for the ...

May 11, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka new curfew rules from May 11 Monday for public, businesses - Updated

Sri Lanka is relaxing Coronavirus curfews in the Western province for people to report to work and also get groceries fr...

May 10, 2020 3 min read
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Health Dept. - Navy cluster contributes more than half of COVID 19 positive total of 847

As of today more than half of the patients infected by COVID 19 in Sri Lanka since the outbreak are from the so-called N...

Arjuna Ranawana
May 9, 2020 2 min read

Opposition challenges PBJ's request for goverment workers to donate salary

The Samagi Jana Balavegaya is challenging the government’s statement that the country can save Rs 100 billion if the s...

May 9, 2020 2 min read