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Navy divers on Saturday evening found the bodies of the six year old twins and their grandfather who drowned in the Duwe Modera river in Kosgoda. These two boys are Grade One students of St.Aloysius College, Galle. This mishap had occurred when these two boys had gone for a swim in the river with their grandfather. Their grandfather had also...

Two SriLankan Airlines flights UL869 and UL865 arrived from Beijing with a consignment of 2 million doses of the Sinopharm vaccine.This is the single largest batch of vaccines flown to Sri Lanka so far. SriLankan Airlines is supporting the national vaccination drive to help the Government combat the Coronavirus pandemic.

The Meteorology Department has issued a warning of strong wind to several provinces, which is valid until July 11. According to the warning issued, "Strong gusty winds are likely over deep and shallow sea areas surrounding the island due to active Southwest monsoon conditions. The wind speed can increase up to (60-70) kmph in the deep and shallow sea areas...

Golindawatta 3 area in Malawita GN Division (Kegalle police area) in Kegalle District has been isolated with effect from 6am today.

Isolation status imposed in following areas were lifted this morning. ■. Puttalam DistrictMadampe police area - Marakkalagama GN Division Arachchikattuwa police area - Karukkupane GN Division■. Matara DistrictWeligama police area - Pelena South GN Division ■. Jaffna DistrictKaraveddy police area - Karanavai GN Division ■. Kalutara DistrictMathugama police area - Ambetenna Watta main area in Yatadola Watta GN Division and Ambetenna Watta clay...

An advisory for heavy rain was issued to several provinces, which is valid until July 10. According to the advisory, "Prevailing showery condition in the South-western parts of the country (particularly in Western, Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces and in Galle and Matara districts) is expected to continue further. Heavy falls above 150 mm can be expected at some places in...

A total of 1,537 COVID-19 positive cases were reported in Sri Lanka today, stated the Epidemiology Unit. The total count of positive coronavirus cases found in Sri Lanka currently sits at 271,483 and 241,035 of them have made complete recoveries. There are only 27,057 active cases being treated in various hospitals across the country.

The validity period of all types of visas currently obtained by foreigners residing in Sri Lanka has been extended by 30 days from July 9th to August 8, the Immigration and Emigration Department announced today. The Department said that only Visa fees applicable for that period would be charged for the Visas expire within this period and exempted from charging...

5,572 persons were undergoing quarantine at 79 hotels and tri service-managed Quarantine Centres as at this morning, stated the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19.

Health authorities in the Indian state of Kerala have declared a state of alert in all districts after identifying 15 cases of Zika virus. Kerala Health Minister Veena George confirmed the infections in Trivandrum (now Thiruvananthapuram) district. India reported a Zika outbreak in the western state of Gujarat in 2016-17. The mosquito-borne virus has been linked to shrunken brains in children and...