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A minor tremor was reported in Lunugamvehera Area this morning at around 10:38am. The Geological Survey and Mines Bureau (GS&MB) said the tremor measured 2.4 on the Richter scale and was recorded.

Duwa Lashi La, the acting president of the National Unity Government (NUG), formed by the elected legislators who were thrown out of office by the generals, announced the news in a video posted on Facebook on Tuesday. “With the responsibility to protect the life and properties of the people, the National Unity Government … launched a people’s defensive war against...

665 persons were arrested yesterday for not wearing face masks and failing to maintain social distancing, stated the Police Media Division.

On the apparent southward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri Lanka during 28th of August to 07th of September in this year, stated the Meteorology Department. The nearest town of Sri Lanka over which the sun is overhead today (07th) is Dondra about 12.08 noon. Showers or thundershowers will occur at...

Three persons have been arrested by the Karainagar Police for allegedly assaulting a Public Health Inspector (PHI) and a Laboratory Technician after they had warned a group of people for organising a wedding in the Karainagar area in Jaffna violating the Quarantine Curfew in force. All weddings and functions were prohibited with effect from midnight on Tuesday, August 17, until...

The number of COVID-19 patients depending on oxygen has been relatively reduced in the country, Deputy Director-General of Health Services Dr Hemantha Herath said.Addressing a news briefing at the Health Promotion Bureau, he said this was due to a slight decrease in the number of COVID patients.“It is a great relief that the number of Oxygen-dependent patients has decreased....

MP Rishad Bathiudeen, his wife and father-in-law were ordered to be remanded till September 17 by the Colombo Magistrate Court over the death of a 16-year-old domestic worker.

Sri Lanka has received 92,430 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine today.

273 persons were arrested yesterday for not wearing face masks and failing to maintain social distancing, stated the Police Media Division.

Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and North-Western provinces and in Galle and Matara districts, stated the Meteorology Department. Fairly heavy showers above 50mm can be expected at some places. Showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places in the Uva province and in Batticaloa and Ampara districts particularly in the evening or night.