Iranaitivu inhabitants to protest against burying COVID victims at the island
Inhabitants of Iranaitivu Island will be carrying out protests today (March 03) against the government’s decision to bury the bodies of COVID victims in...
Hiking Narangala mountain range banned until further notice
Hiking Narangala mountain range in Badulla District is banned until further notice, District Secretariat of Badulla has announced.
The decision was reached taking into account...
COVID-19 death toll mounts to 483 with 7 more deaths
Seven more COVID-19 deaths were reported yesterday increasing the death toll in the country to 483, the Government Information Department said.
Accordingly, an 83-year-old female...
Decapitated body of woman found in suitcase identified; suspected SI commits...
The identity of the decapitated female body found in a suitcase at Dam Street in Pettah has been revealed, the Police said today (March...
Welikada Prison to be shifted to Horana
Plans are underway to shift the Welikada Prison to Horana and convert it into a high-security prison, said State Minister Lohan Ratwatte.
The decision has...
‘Ill-founded allegations’: Sri Lanka rejects UN human rights chief’s report
Sri Lanka has refuted United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet’s report which was formally presented to the UN Human Rights Council...
PCoI report on Easter Sunday attacks tabled in Parliament
Report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) which investigated the Easter Sunday terror attacks has been tabled in the Parliament this morning (February...
PS Section of Chapelton Estate isolated
National Operation Centre for Prevention of Covid-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) has issued an updated announcement on isolation orders today.
Thereby, PS Section of Chapelton Estate of...
Mahindananda acquitted from funds misappropriation case
Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage has been acquitted from the case over misappropriation of funds from the Sri Lanka Freedom Labour Congress.
The lengthy trial of 04...
500,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses arrive in Sri Lanka
A consignment of 500,000 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines ordered from India have arrived in Sri Lanka this afternoon (February 25), says State Minister...
