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Seven individuals including six inmates and a prison officer at the Welikada Prison have tested positive for Covid-19 today, the Prison Department said. Commissioner (Administration)...

Army Commander Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva says the quarantine curfew in Western Province is likely to be lifted after November 09. Speaking to media he...

The Central Mail Exchange in Colombo has been temporarily closed for the public, the Post Master General informed. This decision is taken as an employee...

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) in a letter to the President noted that the Ministry of Health (MoH) failed to achieve the daily...

The OIC of the Anamaduwa Police Traffic Division has died in an accident last night, police said. The OIC was traveling in a car with...

France is keen on establishing more people-to-people contact with Sri Lanka, through initiatives such as scholarship and exchange programmes. This was expressed by the...

The Government has allocated over Rs. 7.3 billion in October to provide relief to the public during the quarantine period in the battle of...

Atmospheric conditions are more favourable for development of afternoon thundershowers over most parts of the island. Showers or thundershowers will developoverseveral parts of the island...

The government has decided to set maximum retail prices for several varieties of rice, the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) announces. The gazette notification declaring the...

Another 169 tested positive  for Covid19. Among them 18 are from quarantine centres & 151 are close contacts of previous patients - Army Commander