President joins SLPP campaign from Anuradhapura

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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa joined the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) election campaign from Anuradhapura today (July 03). Accordingly, President Rajapaksa is scheduled to attend several...

154 contacts of Jinthupitiya COVID-19 case moved to mandatory quarantine

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154 people identified as contacts of the COVID-19 patient detected from Jinthupitiya in Colombo 13 were taken away from the area for mandatory quarantine. The...

Mahela arrives at Sports Ministry’s SIU despite date change

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Former Sri Lanka cricket captain Mahela Jayawardena has reportedly arrived at the Special Investigations Unit of the Sports Ministry despite having been informed that...

Don’t canvass with face-masks promoting candidates – Police

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The Acting Inspector General of Police has instructed all police stations in the country are to monitor if groups are engaged in election campaigning...

Total number of COVID-19 rise to 2,066

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The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country has risen to 2,066. The Epidemiology Unit at the Ministry of Health, said there are...

PM holds talks with Colombo Port workers’ unions

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A discussion is currently underway between Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapksa and representatives of trade unions at the Colombo Port, regarding the issue concerning the...

Covid-19 recoveries in the navy jumps to 877

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Twenty-nine more navy personnel who had previously tested positive for Covid-19 have fully recovered and have been discharged from hospital. This brings the total number...

Mahela told not to appear before Sports Ministry’s SIU today

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The Special Investigations Unit of the Sports Ministry has informed former Sri Lankan cricket captain Mahela Jayawardene, who had been summoned to record a...

Showers expected in five provinces

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The Meteorology Department says that several spells of showers will occur in Western, North-western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and Southern provinces. Showers or thundershowers may occur at...

SriLankan flights return with expats stranded in Maldives, S. Korea

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More Sri Lankans who were stranded in the Maldives have been repatriated this afternoon (02), says our reporter. A flight belonging to the national carrier...