The police had not come up with a plan to deal with an impending terrorist attack after the State Intelligence Service (SIS) had received foreign intelligence, on April 04, 2019 that National Thowheed Jamaat (NTJ) leader Zahran Hashim and his associates would carry out an attack, former IGP Pujith Jayasundara on Saturday told the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) into the Easter Sunday attacks.

Attorney General Dappula de Livera has summoned the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) S.P. Ranasinghe and the Chief Investigating Officer to meet him today.

Latest statistics on the outbreak of Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Sri Lanka for the day 11 October 2020, according to the Health Promotion Bureau.

Two villages in Mannar have been declared isolated areas in an attempt to control the COVID-19 pandemic, stated the Army Commander Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva.

Fifteen Senior Police officers including ten Deputy Inspectors General of Police (DIGs) and SSP Jaliya Senaratne have been transferred with immediate effect.

A student of the University of Kelaniya has tested positive for the coronavirus.

The COVID-19 cluster that was identified from the Brandix factory at Minuwangoda has gone up to 1,186 after two more of its employees and 101 of their contacts tested positive for the virus.

The Grade 05 Scholarship Examination will take place today (Oct. 11), at 2936 examination centres island-wide.

Latest statistics on the outbreak of Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Sri Lanka for the day 10 October 2020, according to the Health Promotion Bureau.

Three members of the minor staff at the National Hospital in Colombo have tested positive for COVID-19.

A student of Sri Jayawardenapura University’s Management Faculty has been tested positive for COVID-19. According to the university student union, the student, a resident of Panadura, had been boarded at a hostel and had last visited the university on October 4.

A group of Government MPs have sent a written request to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, to have Riyaj Bathiudeen, the brother of All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) Leader MP Rishad Bathiudeen, who had allegedly helped National Thowheed Jama’ath (NTJ) Leader Zaharan Hashim  to flee to India in 2018, rearrested and launch a fresh probe into the allegations levelled at him.

Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Sri Lanka Army Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva pined insignias on Major Dinesh Chandimal  and Major Thisara Perera at the Army Headquarters yesterday.

Sri Lanka’s president asked a visiting delegation led by a senior Chinese diplomat on Friday to assist him in disproving a perception that China-funded megaprojects are “debt traps” aimed at gaining influence in local affairs.

Latest statistics on the outbreak of Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Sri Lanka for the day 09 October 2020, according to the Health Promotion Bureau.

A 38-year-old female employee of ‘NEXT’ apparel factory in Katunayake has tested positive for COVID-19, the Administrative Public Health Inspector (PHI) of the area said.