Former Minister of Finance Mangala Samaraweera arrived at the Criminal Investigation Department to give a statement over facilitating finances to transport voters during the last Presidential Election.

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) and Lanka Electricity Company Private Limited (LECO) have taken steps to ensure fairness for electricity consumers in issuing monthly electricity bills and allowing a grace period to pay the monthly bills.

63 more COVID-19 patients have been discharged from the hospital after recovering from the virus, stated the Ministry of Health.

The coronavirus “may never go away”, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has proposed that China and Sri Lanka, while ensuring COVID-19 prevention and control, gradually resume practical cooperation in various fields, advance major cooperation projects in an orderly manner and promote the high-quality construction of the Belt and Road initiative.

22 more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 915, says the Ministry of Health.

Two more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 893, says the Ministry of Health.

Former Minister Rajitha Senaratna was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) today over the investigation into the ‘white van’ news conference, Police Spokesman Jaliya Senaratna said.

Five more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 891, says the Ministry of Health.

16 more COVID-19 patients have been discharged from the hospital after recovering from the virus, stated the Ministry of Health.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday reviewed the current status of the proposed “unique digital identity card”, which will be issued by obtaining bio data of all citizens only once in the life time.

Facebook Inc.’s lack of a serious response to signs of abuse on its platform in Sri Lanka may have helped stoke deadly violence in the country in 2018, according to an investigation of the social network’s operations there.

The activities of Parliament are set to be conducted through an online system.

The UNP, as a responsible party with nationwide backing, would not seek any political advantage out of the crisis created by the spread of the coronavirus, but the government should take steps to immediately increase the number of PCR tests to at least 3,000 per day, in consultation with health experts, says its leader Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Five more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 889, says the Ministry of Health.

Five more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 884, says the Ministry of Health.