Ratnapura curfew to continue
(UTV | COLOMBO) – The curfew in Ratnapura and Pelmadulla Police Divisions will not be lifted today (09) as announced earlier, the Police stated....
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Seventh COVID-19 victim confirmed in Sri Lanka
A 44-year-old male who was receiving treatment at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases passed away this evening. The resident of Mount Lavinia had traveled...
All pharmacies island-wide to open on April 9
All pharmacies across the country will open from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm on Thursday (09). This was decided at the meeting of the Presidential...
Dr Anton Sebastianpillai dies from COVID-19 at London hospital
Dr Anton Sebastianpillai, a consultant geriatrician, who qualified as a doctor in Sri Lanka in 1967 and specialised in treating the elderly at the Kingston...
Essential services allowed to use office ID as curfew pass
Permission to use office identity cards (ID) as curfew passes during the islandwide Police curfew has been further extended till 30 April. The Police said...
Mangala proposes special resolution in Parliament
Former Minister of Finance Mangala Samaraweera has urged the government to immediately move a resolution in Parliament to raise the borrowing limit imperative for fighting...
Naval boat patrols in Bolgoda River and Bentara Ganga on full alert
Authorities were forced to lock down the Atalugama area in Bandaragama and Dharga Town ordering the residents to self-isolate after finding persons contracted novel coronavirus...
President wishes speedy recovery to UK PM
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa joined other world leaders wishing a speedy recovery to British PM Boris Johnson who is in Intensive Care at a London hospital...
New mechanism to provide vegetables to all areas
The Special Dedicated Economic Centers in Dambulla, Thambuththegama, Nuwaraeliya, Keppetipola and Embilipitiya would be closed for the merchants until further notice as a special mechanism...
A clarion call for unity to defeat COVID-19
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday made a clarion call for unity to defeat the common enemy COVID-19 keeping aside all political, religious, ethnic or other...