A total of 204 persons who had close contact with the Welikada prison inmate who tested positive for COVID-19 have been sent to the Punani Quarantine Centre.
Of these, 186 are from the Welikada Prison, 11 from the Polonnaruwa Prison ...
The use of public offices and institutions for canvassing in any form for the forthcoming parliamentary elections is prohibited, says the Election Commission.
Issuing a media release, the Commission states that no public or provincial office, government school, local government...
More guests will be allowed at weddings, the Government Information Department announced today, July 6th. The press release states that this step has been taken as there have been no cases of COVID-19 reported for several weeks.
Accordingly, the maximum...
The summary of our findings is that projects (proposed under the Millennium Challenge Corporation) have not been properly analyzed within the established institutional settings of Sri Lanka and therefore the government should not sign it, Prof Lalithasiri Gunaruwan who headed...
A survivor of the 1987 Aranthalawe Massacre, the Venerable Andaulpatha Buddharasa Thero, today, June 30, filed a Fundamental Rights petition in the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka asking the Court to prosecute any living LTTE members connected with that...
Depositors with less than Rs. 600,000 invested with The Finance Company PLC and the ETI Finance will, receive their monies back. This move will be the first phase of returning monies to depositors of the two companies, a Release...
The United States Embassy in Sri Lanka, today (June 26) contradicted findings presented to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa by the Expert Committee that reviewed the Millennium Challenge Corporation Compact (MCC). The Committee’s findings were presented to the president yesterday, June...
The Expert Committee appointed to review the Millennium Challenge Corporation Compact (MCC) states that account details of payments made at two stages of the Compact cannot be found.
According to a media release from the Presidential Media Division, the MCC...
Industrialists have been told by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to begin local production of goods now that the government has imposed limits on importing non-essential items.
Therefore, the challenge before industrialists is to win both the domestic and global market the...
Undeterred by the travel restrictions that prevent volunteers participate in their programmes, the Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society (SLWCS) is all set to launch its e-volunteer online programme on June 29th.
According to details released, the SLWCS e-volunteering programme will...
Sri Lanka saw a 22.7% drop in electricity generation in April this year, says a press release from the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), quoting data received by the Ceylon Electricity Board.
According to the release, electricity generated...
Nearly 940 people have died in 891 road traffic accidents from January 1, 2020 to June 15, 2020 but the number of accidents has reduced from the previous years, police media said.
A total of 2278 others were seriously injured...
