2021

Matale District SJB MP Rohini Kaviratne yesterday said that the law should be strictly enforced against businessmen who bring substandard oximeters and Antigen test kits into the country. She also said fraudulent businessmen bring…
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Parliamentarian Rishad Bathiudeen, his wife and the father-in-law were further remanded until September 17 by Colombo Additional Magistrate Rajindra Jayasuriya. The Magistrate made this order   when the case regarding the death of a…
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The Kandy Police has launched an investigation into the incident in which a COVID-19 patient had jumped from the fifth floor of the Kandy National Hospital. Police investigations have revealed that the suspect   had jumped out of a…
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Three persons have been arrested by the Karainagar Police for allegedly assaulting a Public Health Inspector (PHI) and a Laboratory Technician after they had warned a group of people for organising a wedding in the Karainagar area in…
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Referring to last Friday’s terrorist attack in Auckland, the New Zealand High Commission said yesterday that authorities in New Zealand and Sri Lanka are in touch with one another about the case. Global security threats are complex…
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Police have arrested 273 persons and seized 53 vehicles for violating the Quarantine Curfew during the last 24 hours ending at 6.00 am yesterday (06). So far 66,003 persons have been arrested for violating the quarantine laws,…
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The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) is in crisis and is on the verge of splitting permanently, EPRLF leader and former MP Suresh Premachandran said. Premachandran told the media in Jaffna that the split in the TNA was evident when…
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1083 persons were arrested yesterday for not wearing face masks and failing to maintain social distancing, stated the Police Media Division. So far 66,730 suspects have been arrested for not wearing face masks and maintaining…
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Uruwarige Heenmanike, the wife of Vedda Chief Uruwarige Wannila Aththo has passed away from COVID-19.
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An Extraordinary Gazette has been issued imposing Maximum Retail Price per unit of Fingertip Pulse Oximeter as Rs. 3,000. The special gazette notification was issued by the Health Minister, Keheliya Rambukwella.
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