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361 more individuals recovered from COVID-19 bringing the total recoveries in the country to 492,621, the Epidemiology Unit confirmed.

12 deaths reported due to COVID-19 within 24-hours, stated the Department of Government Information.

A total of 578 COVID-19 positive cases were reported in Sri Lanka, stated the Department of Government Information. The total count of positive coronavirus cases found in Sri Lanka currently sits at 531,648.

Repairs are underway to the Galle Fort World Heritage Site in line with UNESCO recommendations. Here workers engaged in the renovation work. (Picture by Sulochana Gamage)

Two youths sustained injuries after a drug smuggler hacked off their arms with a sharp object in Walgama in Bandaragama yesterday, police said. One boy had both his arms hacked off while the other had one arm hacked. The injured…

Despite the increase in LP Gas prices in the world market, Sri Lanka is one of the four countries in South Asia that sells gas at the lowest prices. At the moment the price of a 12.5 kg domestic gas cylinder in the Maldives is…

The first in a series of protests by the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) in the North and the East demanding relief for fishermen and farmers began from the Kallapadu beach in Mullaitivu yesterday. TNA MPs M.A Sumanthiran,…

The Police Special Task Force (STF) recovered 1,529 rounds of ammunition and several other military items from an abandoned well in the Theerthakarai area in Mullaitivu on Saturday. On a tip off received by the STF Mullaitivu,…

More than 10 million people in Sri Lanka have received both the doses of Sinopharm vaccine as of 15 October.

The Chief of the Army Staff of India, General Manoj Mukund Naravane who is currently on an official visit to Sri Lanka paid a courtesy call on Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne at the Navy Headquarters today.…