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The Government has decided to give dry rations worth Rs.10,000 only to low-income earning families who are being subject to quarantine as a result of COVID-19 infections. The Cabinet which met recently has made this decision and the…

It has been decided to restrict mobile trading activities in the Colombo District on the days when the quarantine curfew is in effect only to traders who have taken both doses of COVID-19 vaccine. Colombo District Secretary Pradeep…

705 persons were arrested yesterday for not wearing face masks and failing to maintain social distancing, said the Police Media Division. 58,414 suspects have been arrested since October 30 for not wearing face masks and…

The Prime Minister as the Minister of Economic Policies and Plan Implementation submitted a report including the following information on the vehicles belong to government establishments for the attention of the Cabinet of Ministers.…

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved issuing tourist visa licenses valid for 180 days for tourists visiting Sri Lanka. The approval will be granted for tourists requesting visas application process through the ‘Online Electronic…

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved to implement the proposed project to reconstruct the Samanalawewa Reservoir Dam. Constructions of 120 MW Samanalawewa Power Project commenced in 1986 and the reservoir filled for the first…

The Sri Lanka Air Force handed over a Heated Humidified Oxygen Therapy Unit (HHOT) to District General Hospital in Kalutara yesterday. The handing over was done by the Commanding Officer of SLAF Station Katukurunda, Air Commodore…

A free webinar on Gender and the Application of Law will be conducted in English on August 26 at 7.00 pm, and will include panelists Himalee Kularathna AAL, Kate Norton, Dr. M. T. M. Mahees and moderator Amani Pilapitiya AAL. The event…

The Government has no intention of slashing the salaries of public or private sector employees amidst the COVID-19 crisis, Co-cabinet Spokesman Mass media Minister Dullas Alahappruma today assured. He was responding to a question…

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in a condolence note in his Facebook said, “I am deeply saddened to hear the sudden demise of Mangala Samaraweera, a former Minister of the United National Party and a former Member of Parliament, an…