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World Health Organization Representative to Sri Lanka, Dr. Alaka Singh has pledged to provide further assistance to strengthen emergency medical services of the country. During a discussion held with Health Minister Keheliya…

Mohamed Niyas Naufer alias Potta Naufer, who has been sentenced to death and is being held in the Boossa High Security Prison, has been infected with the Coronavirus. He was taken to the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital for an…

The Bogawantalawa Police and the Bogawantalawa Health Medical Officer's Office have taken steps to disperse about 100 people who had attended a wedding held at a hall in the Bogawantalawa area today (20) against health instructions.…

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is to address the nation, said the President’s Spokesman Kingsley Rathnayaka. The time and date will be announced later.

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

A special operation conducted by the Navy in seas off Thondamanaru in the dark hours yesterday led to the seizure of about 168kg and 750g of Kerala cannabis and apprehension of 03 suspects with a dinghy used for the smuggling purpose.…

Sri Lanka Naval Ship (SLNS) Shakthi and Indian Naval Ship (INS) Shakti, a Fleet Tanker, will be arriving in Colombo with consignments of medical grade Oxygen to fulfill the increasing demand for medical Oxygen in Sri Lanka. Here the…

Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila says there is no shortage of fuel in the country at the moment. "I have repeatedly stated that if there was a fuel shortage, I would have told the nation before anybody else. I have always been…

A research done by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the UN revealed that Sri Lanka generates 7,000 tonnes of solid waste per day, out of which 65 – 66 percent (by weight) consists of perishable organic material.…

Sri Lanka Naval Ship (SLNS) Shakthi which departed the Trincomalee harbour on 17th August 2021 for a shipment of medical grade oxygen, arrived at the port of Chennai, India in the evening of 18th August. Having taken the delivery of…