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Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Parliamentarian Tissa Attanayake yesterday said that the Government should at least now invite all members of Parliament irrespective of their parties to discuss the measures to be taken to arrest the…

United National Party (UNP) Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene said he hopes that the Government will consider the 21 proposals submitted by his party as solutions, in the face of the situation where every sector of the country has…

The actual data on the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country seems to have been altered, Jathika Nidahas Peramuna (JNP) media spokesman Mohamed Muzammil told yesterday (13) morning. Addressing a press brief Muzammil…

Archbishop of Colombo His Eminence Dr. Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith charged that the Government has a secret deal with those responsible for their failure to prevent the Easter Sunday Terror Attacks for political gain and their own…

The National Operation Centre for the Prevention of COVID-19 had identified 3,039 positive cases by this morning. The majority positive cases were detected from the Gampaha district (591 cases)

The Philippines has extended a ban on travellers from Sri Lanka until the end of August. President Rodrigo Duterte, upon the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases…

The National Water Supply and Drainage Board says water supply to several areas in Colombo will be suspended for nine-hours from 9am tomorrow (August 14). The areas that will be affected by this are Colombo 12, 13 14 and 15. The…

The family of a Sri Lankan woman who died in March following mistreatment at a Japanese immigration center said she was “treated like a dog” after the government disclosed Thursday security camera footage of her final days. Two…

No plans to impose island-wide lockdown, said the State Minister Professor Channa Jayasumana. He further said that, travel restrictions could be further tightened. Army Commander General Shavendra Silva to make a statement…

State Minister Prasanna Ranaweera has tested positive for COVID-19.