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A total of 1,159 COVID-19 positive cases were reported in Sri Lanka, stated the Epidemiology Unit. The total count of positive coronavirus cases found in Sri Lanka currently sits at 512,531.

A total of 1,332 COVID-19 positive cases were reported in Sri Lanka, stated the Epidemiology Unit. The total count of positive coronavirus cases found in Sri Lanka currently sits at 511,372.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and First Lady Ioma Rajapaksa place floral tributes at the 9/11 Memorial in New York during a 20th anniversary commemoration ceremony organised by the UN yesterday.  (UN Photo)

Keeping the crops safe from monkeys is an exhausting task for farmers in some rural villages in Matale. They have to come up with new ways to keep the monkeys away from their crops. The farmers decided to take the matter into…

418 persons were arrested yesterday for not wearing face masks and failing to maintain social distancing, stated the Police Media Division. So far 77,543 suspects have been arrested for not wearing face masks and maintaining…

US Ambassador in Sri Lanka Alaina B Teplitz has tweeted that she enjoyed listening to the violin cover of the hit Sri Lankan song Manike Mage Hithe by Yohani and Satheeshan. The Ambassador said the violin version played by…

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa stressed that it is essential to transform global food systems to be more sustainable and that all stakeholders should work together in this regard.. The President expressed these views while…

Two men aged 60 and 44 were killed and another injured when two trap guns intended to kill wild animals were accidentally triggered in the Thirappane area.The incident had taken place close to the Muriyakalla tank in the Thirappane…

A leading asthma patient group has issued a warning against an unproven coronavirus treatment circulating on social media that is leading some people to post videos of themselves breathing in hydrogen peroxide through a nebulizer.…

Two inmates at the Colombo Magazine Prison including a former LTTE cadre have passed the GCE Ordinary Level Examination 2020 with excellent grades. A young suspect detained related to a crime has passed with three ‘A’ grades…