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The Department of Motor Traffic (DMT) would recommence its services provided by the Narahenpita and Werahera offices tomorrow (1), under strict adherence to health care guidelines as directed by the health services. The service…

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

The Health Ministry today issued new COVID-19 guidelines with several restrictions. The Health Ministry urges the general public to follow the guidelines once the quarantine curfew imposed country-wide is lifted tomorrow.

A total of 912 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 517,377.

The Government has decided to suspend the import of organic fertilizer for the Maha season from a Chinese company, the Ministry of Agriculture stated. Agriculture Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage yesterday said that the nitrogen…

Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila said that his problem is not the provision of 40 per cent of the Yugadanavi power plant but the monopoly of a gas supply to Sri Lanka by a US company for five years. Gammanpila said that the Ministry…

The software engineer of Epic Lanka Technologies arrested in connection with missing data of the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) has been remanded until October 6. The case was taken up before Colombo Additional…

Around 5,000 metric tons of food is wasted every day in Sri Lanka. The Minister of Environment Mahinda Amaraweera stated that 5,000 metric tons of cooked and uncooked food is wasted every day in our country. The Minister was…

JVP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake accused the Government of favouring rice mafia groups instead of protecting the consumers and farmers. Addressing a media briefing yesterday, he said that the Government’s price control has not…

The Government has decided to suspend the import of organic fertilizer from a Chinese company, said the Agriculture Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage. The decision has been taken after harmful bacteria was detected in sampled…