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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…

A countrywide quarantine curfew was declared from 10 p.m. yesterday till 4 a.m. on Monday 30th August under the instructions of the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Speaking to the Daily News, Head of the National Operation Centre…

The Mahanayaka Theras of the Malwattu and Asgiri Chapters have requested the to lockdown the country for a week from President.

2,186 more individuals recovered from COVID-19 bringing the total recoveries in the country to 318,714, the Epidemiology Unit confirmed

The annual rice consumption requirement in the country is approximately 2.2 million metric tons. The harvest for the 2020/2021 Maha season and the 2021 Yala season is approximately 4.8 million metric tons of rice and that amount can…