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The Secretary to the President today pointed out that the Commissioner General of Essential Services has the full authority to issue instructions to the relevant officials including District Secretaries and Divisional Secretaries in…

The government has lost Rs. 160,00 billion in revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation, Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa said in Parliament today (7). Minister Basil Rajapaksa pointed out that the revenue received from the…

The Ministry of Environment has observed in some media and social media that the Crudia Zeylanica plant has been removed from the 2020 Red Data List. But there is no truth in those media reports. The Ministry of Environment…

The National Streaming Hub was launched at the Education Ministry today under the government's plan to take school education closer to children through the television. This broadcasting center transmits all the subject related…

The Kandy Police has launched an investigation into the incident in which a COVID-19 patient had jumped from the fifth floor of the Kandy National Hospital. Police investigations have revealed that the suspect   had jumped out of a…

Three persons have been arrested by the Karainagar Police for allegedly assaulting a Public Health Inspector (PHI) and a Laboratory Technician after they had warned a group of people for organising a wedding in the Karainagar area in…

Referring to last Friday’s terrorist attack in Auckland, the New Zealand High Commission said yesterday that authorities in New Zealand and Sri Lanka are in touch with one another about the case. Global security threats are complex…

273 persons were arrested yesterday for not wearing face masks and failing to maintain social distancing, stated the Police Media Division. So far 66,003 suspects have been arrested for not wearing face masks and maintaining…

Veteran singer, musician and leader of the popular band ‘Gypsies’, Sunil Perera has passed away. He was 68 at the time of his demise. He had passed away while receiving treatment at a private hospital in Colombo.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in a condolence note in his Facebook said, "A great loss for Sri Lanka’s entertainment scene as veteran musician Sunil Perera passed away. My deepest condolences to his family, friends, and the people of…