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Defence Secretary Gen. Kamal Gunaratne (Retd) stated that based on the assessments of the intelligence sources, no reports on terrorist activities or such related threats were reported. He was responding to an updated travel advisory…

Two more areas in Matale District were isolated with effect from 6am today. Following areas were isolated until further notice : ●.Matale District Matale police area - Harasgama (Bogahakotuwa GN Division) and Agalawatta…

The National Operation Centre for the Prevention of COVID-19 had identified 1243 positive cases by this morning. The majority positive cases were detected from the Kalutara district (223 cases)

The Level-4 US Travel Ban imposed on Sri Lanka on May 24, 2021 has been lifted to a Level-3 US Travel Advisory on July 6 (Tuesday). The U.S. Travel Advisory on Sri Lanka is a periodical revision published by the U.S. State…

The administering Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines as the second dose to those who had been vaccinated with AstraZeneca has been halted from today, said the Army Commander General Shavendra Silva. The decision was taken as 1.4 million…

Parties that were defeated are trying to sabotage the government, Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said in Parliament, yesterday. He added that much like Sri Lanka, other countries were also experiencing financial difficulties…

The Meteorology Department has issued a warning of strong wind and rough seas to several provinces, which is valid until July 10. According to the warning issued for the land area, “The wind speed can increase up to (60-70) kmph…

Sri Lanka has issued gold and silver commemorative coins marking 100 years of China’s communist party and 65 years of diplomatic relations with the country. “The coins have been issued at the request of the Government of Sri Lanka as an…

Another 50,000 doses of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in Sri Lanka this morning. The vaccines have been handed over to the State Pharmaceutical Corporation (SPC) at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA)…

The Chairman of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) Prof. Charitha Herath, yesterday (06) directed the Chairman of the SriLankan Air Lines, Ashok Pathirage to prepare a complete business plan to make SriLankan Airlines Limited…