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The Large-Scale Mill Owners’ Association announced revised retail prices for rice today. It announced that one kilogram of Nadu would be Rs. 115, one kilogram of Samba would be Rs. 140 and one kilogram of Keeri Samba would be Rs.…

Fully vaccinated tourists and Sri Lankans having an exit negative PCR test result from the point of embarkation will no longer need to get a PCR test at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), it was announced today. This…

A delegation from the European Union (EU) met Justice Minister Ali Sabry today to review the GSP plus trade concession and had crucial talks. The delegation discussed several issues, including the process to amend the…

A total of 932 COVID-19 positive cases were reported in Sri Lanka, stated the Department of Government Information. The total count of positive coronavirus cases found in Sri Lanka currently sits at 515,524.

With the impending re-opening of the country, there was heightened activity at the Manning market Complex in Peliyagoda yesterday. Picture by Hirantha Gunathilake.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday arrested a Software Engineer of Epic Lanka Technologies over the deletion of files from the eNMRA database on the Lanka Government Cloud. The 34-year-old suspect will be produced…

Deputy Director General of Health Services, Dr. Hemantha Herath stated that Covid vaccination programme was not hampered by the trade union action launched by several health unions yesterday (27) based on several demands. He added…

Vaccination is essential to ending the pandemic and the only way to get rid of a viral disease is to raise the level of immunity of the people in the country, Professor of Community Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of the…

344 persons were arrested yesterday for not wearing face masks and failing to maintain social distancing, stated the Police Media Division. So far 78,597 suspects have been arrested for not wearing face masks and maintaining…

The UK is providing lifesaving medical equipment for high-risk pregnant mothers and infants identified with COVID-19to 11 public maternal hospitals across the island. This is in response to a request from the Ministry of Health…