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LocalIshara MudugamuwaTags: MedicineSri LankaHealth Minister Keheliya Rambukwella yesterday instructed the relevant officials to submit a comprehensive report on the drugs required for the country for the next six months.  …

WorldPeople perform a yoga position in a park in New Delhi.Tags: Print EditionINDIA: New Delhi ordered yesterday the closure of non-essential offices and restaurants and bars but offered free online yoga classes to those in home…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe CEB yesterday said that there will be no more power cuts as the privately-owned Kelanitissa Power Station, has been fully repaired. The CEB sources said the power station has now been repaired adding 172 MW…

LocalTags: Sri LankaCOVID19coronavirus159 more individuals recovered from COVID-19 bringing the total recoveries in the country to 567,519, the Epidemiology Unit confirmed.   Wednesday, January 12, 2022 - 16:10…

WorldTags: Print EditionSWITZERLAND,UK,US: More than 50 per cent of Europe's population could be infected with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease in the next six-eight weeks, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. Dr…

Law & OrderTags: Print EditionA team of officers from the Police Special Task Force Organized Crime Prevention Unit took into custody a 29-year-old resident of Ragama together with a stock of cigarettes imported to this country…

2012 Welikada Prison Riot:Law & OrderTags: Welikada prison riotsSri LankaFormer Prisons Commissioner Emil Ranjan Lamahewa has been sentenced to death in connection with the 2012 Welikada Prison Riot case by the Colombo High Court.…

HNB Assurance PLC (HNBA) announced the appointment of Ashoka Goonesekere as a Non-Executive Independent Director recently. Accordingly, the Board of Directors of HNBA comprises of Rose Cooray, Siromi Wickramasinghe, Dr. Sivakumar…

Law & OrderTags: Print EditionFormer Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) intelligence operative Satkunam alias Sabesan (47), who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) from Chennai in October 2021 for alleged…

The Colombo Port City Economic Commission is sharing a progress report with the public, local and international stakeholders, covering the Commission and the Colombo Port City project activities in the 6 months since the Commission was…