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Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday opened the newly built Institute of Urology and Nephrology at the National Hospital. The cost of construction of institute is close to Rs.300 million. It also has a 13-bed intensive care unit.…

Former Minister Mangala Samaraweera yesterday (29) declined the request made by Samagi Jana Balawegaya to return to active politics. At a press brief held by Samagi Jana Balawegaya on Wednesday (29), SJB Working Committee member…

The supermarket network in Sri Lanka has expressed its support for the ban on non-perishable lunch sheets made of polythene from August 1. The Environment Ministry under the instruction of Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera…

One of the main reasons for estate workers’ children being deployed in domestic service was the fact that 18 percent of these children were leaving school at a young age, said Central Province Governor Lalith U. Gamage. He said…

Nurses attached to 100 Government hospitals across the country have decided to launch one hour token strike this afternoon (July 28). The protest will be carried out from 12 pm to 1 pm at the said hospitals, said the President of…

Sri Lanka will receive another four million doses of Sinopharm vaccines in the first week of August, the Sri Lankan Embassy in China said. This is the largest quantity of vaccine that Sri Lanka has been able to procure in one…

The Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) has summoned the Sri Lanka Football Federation before the Committee on August 3 whilst The Department of Probation and Child Care Services has been summoned before the Committee on Public…

Parliamentarian Harin Fernando left the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) after making a 5-hour statement regarding his comments pertaining to the Easter Sunday attacks. MP Fernando arrived at the CID at 10.30 am this…

63 deaths reported due to COVID-19 within 24-hours, stated the Department of Government Information.

A total of 1,940 COVID-19 positive cases were reported in Sri Lanka today, stated the Epidemiology Unit. The total count of positive coronavirus cases found in Sri Lanka currently sits at 301,832 and 271,855 of them have made…