The Health Ministry reported that another 173 persons have tested positive for Covid-19 today, increasing the daily count of new cases detected to 741. MORE..

6 Dec 2021 (11:43 PM)

Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) says that the Right to Information (RTI) Commission, which is the central appellate and monitoring body established under the Right to Information Act of Sri Lanka, has been unable to function without its commissioners for the past two months. MORE..

6 Dec 2021 (11:30 PM)

The Health Ministry says that another 568 persons have tested positive for Covid-19 today (06). MORE..

6 Dec 2021 (9:46 PM)

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Russian President Vladimir Putin in New Delhi on Monday, with trade and the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan both on the agenda. MORE..

6 Dec 2021 (9:38 PM)

The Director General of Health Services has confirmed another 23 coronavirus related deaths for November 05, raising the country s death toll due to the Covid-19 pandemic to 14,484. MORE..

6 Dec 2021 (7:16 PM)

The remains of Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara, who was lynched by a mob in Pakistan s Punjab province, reached the island a short while ago. MORE..

6 Dec 2021 (6:57 PM)

Adnan Malik, a colleague of Sialkot factory manager Priyantha Kumara has been saluted for his moral courage and bravery to try to rescue the Sri Lankan national from the vigilante mob. MORE..

6 Dec 2021 (6:41 PM)

Thailand has detected its first case of the Omicron coronavirus variant in a U.S. citizen who had travelled to the country from Spain late last month, a health official said on Monday. MORE..

6 Dec 2021 (6:29 PM)

The Ministry of Health has confirmed that another 362 coronavirus patients have recovered and were discharged within the last 24 hours. MORE..

6 Dec 2021 (6:26 PM)

The Gujranwala anti-terrorism court has remanded 26 suspects, arrested for their "central role" in lynching Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara, into police custody for 15 days. MORE..

6 Dec 2021 (4:57 PM)

Litro Gas Lanka Limited has commenced the distribution of domestic LP gas cylinders, conforming to the requirements of the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA). MORE..

6 Dec 2021 (3:53 PM)

Three youths have drowned after being swept away by strong waves while sea bathing near a beach in Mullaitivu. MORE..

6 Dec 2021 (3:15 PM)

The Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar has released 10 defendants including former minister Ravi Karunanayake from 11 charges out of the 22 in the case filed over the Central Bank bond scam in 2016. MORE..

6 Dec 2021 (2:10 PM)

A special court in Myanmar s capital sentenced the country s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, to four years in prison on Monday after finding her guilty of incitement and violating coronavirus restrictions, a legal official said. MORE..

6 Dec 2021 (1:26 PM)

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has refused to accept the resignations of the Chairman and Board members of the Board of Investment (BOI) of Sri Lanka, who had tendered their resignations last week. MORE..

6 Dec 2021 (1:10 PM)

Parliamentarians of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) are staging a protest near the Parliament and have decided to boycott parliamentary sessions. MORE..

6 Dec 2021 (12:36 PM)

The remains of Priyantha Kumara, who was mercilessly lynched by a mob in Sialkot, Pakistan on Friday (Dec. 03) will be airlifted by SriLankan Airlines flight UL 186 at 12.30 p.m. from Lahore, says the Foreign Affairs Ministry. MORE..

6 Dec 2021 (12:18 PM)

Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena today (Dec. 06) decided to call for a report on the recent unruly behaviour of several lawmakers in the parliament chambers. MORE..

6 Dec 2021 (11:53 AM)

One person has drowned while two others including a two-year-old child are missing and feared drowned while bathing in the Mahaweli River at Kalugamuwa in Peradeniya. MORE..

6 Dec 2021 (10:02 AM)

Sri Lanka Police says that four suspects have been arrested over the murder of underworld figure "Keselwatte Fawas" on Saturday night. MORE..

6 Dec 2021 (9:24 AM)