Difficulty in accurately assessing Covid situation due to lack of testing
One of the island's leading healthcare associations says there are three reasons for the declining Covid-19 infections in the capital.
One of the island's leading healthcare associations says there are three reasons for the declining Covid-19 infections in the capital.
The government has managed to edge out the opposition by reporting better attendance scores in the 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka.
The Catholic Church has denied claims it had received information of a possible attack on Easter Sunday from a Sinhala Nationalist Buddhist Bhikku who had information of the impending terror attack.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who is currently in New York to attend the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly has held discussions with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, the President's Media Division said.
Two organisations and rights activists working on land issues in the North of Sri Lanka have written this week to the Jaffna District Secretary, Kanapathypillai Mahesan raising concerns on the attempts to collect information of private landowners in the district.
Leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) Anura Kumara Dissanayake said the party will take legal action against the government signing a deal with a US company for electricity generation and the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG).
The Ministry of Finance has signed an agreement last night (17) to hand over the operation of the Kerawalapitiya Yugadanavi LNG Power Plant and its supply and storage facilities to a US company, it is learnt.
It is reported that a series of protests against the Sri Lankan government are being organised in several other European countries following the massive protest held in Bologna, Italy last Sunday demanding justice for the Easter Sunday attack victims.
SLPP Parliamentarian Mahinda Samarasinghe has decided to step down as a member of the Parliament in order to takeover the position of Sri Lanka's Ambassador to the United States of America and Mexico.
A Tamil commemoration week in Batticaloa has been halted by a court citing Covid-19 health regulations and several criminal law provisions.