Minister of Power Dullas Alahapperuma has requested the Head of the Presidential Task Force for National Deployment and Vaccination Plan for COVID-19 to give priority to the inoculation of teachers and students who are sitting for the Oridnary Level Examination this year.

The government has submitted a new proposal to the trade unions affiliated to the Colombo Port in order to resolve the crisis that has become a national issue following the government's decision to hand over a 49% stake of the East Container Terminal (ECT) to the Adani Group.

Despite the pledge made by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa during the past general election that he would not allow any defeated candidate to enter parliament through the National List or appoint them to key posts in state institutions, it appears that he has reneged on his promise after appointing a leading member of the 'Viyathmaga' organisation.

At a time when the number of COVID-19 infected from the prison cluster has exceeded 4000, it is reported that a group of suspects in police custody have also contracted the coronovairus.

UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, the True Patriot Movement's Mangala Samaraweera, JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake, TNA leader R. Sampanthan, SLMC leader Rauff Hakeem and the 43rd Brigade's Patali Champika Ranawaka are being forced to band together to fight against political repression.

Speculation is rife on social media regarding reports which stated that several VIPs who had attended a grand party at the Kingsbury hotel in Colombo have contracted Covid-19.

With the arrival of the first consignment of Covid-19 vaccines in Sri Lanka, the government should look into providing the relevant vaccines to those who are most in need in a

It is reported that the employees of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) have decided to resort to trade union action from January (29).