The government is preparing to reopen the country's airports from January 23 for all travellers, the 'Aruna' newspaper reported.

The Chief Incumbent of the Sri Bodhirajarama Temple in Maligawatta, Ven. Uvathenne Sumana Thero has received a presidential pardon.

Rwanda has sent a team of military agronomists to Sri Lanka to assist with the government's efforts to mitigate the devastating impact caused by the Fall Armyworm. 

Residents in the Mullaitivu district have been alarmed by the discovery of mutilated remains of a person suspected to be a male.

 A panel of experts comprising virologists, microbiologists and immunologists has revised the recommendations on disposal of bodies of COVID-19 victims to include both

It is reported that the Army Corps of Engineers have started construction on a site belonging to a woman known as 'Gnanakka' at Hospital Road in Anuradhapura. It is reported that a large number of servicemen have been stationed at this premises.

Considering the urgent need for enhanced island-wide coordination for COVID-19 control work, the Presidential Secretariat on the recommendation of General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff, Commander of the Army and Head of the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID -19 Outbreak (NOCPCO), has appointed 25 senior Army Officers for all districts, effective from 01 January 2021.

The Presidential Commission probing into Political Victimisation have suggested providing relief to former MP Duminda Silva who is currently on death row.