Curfew enforced in Gampaha District until 5 a.m. on Monday Several areas in Kalutara District declared isolated towns until further notice Curfew continues in Kuliyapitiya, Pannala, Giriulla, Narammala, and Dummalasuriya Police jurisdictions 166 more persons test positive including 49 from Peliyagoda Fish Market, forcing its closure Manning Market too…
All Sri Lankans must practice DReAM to control COVID-19 transmission and enable continuation of economic and social activities The Ministry of Health, WHO Sri Lanka, the Itukama Project, and the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) have launched and are currently running the ‘Towards a New Normal’ campaign to reinforce the…
BOI working on issuing special passes for employees to reach zones Gampaha District has largest number of trade zones 14,000 PCR tests done on workers of 158 factories within zones By Charumini de Silva The Government yesterday assured that all five export processing zones (EPZs) within Gampaha District will be…
Curfew enforced in Gampaha District until 5 a.m. on Monday Several areas in Kalutara District declared isolated towns until further notice Curfew continues in Kuliyapitiya, Pannala, Giriulla, Narammala, and Dummalasuriya Police jurisdictions 166 more persons test positive including 49 from Peliyagoda Fish Market, forcing its closure Manning Market too…
Reiterates 20A threatens sovereign rights of citizens and democracy Says proposed changes should have been presented to Parliamentary Select Committee The United National Party (UNP) yesterday called on all parliamentarians, including those in Government, not to vote for the proposed 20th Amendment to the Constitution as it threatens Sri Lanka’s…
An independent tribunal in the UK has ordered the British Home Office to lift the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.The LTTE was proscribed in the UK in 2001.In 2019, the Tran-snational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) officially requested the British Home Office to lift the ban, claiming…
The Attorney of Samarasinghe Arachchige Madush Lakshitha, alias ‘Makandure Madush,’ wrote to the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) this week, calling on the organisation to condemn the custodial death of their client and to take up the matter with relevant authorities. The letter, written on the advice of Madush’s wife,…
CIC Holdings Chairman Harsha Amarasekera CIC Holdings PLC said yesterday it had successfully braved the COVID-19 pandemic with a sterling performance during the first half of the FY21 to record a profit after tax of Rs. 1.4 b, an increase of 150% from a year earlier. It said the exceptional performance…
Premadasa had visited a hotel in Yala where a COVID-19 infected person was detected He had been promptly informed of the detection by authorities Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has been identified as a second-level contact of a COVID-19 infected individual and the government has taken swift…
SJB Vanni District MP Rishad Bathiudeen The Sergeant at Arms of Parliament has written to the Secretary to the Ministry of Health, the Director General of Health Services as well as the prison authorities to ensure that SJB Vanni District MP Rishad Bathiudeen who is in remand custody is brought…