A truck carrying poultry toppled over this morning on the Colombo Wattala-Road killing some birds. Birds who survived were loaded into another truck and were taken away. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

Selected wholesale stores supplied essential food items to the people after they ordered the necessary items through WhatsApp.

Samurdhi relief packages were distributed among people amid Covid-19 situation.

Road blocks have been set up in several places in Colombo where vehicles are checked by the traffic police. Pix by Waruna Wanniarachchi

Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte Municipal Council Mayor Madura Vithanage today donated a bag of vegetables to people in the area. Pix by Waruna Wanniarachchi

Security personnel are seen checking arrivals to the city near Thotalanga in Colombo and Gampaha during curfew hours today. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana and Kushan Pathiraja

The Rajya Osu Sala of the State Pharmaceutical Corporation has taken steps to send medicines to people’s doorsteps on request. The government said only the Osu Salas were permitted to operate during the curfew period but many of the Osu Sala outlet

The new Isolation Unit, consisting of 16 rooms, at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (IDH), which was completed within ten days was handed over to the Director General Health Services, Dr. Anil Jasinghe by the Sri Lanka Air Force yesterd

A fully homegrown Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) robot, which was invented by Atlas Axillia PLC, is currently undergoing live tests at the Homagama Base Hospital.

Sri Jayewardenepura Hospital was fumigated by the STF personnel after detecting a Covid-19 patient from the hospital this morning.

Goods including vegetables and other essential items are being delivered to the houses considering the prevailing conditions.

Exposure history of COVID-19 patients in Sri Lanka as of March 27th

Construction of Isolation Wards at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (IDH) by the engineering team from the SLAF Directorate of Civil Engineering is to be completed by tomorrow. The construction of two Pre-Fabricated buildings commenced o

A young girl, worker of the Katunayake Free Trade Zone, is seen taking her pet dog with her on her way home after the closure of the Industrial zone following the curfew which was imposed from March 20 to control the spread of COVID-19. Board of Inve

The Sri Lanka Navy has developed a disinfection chamber to prevent and control the spread of new coronavirus. Navy said the Eastern Naval Command and the Western Naval Command developed the disinfection chambers. Naval personnel who are engaged in es

The last respect was paid to veteran film producer, director and film preservationist, Tissa Nagodavithana.

Several areas in Colombo including Peliyagoda Fish Market were seen crowded with people despite the ongoing police curfew. People are seen in a long queue to purchase essential commodities from a retail outlet in Pettah. Pix by Waruna Wanniarachchi

The Moratuwa Mayor and Municipal Council members today organised a programme to distribute dry rations for 9,000 families in the Moratuwa Municipal area free of charge. Pix by Rekha Tharangani

Most of the streets in Colombo look deserted due to the police curfew imposed in Colombo and other parts of the country. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

Pharmacies were seen open during the curfew hours as per the instructions of the Health Ministry to do so

Pictures show the situation of how roads look deserted when the curfew is imposed and how they get crowded with people once the curfew is lifted.

A supermarket of Keels at Kurana, Katunayake has been robbed by a man who broke into it after breaking down one of the glass panels last night. Pictures and video circulating on social media sites show the man carrying a sword breaking down the glass

All party leaders’ meeting chaired by PM Mahinda Rajapaksa was held at Temple Trees today

Areas of the Colombo and the Gampaha districts were seen deserted during curfew hours.

The First Sri Lankan Coronavirus infected patient in Sri Lanka, the 52-year-old tour guide, is seen with the hospital staff after he completely recovered and was discharged from the IDH in Angoda this morning.

With the temporary lifting of curfew in most districts this morning, Sri Lankan citizens were seen adhering to public health guidelines while shopping for essential items. Pics courtesy Social Media

Some of the streets in Colombo and Gampha seen deserted this morning due to the police curfew since last Friday evening. Pics by Pradeep Pathirana

Due to the island wide police curfew, all the roads in the country are seen deserted since last Friday.

An island-wide curfew was declared over the weekend in order to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka. While the curfew resulted in a complete shutdown of services across the island, it has resulted in a unique problem for the larg

One inmate has been killed while three other inmates have been injured in a shooting reported during a tense situation at the Anuradhapura prison.