The treatment of two suspected Covid-19 patients at the Homagama Base Hospital will be carried out with the assistance of a robot, Hospital Director Dr. Janith Hettiarachchi said.

The acting IGP has directed the police to strictly implement curfew regulations and ask people to remain indoors because steps had been taken to distribute essential commodities and medicines to their doorstep.

A total of 501 individuals, quarantined in Kandakadu, Punani and Diyathalawa quarantine centres left for their homes this morning, as the fourth batch to leave for the fourth consecutive day, the Army said.

The cabinet met today with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the chair has given the green light to offer a range of relief measures aimed in particular at Samurdhi beneficiary and low income families, self-employed and those live on daily wages, cabin

No new COVID-19 positive cases were reported in Sri Lanka within the day as at 4.30 p.m., Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi said.

The Government has declared one week from March 20 to27 for Public and Private Sector as a period to work from home, President’s Media Unit said.

The Government has decided to maintain fuel price under a flat rate for at least one year irrespective of the world market price cabinet spokesman Minister Bandula Gunawardana said today.

Former MP Arujna Ranatunga yesterday said he will refrain from contesting the general election because of the crisis brought on by CORVID-19.

The Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) has launched an investigation into several misleading statements made by former MPs Rajitha Senaratna and Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka over the COVID-19 situation in the country, police said.

The government has decided to permit private hospitals to conduct the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test under strict conditions, Health Services Director Anil Jasinghe said.

The number of patients infected by COVID-19 has increased to 50, Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi said. Speaking at the National Operation Centre for the Prevention of COVID-19- Outbreak, she said eight more individuals have tested positive for

Former UNP MP Dr. Harsha De Silva today said that he resigned from the position of Treasurer of the United National Party (UNP). In a tweet, Dr. De Silva said he also met UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe today.

Sri Lanka has signed an agreement with the China Development Bank for a financing facility of USD 500 million for development efforts in the country, the Finance Ministry said.

Police curfew will be imposed in the Puttalam District and Kochchikade in Negombo from 4.30 pm today to assist in the measures being adopted to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the country, Police said.

The government should not act like Nero, who played the fiddle when Rome was burning or beat about the bush but should announce a complete lock-down to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Leader Sajith Premadasa told a news c

Six more individuals have tested positive for coronavirus thereby bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 34, Health Services Director-General Dr. Anil Jasinghe said.

All passenger arrivals at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), Katunayake have been suspended with effect from midnight tomorrow for two weeks, the Government said.

Talks are ongoing to get all factions of the UNP to contest the general election together before nominations close on Thursday, UNP General Secretary Akila Viraj Kariyawasam told a press conference held yesterday.

While deciding to contest the upcoming General Election under the political party ’Ape Jana Bala Pakshaya’, former MP Athuraliye Rathana Thera, Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thera and several other Buddhist

While claiming that the prevailing situation in the country is not conducive to hold the General Election due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the National Peoples’ Power (NPP) Party said today it is planning to meet the Elections Commission Chairman to d

Two individuals have been arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) for spreading false information on Coronavirus via social media, Police said.

Over 75 kilograms of heroin packed along with potatoes have been found from a freight container at Kochchikade, Negombo today, the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) said.

The government would pass the benefit of fuel price reduction in the global market to the consumer in the next few days after deciding the way it should be done, Power and Energy Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said today.

Six students of the Sri Jayawardenepura University, who were arrested over the incident where a first-year student was injured in an alleged ragging incident, were remanded until March 23 by Nugegoda Magistrate Mohammed Mihal today.

Referring to rumors about an Ananda College student whose father who is suspected of being infected by COVID-19, Principal S.M. Keerthiratna said the student was not suffering from any such infection.

Referring to the false rumors that the son of the first Sri Lankan COVID-19 infected patient has also been infected with the virus, Director General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe said today that the rumors were utterly false.

US President Donald Trump has announced sweeping new travel restrictions on Europe in a bid to combat the spread of the coronavirus.

No fee would be charged from the passengers who are directly being sent to quarantine centres in Punani and Kandakadu, Chief of Defence Staff and Army Commander Shavendra Silva said.