Imprisoned parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake has been allowed two visitors once a month in addition to telephone conversation facility once a week, the Prisons Department said.
An investigation into a video which circulated on social media earlier today, which showed a police officer mercilessly assaulting a civilian, has received wide spread condemnation on social media while police have launched an immediate investigation.
Sri Lanka Cricket team is not among the top ten in the ICC Cricket World Cup Super League while England have climbed to the top following their victory over India.
Sri Lanka will be getting the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines from India despite the temporary halt imposed by India on the export of the vaccines, Prof. Channa Jayasumana, the State Minister of Pharmaceutical Production, Supply and Regulation said.
Sri Lanka Cricket team is not among the top ten in the ICC Cricket World Cup Super League while England have climbed to the top following their victory over India.
Sri Lanka will receive 600,000 doses of China’s Sinopharm vaccinations on March 31 and priority will be given for Sri Lankan citizens when administering the vaccines while only 1 percent of the total amount to be delivered will be for Chinese nationals residing here, an official from the Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka said
While claiming that the Easter Sunday attack was politically motivated though it looked like an extremist and terrorist attack, JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today the Presidential Commission on Easter Sunday attack has failed to reveal the mastermind and the motive behind the attack.
The resolution on Sri Lanka which was adopted by the UN Human Rights Council will take immediate effect with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) beginning the process to closely monitor Sri Lanka, UN sources told Daily Mirror last night.
While claiming that all the Madrasas will not be banned, Public Security Minister Sarath Weerasekara today reiterated that Madrasas that teach only religion and Arabic for children between the ages of 5 and 16 should be banned as they were against the National Education Policy.
Responding to the apprehension of 54 Indian fishermen in Sri Lankan waters today, the Indian High Commission has reiterated that issues associated with Indian fishermen should be dealt in a humanitarian manner.
Sri Lanka will be getting the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines from India despite the temporary halt imposed by India on the export of the vaccines, Prof. Channa Jayasumana, the State Minister of Pharmaceutical Production, Supply and Regulation said.
The resolution on Sri Lanka which was adopted by the UN Human Rights Council will take immediate effect with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) beginning the process to closely monitor Sri Lanka, UN sources told Daily Mirror last night.
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) and the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) have entered into a bilateral currency swap agreement amounting to US$ 1.5 billion.
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) and the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) have entered into a bilateral currency swap agreement amounting to US$ 1.5 billion.
The Colombo Municipal Council Health officials have allocated six centers in Colombo this week where those above the age of 60 years will receive the anti COVID-19 jabs.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa have made phone calls to world Muslim leaders, a day before the UN Human Rights Council takes a vote on a resolution against Sri Lanka.
While claiming that some people have been excited about the next President, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said today no one should be excited about it and that it should be decided by the people.
At least 14 passengers were killed and 30 others injured after a passenger bus skidded off the road and plunged down a precipice at 13th mile post on the Moneragala-Badulla Road at Passara this morning.
At least 13 passengers were killed and 31 others injured after a passenger bus skidded off the road and plunged down a precipice at 13th mile post on the Moneragala-Badulla Road at Passara this morning.
Intelligence and police are continuing the search for a missing 16 year old boy who disappeared yesterday after leaving his home in Ratmalana afterwhich his family lodged a complaint with the Mount Lavinia Police.
The Health Ministry today issued quarantine measures for all incoming passengers or tourists arriving from overseas during the pandemic of COVID-19, Director General of Health Services Dr Asela Gunawardana said.
Following instructions issued allegedly by the President’s office, workers from the Colombo Municipal Council had begun taking down a massive mural which had been put up near the Nelum Pokuna, at the Vihara Maha Devi Park, a short while ago, which was depicting the ecocide which is presently taking place in Sri Lanka.
The Health Ministry, today said returnees who have received both the doses of the anti COVID-19 vaccinations will be exempted from quatantine after undergoing a PCR test upon arrival and the results come in negative.
A former SriLankan Airlines official, found guilty of insulting the modesty of an employee, failed to appear before an Indian Magistrate today for sentencing.
The Health Ministry today issued quarantine measures for all incoming passengers or tourists arriving from overseas during the pandemic of COVID-19, Director General of Health Services Dr Asela Gunawardana said.
The Health Ministry, today said returnees who have received both the doses of the anti COVID-19 vaccinations will be exempted from quatantine after undergoing a PCR test upon arrival and the results come in negative.
The resolution on Sri Lanka will be taken up at the United Nations Human Rights Council next Monday with a vote expected the same day or the following day, Daily Mirror learns.
A former SriLankan Airlines official, found guilty of insulting the modesty of an employee, failed to appear before an Indian Magistrate today for sentencing.
The resolution on Sri Lanka will be taken up at the United Nations Human Rights Council next Monday with a vote expected the same day or the following day, Daily Mirror learns.
Colombo Special High Court Trial-at-Bar today remanded former Minister Ravi Karunanayaka and eight others till March 23 over the Central Bank Bond scam of March 2016
Replying to the claims that ecological destruction is going on in the Sinharaja Rainforest Reserve due to unauthorised construction of buildings, Chairman of the Central Environmental Authority (CEA), S. Amarasinghe said there are currently no construction projects especially for hotels within the locale of the Rainforest.