A 71-year-old father of two has died after collided with a vehicle belonging to the Nawalapitiya SLTB Depot, Nawalapitiya Police said. The deceased has been identified as Sarath Kumara Piyadasa (71), a resident of Penithuduwa, Nawalapitiya. The victim was collided… Read More

Minister of State Channa Jayasumana today unveiled in Parliament a list of drugs that were imported at very high prices during the last  government, although they cost very little in the market. He also said that the CID would be… Read More

The Health Trade Union Confederation has decided to hold a protest campaign in hospitals and health institutions across the country from 12.00 noon to 1.00 pm today.  Saman Ratnapriya, President of the Government Nurses Association, said that the protest was… Read More

Jayantha Ketagoda was recently sworn in as a Member of parliament before Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena. Parliamentary Business commenced at 10.00 am and Mr. Jayantha Ketagoda was sworn in as the first Speaker of the House. Jayantha Ketagoda was sworn… Read More

  Health officials in the North say that opening a bar with the Corona risk in the North at the time when the quarantine curfew has been imposed could put another bunch of people at risk of infecting with corona.… Read More

The Marine Environmental Protection Authority (MEPA) says it needs to make sure there is still fuel onboard to evacuate the wrecked Express Pearl ship. The chairperson of the authority, Attorney-at-Law Dharshani Lahandapura, said that if there was any fuel, the… Read More

Thushan Gunawardena, Executive Director of the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) says that two ministers are upset and are planning to remove him from his posts due to the action taken against the CWE for fraud and corruption. He said that… Read More

A group of prisoners at Welikada Prison have climbed on the roof of the prison and started a fast. Ten prisoners who have been sentenced to death have started a fast. They demand that their prison sentences be commuted.