News from 2020

The US now has more confirmed cases of coronavirus than any other country, with more than 85,500 positive tests. According to the …

The International Cricket Council today has announced further action in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. After careful ev…

In order to prevent uncontrolled gathering of people at market places amidst effort to combat COVID -19, a special mechanism has b…

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

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

Sri Lanka’s sprawling ride-hailing industry dominated by PickMe and Uber fell victim to what appears to be a protracting coronav…

HSBC, the largest international bank in Sri Lanka, is offering a range of relief measures for its personal and corporate customers…

At a time when calamity strikes us, when every one of us in the whole wide world (www) are caught off guard how many of us – cit…

In view of the extension of the ongoing curfew in the districts of Colombo, Gampaha and Puttalam, the Colombo Stock Exchange has d…

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

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games have been postponed until next year because of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, BBC…

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has directed the legal experts and the Department of Prisons to look into ways of granting some relie…

India's 1.3 billion people will go under "total lockdown" for 21 days to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Mini…

eports of a person in China dying due to a virus called 'hantavirus' have spread panic at a time when the world is battling the pa…

ZAGREB AFP March22, 2020 - A 5.3-magnitude earthquake tore down chunks of buildings in Zagreb and left a teenager in critical cond…

In New York, carpenters in protective gear were seen boarding up a closed beauty store in Manhattan (DM) US, (Daily Mail), 23 Marc…

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Curfew in the Colombo Gampha and Kalutara districts will continue until further notice as these have been identified as high risk …

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

A group of 311 persons arrived in Sri Lanka from COVID-19 hit countries left for their homes after undergoing the 14-day quarantin…

The human costs of the Coronavirus pandemic are already immeasurable and all countries need to work together to protect people and…

In line with the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce’s initiative to tackle how the new coronavirus affects industries and businessmen, t…

Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) today assured that the fuel supply is being done without any hindrance or shortage as an essent…

Five more patients have been tested positive for the virus since yesterday (22) in Sri Lanka, bringing the total number of COVID-1…

The Government today requested the entire nation to strictly adhere to the guidelines issued with the objective of preventing furt…