Year-long prices expected at mid-single digit levels; short-term pressure seen due to supply disruptions
Prices could see a short-term uptrend in April and May amid sputtered supply due to coronavirus-induced lockdowns, but overall prices in the economy f...
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Trump claims to suspend immigration into US
President Donald Trump said late Monday night he will sign an executive order temporarily suspending immigration to the United States as the nation ba...
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General election on June 20 -NEC
he National Elections Commission has decided to hold the General Election on June 20th, a Commission’s official said.The Extraordinary Gazette notif...
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Number of recovered increased to 98
The number of patients recovered from COVID-19 has been increased to 98 with another patient who was recovered this evening, the Health Ministry said....
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Number of COVID-19 infected increased to 304
Another person was tested positive for COVID-19 bringing the total of infected cases to 304, the Health Ministry said. The last patient was a fish ven...
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Re-opening bars: ADIC wants decision withdrawn
The Alcohol and Drug Information Centre (ADIC) said today experts and all who love the nation were astounded by the government’s decision to re-open...
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COVID- 19: AG’s Department closed until further notice
The Attorney General's Department has been closed until further notice after a private female security officer at the Department was infected with COV...
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Ceylinco Life donates ventilators to combat COVID-19
Ceylinco Life Chairman R. Renganathan (centre) presenting one of the two ventilators to Army Commander Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, accompanied...
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CIPM makes donation to COVID-19 Relief Fund
Dhammika Fernando-President, CIPM Sri Lanka (2nd from left) handing over the donation to Lalith Weerathunga CIPM made a donation of Rs. 1 millio...
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Dialog extends critical connectivity solutions to IDH Hospital
In an effort to support medical professionals and essential medical services during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, Dialog Axiata PLC extended free criti...
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Trump warns China of possible consequences for pandemic
U.S. President Donald Trump warned China on Saturday that it should face consequences if it was "knowingly responsible" for the coronavirus pandemic, ...
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17 new Covid-19 cases today in SL
Two more persons have tested positive for COVID-19 increasing the total number of infected cases to 271, the Ministry of Health said.During the day th...
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State bodies instructed how to resume work once curfew lifted
The Government has issued guidelines to heads of state entities especially in the district of Colombo as how to resume work after the curfew is lifted...
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Artificial beach comes up in Mount Lavinia
Amidst environmental concerns, the construction of an artificial beach between Kalutara and Mount Lavinia is being expedited. The Kalutara North Calid...
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Coronavirus: More than 160,000 deaths globally
Covid-19 has infected more than 2.3 million people and killed at least 160,000 worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University, the CNN reported.Japa...
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Curfew to be relaxed from Monday
The Government has decided to relax the police curfew from Monday (20) with the objective of restoring normalcy in the country, the President's Media ...
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Dialog gives all mobile customers free emergency relief data, voice and SMS
To ensure that Sri Lankans across the country stay connected during these unprecedented times and to further assist the customers who are unable to pa...
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Unilever Sri Lanka commits Rs.35mn towards COVID-19 relief efforts
Unilever Sri Lanka Limited Chairperson and Managing Director Hajar Alafifi (centre) hands over the donation of Rs.10 million to Prime Minister Mahinda...
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Export Development Board confident export sector will steer country out of COVID-19 crisis
The Export Development Board (EDB) yesterday renewed its call to the government and the business community to give utmost prominence to local exports ...
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SL performs well in fighting Coronavirus & ranked 9 in GRID Index
Sri Lanka and its leadership were ranked 9th in the Global Response to Infectious Diseases (GRID) Index which evaluates how efficient and effective th...
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COVID-19 recovered cases rise to 65
Two more COVID-19 infected patients were recovered and discharged from the hospital today, the Health Ministry said. They said that the total number o...
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