News from 2020

Former Speaker of Parliament, Karu Jayasuriya, said today that he endorsed the proposal made by the parties in the opposition to r…

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has called all 225 members of the previous Parliament for a meeting on Monday (May 4) at 10 am to…

Sri Lankan Health officials yesterday said they were closely monitoring a new illness which had affected some children in the UK a…

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said the spread of COVID-19 is under control in general, and that immediate remedial steps have been …

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Hundreds of Americans lined up to access much-needed food handouts in Los Angeles and Prospect, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday.  &n…

ISTANBUL AFP April29, 2020 - Voices reverberate around the room in Turkey’s busiest medical emergency hotline in Istanbul, where…

Dr. Ananda Wijewickrama, the Consultant Physician at the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) said the capacity of the COVID-19 pati…

Due to the increase of the value of Japanese Yen and the US Dollar against the Sri Lankan Rupee after March 20, the vehicles with …

An Islandwide Curfew will be imposed from 8.00 pm tomorrow (30) until 5.00 am next Monday (May 04), President's Media Division sai…

The toll of Covid-19 cases in Sri Lanka has risen to 630 with three more Covid-19 infected patients being reported this evening, t…

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Former Central Bank Governor and present Senior Economic Advisor to Prime Minister Ajith Nivard Cabraal is proposing the setting u…

Sri Lanka’s merchandise export earnings in March plunged a record 42 percent year-on-year (YoY) to US $ 646 million, with the CO…

The Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation (SLVB) is making plans to resume administration of the sport once the curfew as a result of th…

Pilot unions have slammed British Airways who announced plans to make one quarter of their staff redundant in response to the Covi…

South Korea said today it knows Kim Jong Un’s location as it continues to play down rumours that the North’s strongman leader …

US, (Daily Mail), 28 April 2020 -  The White House has told government agencies to start preparing for the transition should …

Australia, (Daily Mail), 28 April 2020 -   Australia has asked the Chinese ambassador to explain his ‘economic coercio…

The number of COVID-19 infected patients has increased to 611 in the country, along with the 12 patients who were identified a sho…

Commenting on the Easter Sunday attacks, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said today that the objectives of a suicide attack go beyond…

Health authorities yesterday declared Torrington 60 watta in Colombo 7, Dabare Mawatha in Narahenpita and Havelock Lane, as isolat…

The Health Ministry has advised pregnant mothers attending clinics to obtain prior appointments in order to minimise congestion in…

The Central Bank has imposed maximum interest rates on pawning advances of licensed banks to provide relief to low income families…

The United States now has more than one million coronavirus cases across the country - accounting for a third of the global tally …