Body with stab wounds found near Golf Club

Sri Lanka begins export of 200 million face masks

Basil Rajapaksa, Special Representative of the President and Head of the Presidential Task Force on Economic Revival and Poverty Eradication, symbolically handed over the first batch of face masks from a production of 200 million face masks for export by Brandix, to the US Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives Alaina B. Teplitz. The handover took place at the Brandix Headquarters today (Thursday) in the presence of A. Sukumaran ? JAAF Chairman, Ashroff Omar – Brandix Group Chief Executive Office

14 May, 2020

All areas isolated owing to COVID-19 reopened

Bandaranayake Mawatha in Colombo -12 and Suduwella in Ja-Ela which were declared as isolation areas due to the COVID-19 outbreak were reopened today. Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva said with the reopening of these two areas, all isolated areas have been reopened in the country. Earlier, Bandaranayake Mawatha in Colombo, Suduwella in Ja-Ela, Atalugama in Bandaragama, Akurana in Kandy, and Beruwala and Pinnala in Kalutara were declared as isolation areas due to the dete

15 May, 2020

Government defends appointment of military officers to administrative posts

The Government today defended the appointment of military officers to key administrative posts. Minister of Information and Mass Media Bandula Gunawardena said that the military officers appointed to the posts are qualified to hold those positions. He told reporters today that some appointments are made based on national requirements. Gunawardena said that even the former Government had appointed military officers to administrative posts. He also said that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa takes

14 May, 2020