Water cut in several parts of Gampaha

Sajith slams attempt to label Kuwait returnees as bombers

Samagi Jana Balawegaya leader Sajith Premadasa today slammed attempts to label Sri Lankan returnees from Kuwait as “bombers” after most of them had been found to have contracted the coronavirus. Premadasa, who earlier today had talks with the Kuwait Ambassador to Sri Lanka Khalaf Bu Dhhair, told reporters that some members of the Government have begun to discredit migrant workers from Kuwait. He said that during elections they were termed as heroes but now they are being branded as bombers. P

27 May, 2020

Islandwide curfew declared on Sunday

An islandwide Police curfew will be imposed on 31 May (Sunday), the President?s Media Division (PMD) announced. The PMD said the curfew will be imposed in all districts from 10.00 p.m to 4.00 a.m from 1-3 June. An islandwide curfew will once again be enforced on 4 (Thursday) and 5 (Friday) June. The curfew will thereafter be imposed in all districts from 10.00 p.m to 4.00 a.m. from 6 June until further notice. The PMD added that movements between all districts, except Colombo and Gampaha, wi

28 May, 2020

Modi telephones MR and discusses fight against COVID-19

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today to congratulate him on having completed 50 years since his first entering the Parliament of Sri Lanka. The Prime Minister recalled Rajapaska?s contributions to the development of Sri Lanka in his long political career, and wished him all the best for his future. The Prime Minister also conveyed his condolences at the sudden and untimely demise yesterday of Arumugan Thondaman, a prominent leader of the Indian-

27 May, 2020