Notorious drug dealer shot dead in Minuwangoda

Election commission receives a number of complaints

The National Election Commission has received 2084 complaints related to the upcoming General Election. The Commission said it has also received 2083 complaints with regard to the violation of election laws and 01 complaint on election violence.? The National Election Complaints Management Centre has received 588 complaints related to the violation of election laws. Meanwhile, the District Election Complaints Management Centre has received a total of 1496 complaints, including 1495 on the vio

07 Jul, 2020

Sri Lanka lobbies for inclusion in travel corridors

Sri Lanka Tourism is working closely with the Foreign Affairs Ministry to include Sri Lanka in developing travel corridors for travel with no quarantine overseas, for returning tourists or visiting Sri Lankans. The United Kingdom had recently lifted travel restrictions on a number of countries except Sri Lanka and countries where a threat continues from the coronavirus. ?We are working closely with our Ambassador in the UK and other Ambassadors who are talking to the relevant governments, we a

08 Jul, 2020

Visit to Welikada prison temporarily suspended

Visitors will not be allowed at the Welikada prison until further notice, the Department of Prisons said. The Department said the decision comes following the detection of a COVID-19 patient among the prison inmates. Over 170 persons have been identified as having come into direct contact with the infected inmate. A group of 177 persons from the prison will undergo PCR or COVID-19 testing, the Department of Prisons added. Earlier today, it was reported that an inmate at the Welikada prison h

07 Jul, 2020