MR’s former Coordinating Secretary Cassilingham to contest in Jaffna

Number of coronavirus patients detected in Sri Lanka goes past 700

The number of coronavirus patients detected in Sri Lanka went past 700 late this evening. The Health Ministry said that 12 new cases were reported by this evening. This took the total number of coronavirus patients detected in Sri Lanka to 702. The Health Ministry said that as of today (Saturday) there are?523 coronavirus active patients in Sri Lanka. Another 172 patients have recovered and have been discharged from hospital. (Colombo Gazette)

02 May, 2020

Gazette issued removing MRP on dhal and canned fish

A Gazette notification has been issued removing the Maximum Retail Price (MRP) on mysore dhal and canned fish. The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) had issued a Gazette notification on 17 March setting an MRP of Rs 65 for 1 kg of mysore dhal and Rs. 100 for a 400 g canned fish. The CAA has decided to remove the existing MRP on mysore dhal and canned fish via the new Gazette notification which comes into effect from 30 April. (Colombo Gazette)

03 May, 2020

SLCERT issues “high threat” warning on malware

The Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SLCERT) has issued a “high threat” warning on a new malware. SLCERT said the new Android malware could steal sensitive financial information. The malware is capable of reading the SMS of users in order to hijack SMS-based 2 factor authentications. There are reports of PayPal, HSBC and crypto wallets being targeted. The malware was first identified in March 2020 and it masks its malicious intent by pretending to be a legitimate application such

02 May, 2020