Ratnapura police training OIC shot dead

Several more Sri Lankans who returned from Kuwait contract virus

Several more Sri Lankans who returned from Kuwait have contracted the coronavirus, the Ministry of Health said today. The Ministry of Health said that 40 Sri Lankans who returned from Kuwait had been confirmed as contracting the virus today. This is in addition to 49 Sri Lankans who returned from Kuwait who were confirmed yesterday (Sunday) as having contracted the virus. (Colombo Gazette)

25 May, 2020

CSE extends trading hours

The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) has decided to extend its trading hours to 2.30 p.m. from tomorrow (26). Issuing a press release, the CSE said that the decision has been taken following requests made by industry stakeholders to extend trading hours. The announcement also comes consequent to the Government?s decision to impose curfew only between 10.00 p.m. and 4.00 a.m. daily in all districts with effect from tomorrow (26). The CSE further said that thereby, the pre-open session will be cond

25 May, 2020

SLT internal IT systems comes under cyber attack

Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) said that it had detected a cyber-attack attempt which has affected a section of their internal IT systems. SLT said that its vigilant early warning systems detected the attempt and precautionary measures with shutdown of some servers were implemented without delay. “These servers are isolated and corrective action is being taken. There is no impact to any system that is used to provide SLT services. Thus, there is no risk to any services offered to our customers and al

25 May, 2020