Another batch of refugees return from India

Number of employees infected at Badalgama factory increases

Sirio Ltd, a leading apparel manufacturer in Badalgama, announced today (08th December) that 55 of its staff members were confirmed Covid-19 positive. From 26th of November, the day when it identified the first employee whose PCR result tested positive, till the 07th December, a total of 859 PCR tests were carried out on employees and ancillary staff. The health authorities have quarantined 984 employees for 14 days at their homes as a precautionary step to contain the spread. Today, an addit

08 Dec, 2020

Probe on notice board in Mandarin at Mount Lavinia railway station

By Indika Sri Aravinda The Railway Department is to launch an investigation into a notice board placed at the Mount Lavinia railway station which is in mandarin (Chinese). The notice board gives the long distance train times in English and Mandarin. Sri Lanka Railways General Manager Dilantha Fernando told Colombo Gazette that he had seen an image of the notice board being circulated on social media. Fernando said that the notice board had been installed before he became General Manager. He

07 Dec, 2020

Cabinet briefed on moves to open borders for tourists under travel bubble

Cabinet has been briefed on moves to open Sri Lanka’s borders for tourists under a travel bubble. Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga had told the Cabinet that discussions held on resuming tourism in Sri Lanka have been successful, the Tourism Ministry said today. Accordingly he said that a date on when Sri Lanka will open its borders for foreign tourists will be announced soon. He said that the health authorities have advised that Sri Lanka allow foreign tourists into the country by implemen

08 Dec, 2020