Three people killed following accident in Kuruwita

Government insists no shortage of essential food items

The Government has insisted that there is no shortage of essential food items in the market. Director General of the Government Information Department, Mohan Samaranayake said that the Government has sufficient stocks to meet the demand. “Some local and foreign media and social media are spreading news reports suggesting that a severe food shortage is developing in Sri Lanka. They are totally baseless. Certain opposition politicians are also repeating this false information,” he said. The Gov

02 Sep, 2021

Mobile phone recovered from prison cell of Rishad Bathiudeen

Prisons officers have recovered a mobile phone from the prison cell of former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen. Prisons Spokesman Chandana Ekanayake said that the phone was recovered yesterday inside his cell in the Magazine Prison. Ekanayake claimed that the mobile phone was detected when the MP had thrown it outside the cell after using it. The mobile phone has been given to intelligence officers for further investigations. Prisons Spokesman Chandana Ekanayake said that action will be taken agai

02 Sep, 2021

Parliament to convene only on the 6th and 7th

Parliament has decided to convene only on the 6th and 7th next week, taking into account the current COVID-19 pandemic. Secretary General of Parliament Dhammika Dasanayake said that the Proclamation of the emergency regulations by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on the 30th of August is scheduled to be approved after being debated on Monday, the 6th from 10.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. as decided at the Committee on Parliamentary Business chaired by Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena. The President enacted

02 Sep, 2021