Supreme Court rejects petition by Makandure Madush’s aunt

Sri Lanka objects to comments made by former Irish President Mary Robinson

Sri Lanka has objected to comments made by former Irish President Mary Robinson. The Foreign Ministry said that the attention of the Ministry was drawn to the comments on Sri Lanka attributed to Chair of The Elders and former Irish President Mary Robinson as a part of a recent statement by The Elders titled ?The Elders express deep concern at failure to respect US democratic transition of power? which was contained in several newspapers in Ireland. In this connection, the High Commissioner of

21 Nov, 2020

Chilaw fish market to be temporarily closed

By Vyshnavy Velrajh The Chilaw fish market will be temporarily closed from tomorrow (21) for a period of one week. Public Health Inspectors Association Secretary M. Balasuriya told Colombo Gazette that the decision was taken following the detection of six coronavirus patients linked to the fish market. PCR tests had been conducted on Tuesday (17) on fifty persons who had visited the fish market. Six individuals out of the group had tested positive as per the results of the PCR tests received

20 Nov, 2020

Hunt continues for woman who escaped from IDH hospital

A hunt is continuing for a woman who escaped from the Infectious Disease Hospital (Angoda Fever Hospital), the Police said today. Police spokesman, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ajith Rohana said that the woman, a coronavirus patient, was believed to have escaped to Kiriella. He said that a search operation had been conducted in Kiriella to locate the woman but she could not be found. The woman had escaped from the IDH hospital on Thursday (19th) with her child. She had left her child in Eh

21 Nov, 2020