Australia notes assistance given by Sri Lanka to fight human smuggling

No PC polls till Covid situation improves

By Ashanthi Warunasuriya The Provincial Council (PC) elections will not be held until the coronavirus situation in the country improves. Cabinet co-spokesman Udaya Gammanpila said that party leaders in the ruling coalition had decided not to hold the PC polls based on the health situation in the country. He said that once the situation improves the Government will review the matter and decide. Last month the Government had said that it hopes to hold the Provincial Council (PC) elections befo

12 Jan, 2021

Probe continues after leopard was poisoned to death in Matale

By Vyshnavy Velrajh and Indika Sri Aravinda The Wildlife Conservation Department is conducting investigations to ascertain third party involvement in the killing of a leopard in Matale recently. Director General of the Department M.G.C. Sooriyabandara told?Colombo Gazette the remains of the animal was retrieved from the tank of an automatic power station in the Owala area in Matale recently. He said reports claiming that it belonged to a rare black leopard were false, while the post mortem ex

12 Jan, 2021

Covid claims the lives of eight more people in Sri Lanka including prisoner

The coronavirus has claimed the lives of eight more people in Sri Lanka including that of a prisoner. The eight deaths took the coronavirus death toll in Sri Lanka to 240 today, the Government Information Department said. Of the eight deaths, one man was an inmate of the Welikada prison.?The 52-year-old man died on admission to the Welikada Prison hospital. The second victim is a 61-year-old man from Rajagiriya. He died on admission to a private hospital. A PCR test confirmed he was infected.

11 Jan, 2021