ASP arrested for bribery further remanded

UK PM appoints Lord Davies as Trade Envoy to Sri Lanka

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appointed Lord Davies of Abersoch as the Prime Minister?s Trade Envoy to Sri Lanka. The British Prime Minister has today made fifteen new appointments to his Trade Envoy programme. These new appointments will extend the total number of Trade Envoys to 31 parliamentarians covering 69 markets. The Prime Minister?s trade envoy programme is an unpaid and voluntary cross-party network, which supports the UK?s ambitious trade and investment agenda in global

06 Oct, 2020

MPs told to strictly follow health guidelines

Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has emphasized the need for all Parliamentarians to comply with health guidelines given the COVID – 19 epidemic prevailing in the country. The Speaker made the request when issuing an announcement at the commencement of the parliament session today (06). Speaker Abeywardena urged the Members of Parliament to strictly adhere to the health guidelines provided by the Ministry of Health in the parliament premises as well as while engaging in their day

06 Oct, 2020

Over 500 test positive for coronavirus in Minuwangoda cluster

The number of employees from the Brandix factory in Minuwangoda infected with the coronavirus has surpassed 500. Head of the National Operations Centre for the Prevention of COVID-19 Army Commanded Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva said that another 246 employees have tested positive as of this afternoon. Addressing the weekly cabinet media briefing earlier today, cabinet spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella said that 101 employees were detected with the virus yesterday and 320 were detected this m

06 Oct, 2020