Museums in the country temporarily closed

Depression developing over Bay of Bengal to affect Sri Lanka

A depression developing over the Bay of Bengal is to affect Sri Lanka over the next few days. The Department of Meteorology said that a low pressure area over the south east of the Bay of Bengal is likely to developed into a depression over same region during next 12 hours and further intensify into a cyclonic storm over south in the Bay of Bengal tomorrow (16th). The Department of Meteorology said that it is very likely to move northwestwards initially till the 17th and then re-curve north-no

15 May, 2020

Wakfs Board requests mosques to distribute Zakat in kind

The Wakfs Board has urged mosques in the country to ensure Zakat is collected in cash or kind but distributed only in kind during Ramadan. In a statement issued through the Department of Muslim Religious and Cultural Affairs, the Wakfs Board said that that the poor tend to go begging house to house during Ramadan. However, this year there is a fear house to house begging could pose the threat of spreading the coronavirus. Therefore, all mosques have been urged to put up a mechanism to collect

15 May, 2020

Mangala questioned by CID for over five hours

Former Parliamentarian Mangala Samaraweera was questioned by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) today for over five hours. He was instructed to appear before the CID today to record a statement over allegations of misuse of state property. Samaraweera was accused of using Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) buses to transport voters during the 2019 Presidential Election when he was the Minister of Finance. The former Minister arrived at the CID premises this afternoon and left late eve

14 May, 2020