President reiterates invite to help form all-party Government

Matale Mayor Daljith Aluvihare suspended

The Governor of the Central Province Lalith U. Gamage today suspended Daljith Aluvihare from holding the post of Mayor of the Matale Municipal Council. Gamage further appointed a Commission to investigate the activities of the Mayor, whose suspension comes with immediate effect. In an Extraordinary Gazette dated 25 August 2020 and issued, Retired High Court Judge Sarojini Weerawardena was appointed to inquire whether Aluvihare had conducted any misdeeds as described in the constitution of the

27 Aug, 2020

Government says still no date to reopen airports

The Government is currently working on measures to reopen airports in Sri Lanka at the earliest opportunity, Cabinet Spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said. Minister Rambukwella told the weekly post cabinet media briefing held today that efforts to reopen the airports are being delayed due to daily developments with regard to the coronavirus pandemic. Despite Sri Lanka managing to contain the outbreak, many countries are still struggling, especially countries such as India and the US, he

27 Aug, 2020

Taiwan downgrades risk level for Sri Lanka to low from medium risk

Taiwan has downgraded the coronavirus risk level for Sri Lanka to low from medium risk Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung said that Sri Lanka, Nauru, Timor-Leste and Mauritius have been added to the list of ?low infection risk countries” or areas. The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) in Taiwan said that coronavirus cases in Sri Lanka continue to decline, with the majority of its cases being imported. Therefore, CECC has changed its risk level for Sri Lanka to low from medium

26 Aug, 2020