Azerbaijani border guards arrest four Sri Lankans

Over 900 roadblocks during two day curfew

Over 900 roadblocks are to be set up across the country by the Police during the 2-day islandwide Police curfew to be imposed on Sunday (24) and Monday (25), the Police said. Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Ajith Rohana said Police officers will be deployed in three 8- hour shifts, while mobile patrols will also be routinely carried out. The public and vehicles will be continuously checked at the roadblocks during the coming 2 -days, he said. Commenting on the Ramadan festival fallin

23 May, 2020

Navy officers who recovered under quarantine for another 14 days

Navy officers who recovered from the coronavirus have been kept under quarantine for another 14 days, the Navy said today. The Navy media unit said that 283 Navy officers have so far recovered after contracting the virus and have been discharged from hospital. The Navy said that 33 Navy officers were the last batch to be discharged from hospital. Of the 33 officers discharged 22 were receiving treatment at the Navy General Hospital, 04 at the IDH hospital, six at the Mulleriyawa hospital and

23 May, 2020

Case into FR petitions filed against polls date postponed till Tuesday

The hearing at the Supreme Court (SC) on multiple Fundamental Rights (FR) petitions filed against the date set by the Elections Commission to hold the General Election was postponed for Tuesday after submissions were made for a fifth day today. When the case was heard today the Attorney General had requested the Supreme Court to dismiss the petitions without taking them up for hearing. Attorney at Law Charitha Gunaratne, the Center for Policy Alternatives (CPA), journalist Victor Ivan, and the

22 May, 2020