Thursday, 28 January 2021 - 11:42
The Air Indian flight (AI- 281) carrying the first consignment of Oxford-AstraZeneca (COVISHIELD) vaccines gifted by the Indian government, landed at the BIA a short while ago
Tuesday, 13 April 2021 - 5:46
Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places over most parts of the island in the evening or night. Fairly heavy falls about 75 mm can be. Read More
Monday, 12 April 2021 - 23:04
The driver of the motor vehicle on the Southern Expressway responsible for reckless driving has been remanded till the 22nd of this month.The arrested. Read More
Monday, 12 April 2021 - 23:40
Punjab Kings 221 for 6 (Rahul 91, Hooda 64, Gayle 40, Sakariya 3-31) beat Rajasthan Royals 217 for 7 (Samson 119, Arshdeep 3-35) by four runsSanju Samson s. Read More
By Rathindra Kuruwita Thirty four more persons were arrested by the Police on Sunday for violating quarantine laws. They had been arrested for not wearing face masks, not maintaining physical distancing, etc., police spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said. He went on to say that 2,415 people had been arrested for violating quarantine laws since October […]
Leos of the Kalubowila Leo Club (KLC) together with their counterparts at the University of Zimbabwe organised Embrace Diversity Culture Exchange programme on Dec 13 to share and value diverse yet beautiful differences in the two cultures. The KLC has said in a media statement: “It is well known that the inability to value and […]
President approves Sabry’s plan AThe Justice Ministry and Police Headquarters yesterday (11) reached a consensus on an unprecedented plan to recruit 150 lawyers as Chief Inspectors as part of key reforms required to revamp the police. The Justice Ministry said that Justice Minister Ali Sabry PC had received President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s nod for his […]
The 10 MPs have been instructed to appear for PCR tests, parliament sources said.
Serjeant-at-Arms of Parliament Narendra Fernando said that all MPs would be subjected to PCR tests on Jan 13 and 15.
MP Gayantha Karunathilaka and his family had tested negative for COVID-19, Narendra Fernando said.
Narendra Fernando said MP Karunathilaka had been identified as a close associate of MP Rauff Hakeem, who recently tested positive for the highly contagious virus.
Karunathilaka is reported to have attended Parliament on Jan 05 together with Hakeem.
Narendra Fernando said upon being notified, MP Karunathilaka had volunteered undergo PCR tests.
He said the test results had confirmed that the MP and his family had not contracted the virus.