Civil societies and monks  staged protests on Monday morning demanding cremation of all people, irrespective of religion, who died of COVID-19 virus in Sri Lanka, reported News 1st

One of the country’s biggest chapters of Buddhist Monks, the joint Amarapura-Ramanna sect, is asking President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to permit the burial of the remains of Christians and Muslims who die of COVID-19

Taking note of various false claims being spread on social media platforms and websites, the Sri Lanka government urged the public not to create and spread fake news regarding COVID-19, reported The Daily Mirror

Sri Lanka's overall coronavirus caseload has surpassed the 40,000 mark after 500 more people tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said

Sri Lanka State Minister of Samurdhi, Household Economy, Micro Finance, Self-Employment and Business Development, Shehan Semasinghe says that steps have been taken to set up a rural trade network of 25,000 women entrepreneurs that will implement the government decisions as they are instead of a network of buyers that exploits the consumers, traders and farmers

Japan has provided a total sum of US$ 636,262 (approx. Rs. 115 million) to the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) for humanitarian demining activities in Northern Sri Lanka

The first charter flight from Ukraine carrying tourists is due to arrive in Sri Lanka on December 28 an official said, resuming tourism in the Indian Ocean Island in the Coronavirus era which ended in March 2020 with airport closures

A countrywide two-minute silence was observed at 09.25 a.m. this morning (Dec 26) to commemorate the thousands of people who died following the deadliest tsunami hit, which took place in 2004, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said

Turkey has sent medical assistance to Sri Lanka, as Ankara continues its relief efforts across the globe during the novel coronavirus pandemic, Turkish state-run Anadolu Agency said

Russia’s national carrier Aeroflot has canceled its scheduled flight to Sri Lanka with a group of Russian tourists

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka today said it is of the view that the recent increase in volatility of the exchange rate is unwarranted and unacceptable

Sri Lanka Customs today discovered a consignment of agricultural plant waste that has been sent to the Port of Colombo from Ukraine instead of an order of a coriander stock worth Rs. 70 million

Sri Lanka Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena met with Ambassador of the Netherlands Tanja Gonggrijp and Ambassador of Turkey R. Demet Sekercioglu on 22 December 2020 and discussed several areas of ongoing cooperation, the Foreign Ministry said

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa says that in order to have hope for the future of the country, the program of making the country self-sufficient in all sectors should be implemented

The Sri Lankan government has no plans on selling the East Container Terminal(ECT) of the Colombo Port, reaffirmed Minister of Ports & Shipping Rohitha Abeygunawardena on Wednesday(23)