SriLankan Airlines yesterday confirmed media reports stating that an employee of the airline at SriLankan Cargo operations division at the Bandaranaike International Airport tested positive for the COVID-19 virus Monday morning

Sri Lanka's overall COVID-19 caseload has increased to 4,749 after the number of patients associated with the Divulapitiya cluster rose to 1,307 with 60 new infections, the Ministry of Health said

A debate on the 20th Amendment to the Sri Lankan Constitution will take place in Parliament on October 20, it was reported on Monday

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to arrive in Sri Lanka, Foreign Secretary Prof. Jayanath Colombage said

Sri Lanka's overall coronavirus case tally has increased to 4,628, after the number of patients associated with the Divulapitiya cluster has increased to 1,121 with 105 new infections, the Ministry of Health said

To prevent the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus disease, a special islandwide operation has been launched with more than 60,000 security and health personnel to find the associates and relatives of the Minuwangoda garment factory workers

Sri Lanka Cricketers Dinesh Chandimal and Thisara Perera were enlisted in Sri Lanka Army to the rank of Major during a simple ceremony, held Friday

Sisira Jayakodi, Minister of Indigenous Medicine Promotion, said that the ministry has developed several Ayurvedic drugs to treat COVID-19 and also for the people who are at greater risk of contracting the virus

The Early Childhood Development Project is working to improve the quality of and expand equitable access to early childhood development (ECD) services in Sri Lanka, a World Bank report says

Sri Lanka’s exports were down 8.3 percent in August 2020 to 947 million dollars and imports fell 18.1 percent 1,298 million dollars amid a fall in tourism revenues and inflows to the government, official data shows

United National Development Program, Sri Lanka Tourism and Citi group has started a livelihood support scheme as initial information suggested women accounted for 67 percent of the jobs lost in the leisure sector due to Coronavirus

The ‘Public Day’ held at all state institutions every Monday is suspended at the Colombo Municipal Council, until further notice

World Bank in its twice-a-year-regional update expects the South Asian economies including Sri Lanka to slump sharper than expected this year into its worst-ever recession as the devastating impacts of COVID-19 on the region’s economies

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa Thursday instructed to expand vocational and educational opportunities in the fields of Fisheries, Marine and Marine Engineering at Ocean University under the ‘Vision of Prosperity’ national policy of the government

The Sri Lankan government has decided to postpone all repatriation flights until further notice in the wake of a Covid-19 cluster detected at a garment manufacturing facility in Gampaha district