Ceylon Teachers' Union secretary Joseph Stalin said that four students of Thalawakele Tamil School who were undergoing quarantine had attended school today. He said that the government's unplanned re-opening of government schools had put the teachers in trouble. Stalin pointed out that when re-opening schools after the first corona wave, the government issued a circular for the safety of the

"Although the previous government reduced the taxes on sanitary towels by 40%, the present government has increased it by 15%," Sri Lanka opposition Samagi Jana Balavegaya Matale district MP Rohini Kavirathna said in the parliament today participating in the budget debate. She said that the government would go into history as a rule that taxed even the menstruation of women. An article ...

Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau (SLFEB) says that bringing of Sri Lankan expatriate workers from South Korea will start next week. The media spokesman of SLFEB, Mangala Randeniya said that the chief of National Operation Center for the Prevention of COVID-19, Army Commander Shavendra Silva had granted permission for this. Randeniya further said that some Sri Lankans who had signed agreements

Sri Lanka government coalition parliamentarian Anupa Pasqual said that the government must establish committees at village level for COVID-19 prevention. The committee must include public officials like the Grama Seva Niladhari, the midwife aka Family Health Officer, the local government members, local non-allopathic doctors and other relevant village elite.These village committees can help the

Table salt price in Sri Lanka has sharply risen, in addition to the other commodities, the consumers complain.Market sources say that the price of a 50kg bag crystal salt has gone up from Rs. 675 to Rs. 950.Ministry of Fisheries sources says that the price has gone up due to the increased use of salt for preserving fish. The price of fish has dropped sharply since the consumers are afraid to eat

Homagama, Moratuwa, Panadura North and Panadura South have been included anew to the police areas of Sri Lanka which are under quarantine curfew. Accordingly, over 60 police areas are under quarantine curfew now. The government isolated Hatton town also yesterday due to spread of COVID-19. The number of COVID-19 patients diagnosed yesterday was 457 and three deaths occurred during the day. 

US State Secretary Mike Pompeo who arrived in Sri Lanka yesterday will hold bilateral discussions with Sri Lanka President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa this morning. The meeting will be held in the President's House in Colombo. He will discuss with the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardane also. The duo is expected to hold a press conference later. The visit of the US State Secretary takes place

Sri Lanka's leftist People's Liberation Front (JVP) protested before the US Embassy in Colombo against the US influence on the independence and sovereignty of Sri Lanka. Handing over a letter to the US Ambassador Alaina B. Teplitz, JVP said that they would not trust that the visit of US State Secretary Mike Pompeo would be a commitment for a strong, free and ...

Sri Lanka Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP), issuing a press release urged the government to reject the Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC) pushed forward by the US for Sri Lanka to accept during the talks with the US State Secretary Mike Pompeo. AITP said that the report of the committee led by Dr. Lalithasiri Gunaruwan who was appointed to study the MCC had

Three COVID-19 deaths were reported today so far in Sri Lanka. A 41-year-old male patient died in National Institute of Infectious Diseases, aka IDH. Two more patients died in the National Hospital in Colombo. One of the deceased is a 19-year-old young man with chronic disability.The other deceased is an elderly woman who had been hospitalised for an ailment on her leg.  

Further deepening the US-China power crisis at the cost of the independence of strategically located island nation Sri Lanka, the Embassy of China in Sri Lanka issued a highly controversial statement today ahead of US State Secretary Mike Pompeo's visit. In the letter full of flattery and false compliments to Sri Lanka, China apparently spoke on behalf of Sri Lanka too ...

Senior Minister and ruling coalition partner of Sri Lanka government, Wimal Weerawans said that the US Bar Association was planning to open an office in Colombo.In a scathing attack against the visit of US State Secretary Mike Pompeo, Weerawansa stated that the move to open an office of US Bar Association in Colombo was for appearing for the US criminals like rapists who would roam freely after

Colombo Chief Medical Officer of Health Ruwan Wijayamuni said that 937 of 5,267 PCR tests of randomly selected persons in Colombo proved positive, reported The Lankadeepa Sinhala daily. The report further said the doctor had told that a part of these COVID-19 cases is connected to Brandix and Peliyagoda fish market clusters. The percentage is over 17%. (Photo credit: socialnews.xyz)

US General Secretary Mike Pompeo will arrive in Sri Lanka for a two-day official visit.He will hold bilateral discussions with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.The visit to Sri Lanka is a part of the US top official's diplomatic tour in South and South-Eastern Asia. He is visiting India, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Indonesia. Pompeo will leave Sri Lanka tomorrow. The

Seven children and three mothers staying with them in Lady Ridgeway Children's Hospital in Sri Lanka are COVID-19 infected, the Director of the hospital Dr. G. Wijesuriya said. Lady Ridgway Hospital situated in Borella in the Colombo city is the main children's hospital in Sri Lanka and children in critical conditions from the areas island-wide are treated there. The Director said that the

Sri Lanka Minister of  Education and the Chairman of ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Prof. G.L. Peiris said that the government hoped to make a complete transformation of the defense sector after the report of the Presidential Commission that investigated the Easter Sunday attack would be received. Addressing a press conference held in the SLPP headquarters today, the Minister stated

Sri Lanka's chief epidemiologist Dr. Sudath Samaraweera  said that all the COVID-19 patients are connected to each other in some way and therefore, still there is no social spread in the country.He pointed out that when there is a social spread, the career of virus related to individual patients cannot be traced.

Army Commander of Sri Lanka Shavendra Silva said that the associates of COVID-19 patients will be home quarantined since today. So far, the government quarantined the associates of COVID-19 persons in military-run quarantine centres. By now, the country has reached 90% of the capacity in hospitals for COVID-19 patients. Meanwhile, Government Medical Officers' Association proposed the government

Wildlife Conservation Department of Sri Lanka reported the discovery of a rare albino python from a farm in Ritigala in the North Central Province. The wildlife officials of Ritigala Beat Wildlife Office took the reptile into their safe custody with the hope of releasing it into a suitable wildlife park.The female albino is about 2 meters and 60 centimeters and about 10 to 12 years old.This is

(Adopted from Lanka E News) The following are the main proposals for constitutional reform under discussion. President The President will be the Head of State, the Head of the Executive and the Commander in Chief of the armed forces. The President shall always, except in the case of the appointment of the Prime Minister or as otherwise required by the Constitution, act on the advice of