: Sri Lanka Police have launched investigations to apprehend a suspect from Kandy who had been identified for uploading inappropriate and obscene content to cyberspace. The Police Children and Women Bureau is conducting further investigations with regard to video footage and photographs uploaded to cyberspace from Sri Lanka, with the situation being monitored [7/31/2021] …
: Four parcels containing prohibited substances have been seized by Welikada Prison officials after they were thrown over the boundary wall of the prison on 28,29 and 30 July. The parcels were found to have been thrown over the wall of the prison from the Wanathamulla area. Welikada Prison officials have seized several illegal [7/31/2021] …
Second dose of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine will be administered at Vihara Maha Devi Park on Sunday (01) and at both Vihara Maha Devi Park & Diyatha Uyana on Monday (02), said Army Commander General Shavendra Silva on Saturday (31) [7/31/2021] …
: Ministry of Public Services, Provincial Councils and Local Government has issued a circular to call all public servants to work as usual from next week onwards. The Ministry stated that the circular was issued following instructions from the Secretary to the President and maintaining normal government functions without interruption should be prioritized. Moreover, [7/31/2021] …
: Mothers who are infected with COVID-19 still have the ability to breastfeed via safe methods, Dr. Chitramali de Silva, Director of Sri Lanka Family Health Bureau says. She mentioned this in commemoration of the National Breastfeeding week, which is due to begin tomorrow (01). The theme for this National Breastfeeding Week is ‘Protecting [7/31/2021] …
: More than 500,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered in Sri Lanka for the second consecutive day, on Friday (Jul. 30), the State Ministry of Production, Supply, and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals said. According to State Minister Prof. Channa Jayasumana, 513,822 people were administered the COVID-19 jab on Friday (30). [7/31/2021] …
: Sri Lanka Police have seized narcotic substances worth Rs. 09 billion so far this year. More than 15,000 suspects were arrested since January this year, for the possession of narcotic substances such as Heroin and ICE, Police Spokesperson Senior DIG Ajith Rohana told News 1st on Saturday (Jul. 31). Since the 1st [7/31/2021] …
: A rise in deaths causes by road accidents has been recorded lately, Police Media Spokesperson SDIG Ajith Rohana says. He stated this while adding that 12 deaths have been caused due to road accidents within the last 24 hours. Accordingly, seven motorcyclists, two onboard vehicles, and three pedestrians have died due to [7/31/2021] …
: Popular actress Hyacinth Wijeratne passed away due to a road accident in the Lindula area yesterday (30), Police Spokesperson SDIG Ajith Rohana stated. He said that the vehicle in which she was traveling had fallen into a precipice at the Nuwara Eliya – Thalawakale road yesterday. The driver of the van has [7/31/2021] …
: Lunch sheets made of non-biodegradable polythene will be banned from tomorrow (01), The Minister of Environment, Mahinda Amaraweera states. The Minister said that the manufacture, transportation, and the sale of all types of lunch sheets made out of non-biodegradable plastic will be banned in the country from tomorrow onwards. Moreover, joint raids [7/31/2021] …
