Locally manufactured ventilation machines were introduced in the government hospitals from today(01), as the Covid-19 patients are on the rise in the country. Accordingly, it has been planned to manufacture 200 ventilation machines and hand them over for the use of the hospitals across the countr...

COLOMBO (News1st): The Presidential Task Force to combat COVID - 19 has requested the Ceylon Association of Shipping Agents to grant certain concessions to importers and consignees owing to the current situation in the country. In a letter to the association, Dr. Priyath Bandu Wickrama, a member ...

COLOMBO (News1st): The validity period of all visas issued for foreigners has been extended until May 12 owing to the current situation surrounding COVID-19, the government announced today (Apr 1). Previously, the Department of Immigration and Emigration had extended the validity period of all vi...

COLOMBO (News1st): Sri Lanka Air Force has launched a programme to distribute dry rations among 50,000 low-income earning families in Colombo. In a statement, the air force stated that the dry rations would be distributed within a span of three days among families that have been identified by the...

A total of 1093 people were arrested by Sri Lanka Police during the past 24 hours for violating the curfew. During the same time, 310 vehicles were seized. A total of 8451 people were arrested thus far ever since the curfew was imposed with a total of 2078 vehicles being seized. Deputy Insp...