Judges of the Colombo High court today(02) rejected more than 90% of applications filed with court seeking bail under any condition. Among those who filed bail applications are incarcerated & remanded drug offenders. 121 such applications were taken up at 05 separate High Courts in Colombo...

COLOMBO (News1st): The Ministry of Health, a short while ago announced that the number of COVID - 19 patients in the country has climbed upto 151. As at 7 pm on Thursday, 127 people suspected to have contracted the virus are under medical supervision, government statistics show, with the number o...

Police said on Thursday that 1015 people who violated the government-imposed curfew were arrested within the last 24 hour-period, thereby recording the highest number of arrests to be made within a 24-hour window since imposing of curfew. During that 24-hour window, 254 vehicles were also seized ...

A team of specialist doctors handed over a document containing a series of proposals to combat COVID-19. The document of seven proposals handed over to the Health Minister highlighted the need to follow safety guidelines in treating any person with a cold and cough until confirmed if they carry C...

An operation to locate and direct people to quarantine resulted in the discovery of a human trafficking operation in Minuwangoda. According to reports, a group of 30 foreign women had been moved to a house in Nilpanagoda, Minuwangoda for quarantine without informing local health authorities. S...