The number of cases in the recently-emerged COVID-19 cluster at a garment manufacturing facility in Sri Lanka's Gamapaha district has increased to 1,034, rasing the island nation's overall infection tally to 4,459

The government has received the cabinet approval at the Cabinet Meeting held on 1st April 2020 to obtain a loan of up to US $ 400 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the implementation of results based programs

Over 50,000 of Sri Lanka’s free trade zone (FTZ) workers are at risk of exposure to COVID-19 as a result of the unexpected Brandix apparel factory cluster which at last count was at 1,034 confirmed cases

The Sri Lankan Health Ministry has issued a revised timeline for the resumption of activities until October 31, which categorises activities as normal operations, restricted operations, higher restrictions, and no operation

The Director of the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Sudath Samaraweera said the apparel worker who was first diagnosed with the new coronavirus is not the origin of the COVID-19 cluster at Minuwangoda Brandix garment factory and the virus may have been in the factory for several weeks

Sri Lanka’s Railway Department has taken steps to cancel 15 trains on the main line from midnight today (7) until further notice due to the COVID-19 coronavirus danger

Temasek Foundation in Singapore handed over the donation of 1 million Livinguard face masks (worth USD 20 million) to Sri Lanka at a ceremony held at the Foreign Ministry Wednesday (07 October)

Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry has decided to suspend all services offered by the Consular Affairs Division of the Ministry on 08th and 09th October 2020, to restrict the congregation of the general public and thereby to prevent the spreading of COVID-19 Virus, the Ministry said

An investigation carried out by the Committee on Public Enterprises has revealed that the country had incurred a loss of 1.1 billion rupees due to the purchase of coal

Sri Lankan Minister of Home Affairs Chamal Rajapaksha said in parliament that the government will not spare anyone proven to be guilty in last year's horrific Easter Sunday attack

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has dismissed a plea seeking a ban on airing speeches of former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif on television channels and social media platforms

Former Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has said that failure to brief him on an intelligence report led to the coordinated 2019 Easter Sunday attacks, adding that all preventive measures would be in place had be been informed

A new COVID-19 cluster has emerged in Sri Lanka with 103 employees of a garment manufacturing facility in Gampaha district testing positive for the virus, which increased the island-nation's overall tally to 3,513, a top health official said on Tuesday

Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Health has banned all public gatherings in the island until further notice in light of rising COVID-19 infections in the Minuwangoda Brandix cluster

The Ambassador of Japan to Sri Lanka Akira Sugiyama attended the opening ceremony for handover of a new bridge held in Buttala, Monaragala District on the 29th September 2020