Sri Lanka yesterday (22) reported the highest number of Covid-19 cases in nearly two months.

Concerns have been raised over discrepancies between the official exchange rates quoted by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) and other commercial banks in the country, the 'Lanka Truth' website reported.

The much hyped Colombo Port City is one of the most important projects of the country with tremendous potential. However, many legal experts have contended that the 'Colombo Port City Economic Zones Special Commission Bill' attempts to create an all-powerful Commission that was answerable only to the Executive.

The reigning Mrs. World, Caroline Jurie, has resigned her title after she was involved in a controversy at the Mrs. Sri Lanka pageant held at the Nelum Pokuna Theatre recently.

The Sri Lanka government is on an unprecedented move to acquit criminals and fraudsters through a resolution in Parliament, former State Minister of Finance and SJB lawmaker Eran Wickramaratne said.

Sri Lanka will commence the inoculation of the second dose of the AstraZeneca (Covishield) vaccine from the first week of May, State Minister of Pharmaceutical Production, Supply, and Regulation Prof. Channa Jayasumana said.

Bhagya Abeyratne, a young woman from Godakawela, became a household name overnight when she spoke with passion and sincere devastation about the destruction of the Sinharaja rainforest that she saw with her own eyes.

A senior official of the Prime Minister's Media Division rejected news reports which claimed that Ministers Vasudeva Nanayakkara, Wimal Weerawansa and Udaya Gammanpila had walked out of the party leaders meeting held under the patronage of Premier Mahinda Rajapaksa today (19).

At least 41 Sri Lankan women, the majority of whom are migrant domestic workers, have spent months on end arbitrarily detained at a deportation center in Saudi Arabia, awaiting repatriation to their home country, Amnesty International said.

The Criminal Justice Commissions (CJC) Act, No. 14 of 1972, marked the beginning of the collapse of Sri Lanka’s criminal justice system. The process that started then, gradually expanded further and further, and today, the criminal justice system in Sri Lanka is virtually dysfunctional.