With the arrival (30 April) evening of UL 1188 carrying 125 Sri Lankan students from Kolkata, the operation to bring home 1065 Sri Lankan students based in the South Asian  region, over 10 days, reached a successful conclusion.

Sri Lanka Navy assisted to lift a bus belongs to Sri Lanka Transport Board which had slipped off to the lagoon at Ponnalai bridge in karainagar, (01st May 2020).

Considering the difficulties faced by some customers of financial institutions affected by the COVID-19 pandemic to obtain certain relief measures, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has extended the deadline (30.04.2020) for submitting requests for debt moratoriums and 4% per annum refinancing facility for two months working capital, until 15 May 2020.

Cabinet Spokesman Dr. Bandula Gunawardena said that a 24-hour  hot-line has been established to obtain information related to migrant workers.