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Sri Lanka to acquire 2mn Sinopharm doses in June, 400,000 Sputnik V in July

Sri Lanka has made agreements to purchase 13 million doses of the Chinese vaccine by end 2021, the minister said.

June 2, 2021 5 min read

Sri Lanka's unofficial COVID-19 lockdown extended to June 14

The restrictions were to be lifted at 4am June 07

June 2, 2021 1 min read

77 tourists among 859 arrivals on June 01 after Sri Lanka lifts ban on inbound passengers

As of 5.30 pm, 77 tourists had arrived for the bubble concept with more flights coming in during the day, officials said

June 2, 2021 1 min read

Sputnik Light: Sri Lanka may rely on single-shot Russian COVID-19 vaccine

Health officials denied knowledge of the seal, but two government ministers said the next day that they were aware of it

June 2, 2021 6 min read
No legal barrier to mandating vaccine certificate at public places: Sri Lanka attorney general

“The argument here is that ‘I have a right to my life, but I have no right to endanger the life of another’".

Vaccine efficacy falls sharply over time, study finds as Sri Lanka rolls out Pfizer booster

Vaccines gives protection against death

Sri Lanka foreign returnees in holding centre for Coronavirus tests before quarantine

Sri Lanka is to hold foreign returnees in a temporary location until PCR tests are known so that they can be sent to hos...

June 4, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka debunks rumors that Lankan migrant workers have committed suicide in Kuwait

Foreign Relations Ministry officials are denying Social Media chatter that two Sri Lankan migrant workers in Kuwait have...

June 4, 2020 2 min read

It will be an election in the time of COVID 19 - without the crowds and the razzle-dazzle

It will be an election in the time of COVID 19 and the concerts and the razzle-dazzle of a typical South Asian poll camp...

Arjuna Ranawana
June 3, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka wins new business providing services to Cruise Ships anchored outside Colombo Port

Sri Lanka is providing anchoring, sludging and crew transfer services to two Princess Liner ships anchored outside Colom...

Mahadiya Hamza
June 3, 2020 2 min read
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DMC gearing up to deal with floods, COVID 19 and Dengue this monsoon season

Sri Lanka Disaster Management Centre has laid out detailed plans and is ready to face any challenges in the upcoming mon...

Chanka Jayasinghe
June 3, 2020 3 min read

JVP hopeful for election nine to 11 weeks after pandemic declared under control

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) is hopeful that Sri Lanka’s National Election Commission (NEC) will announce a sui...

June 3, 2020 2 min read

Forty more COVID 19 patients take total to 1,683; 27 from Qatar

Sri Lanka Disaster Management Centre has laid out detailed plans and is ready to face any challenges in the upcoming mon...

June 3, 2020 2 min read

Govt defends Thondaman funeral; says every measure was taken to prevent outbreak

The government took every possible measure to avoid a spread of COVID-19 at late Minister Arumugam Thondaman’s funeral...

Imesh Ranasinghe
June 3, 2020 2 min read

Supreme Court dismisses FR petitions challenging the refusal to recall Parliament

The Supreme Court has refused leave to proceed for all 8 Fundamental Rights petitions that challenged the June 20 poll d...

June 2, 2020 1 min read

Mahinda Deshapriya - "Election Commission is not trying to delay Parliamentary Poll"

Chief Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya is assuring Sri Lankans that the Commission is not doing “anything und...

June 1, 2020 2 min read
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Uproar over crowds at Thondaman's funeral and Jeevan's behaviour

The Funeral of the late Minister Arumugam Thondaman held over the weekend is raising many questions about the quarantine...

Imesh Ranasinghe
June 1, 2020 3 min read

COVID 19 - Eleventh fatality is a Kuwait returnee, Health Dept

Sri Lanka has recorded the eleventh death from the COVID 19 pandemic, he is a 45-year-old man who had recently returned ...

June 1, 2020 1 min read

Curfew declared in Nuwara Eliya as Thondaman's funeral cavalcade enters town

A quarantine curfew has been declared from tonight until Sunday night in the Nuwara Eliya District as tens of thousands ...

May 29, 2020 1 min read

Ranil says UNP will never join a National Government

United National Party Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has told the party faithful that he will not enter into any agreement ...

May 29, 2020 2 min read
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COVID 19 - Managing Navy and Migrant worker clusters critical - GMOA

The Government Medical Officers Association is warning that managing the currently active COVID 19 clusters is critical ...

May 29, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka's new normal explained

With Sri Lanka easing lockdown measures in all districts even as the country’s number of confirmed COVID-19 cases cont...

May 28, 2020 6 min read

All day curfews on Sunday May 31, June 4 and 5 to prevent gatherings - President's office

An all-island 24-hour curfew will be imposed this Sunday,  May 31, as well as the two days of Poson, the Presidential S...

May 28, 2020 1 min read

Gafoor building Navy contingent quarantined after Sailor tests positive for COVID 19

The COVID 19 Task Force has placed the Navy garrison stationed in the Gaffoor Building in the heart of Colombo Fort unde...

May 28, 2020 2 min read

Total number of COVID 19 cases now 1,469 as May 27 breaks records with 150 patients detected

The total number of patients detected yesterday May 27, has risen to 150 bringing the number in Sri Lanka since the outb...

May 28, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka adds two new hospitals to deal with rising COVID 19 patients

Sri Lanka has designated two recently built hospitals as treatment centres for COVID 19 patients as the numbers with the...

Arjuna Ranawana
May 27, 2020 2 min read