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“I urge the government not to use Sri Lanka’s vaccination drive as an opportunity for middlemen to make money”
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The army chief said divisional secretaries have been instructed to coordinate the delivery of essential items
Critics argue that the law is applied unequally, with quarantine violations by privileged parties allegedly overlooked
The A.30 lineage is presently not spreading on a global scale and is almost extinct, he said.
"The plan is to control the spread no matter what the variant. I think we have been successful in that."
Director-General of Health Services Dr Anil Jasinghe is asking politicians and the general public not to drag him or oth...
The number of COVID 19 cases detected in the country spiked yesterday taking the total since the outbreak in Sri Lanka t...
Sri Lanka is likely to slow the pace of repatriating overseas citizens for a time as Coronavirus infections among return...
The deaths of three elderly women caused by a stampede during an aid distribution event on Thursday in Colombo central i...
The total number of COVID 19 positive patients diagnosed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak has risen to 1085 with 17 more ...
It was a quiet Avurudu, then Vesak and now it's going to be a muted Eid celebrations as well this year as the usual larg...
The Director-General of Health Services Dr Anil Jasinghe has informed the Secretary to the President that the COVID 19 p...
The total number of COVID 19 positive cases since the outbreak rose to 1,055 last night with 27 cases being added yester...
Counsel for the Secretary to the President submitted to the Supreme Court today that dissolution ends the term of a Parl...
The government will not provide the relief payment of Rs 5,000 per needy family for the month of June, in response to a ...
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Sri Lanka’s Embassy in Abu Dhabi has been temporarily closed after five staff members were tested positive for the COV...
Sri Lanka’s Health Minister is declaring that for the past three weeks no COVID 19 positive cases have been reported f...
On the evening of May 2, Zubair Fathima Rinosa was rushed to hospital after complaining of breathing difficulties. The m...
The total number of patients infected with the COVID 19 disease has passed the thousand mark as the total reached 1,020 ...
Holding Parliamentary General Elections at this time when the COVID 19 pandemic is claiming victims is dangerous and “...
Hearings into the Fundamental Rights applications challenging the date of the elections and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa...
Sri Lankan workers in the Middle East who play a vital role in providing foreign exchange to the country are appealing f...
Sri Lanka is expecting two special flights from Kuwait Airways tomorrow bringing back Sri Lankans who are availing thems...
Sri Lanka’s government is calling its citizens overseas to rethink the effect returning home will have on their jobs a...
A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court, will tomorrow, May 18, examine at least six Fundamental Rights petitions challe...
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