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Sri Lanka confirms 2,624 Coronavirus cases, 3-month baby among 26 Covid-19 fatalities

Deaths reported rose to a new high of 26 taking the total to 827

May 11, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka imposes inter-province travel restrictions in effort to contain COVID-19

Adhering to health guidelines will contribute towards the public’s health and well-being, the statement said.

May 10, 2021 4 min read

Sri Lanka to purchase 900,000 doses of Pfizer-BionTech COVID-19 vaccine in July

The Pfizer-BionTech jab has shown an efficacy of 95% against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection, the WHO said.

May 10, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Dept of Motor Traffic further suspends services due to COVID-19

Driving licenses expiring between April 01 and September 01 have been extended for six months, he said

May 10, 2021 1 min read
Sri Lanka's Delta variant with three mutations assigned its own lineage

At the time of writing, the lineage has been identified in Turkey, India, Russia and the US.

Malaysia relaxes travel restrictions on Sri Lanka and four other countries

"Inbound travellers can enter to work in Malaysia as long as they follow all the conditions set," Berita Harian reported

Australian donation aims to help women and girls in Sri Lanka

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has handed over prepositioned maternity and dignity kits worth more than 3 mi...

April 9, 2020 1 min read

Reconvene parliament, carry out more tests to contain COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, ex-legislators say in l...

Select members of Sri Lanka’s dissolved parliament shared their views on the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic today in an uno...

April 9, 2020 6 min read

Sri Lanka to pay 02-pct interest premium on Coronavirus forex account

Sri Lanka will pay an extra 02 percent interest for foreign exchange remitted to the country and kept for 12 months in d...

April 9, 2020 3 min read

Manthri.lk hosts live 'online parliamentary' session on COVID-19 in Sri Lanka

Manthri.lk, a parliamentary monitoring initiative by think tank Verite Research, is hosting a live 'online parliamentary...

April 9, 2020 1 min read

Relief for those owing traffic fines

If you are worried about that unpaid traffic fine, the Sri Lanka Police together with the Postal Department have come up...

April 9, 2020 1 min read

For all its a struggle to get the essentials of life

Across the districts designated as the most affected by the COVID 19 threat, the fear of the disease is tinged by the co...

Arjuna Ranawana
April 9, 2020 5 min read

Manthir.lk to have multiparty forum on Sri Lanka's Covid-19 response

Manthri.lk, a portal that tracks Sri Lanka's parliament and its member said it is hosting an online forum with senior pa...

April 8, 2020 1 min read

Helidarawwa, video series debunking COVID-19 misinformation, launched in Sri Lanka

Helidarawwa, a journalistic initiative put together to debunk disinformation surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, was laun...

April 8, 2020 1 min read

Hiru TV denying show rehearsal defying govt COVID 19 guidelines

Hiru TV is denying that it brought more than a hundred staff and artistes to record its Sinhala Avurudu Special show to ...

April 8, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka Coronavirus curfew update Thursday, pharmacies to open at 0900h, Covid-19 count 189

Sri Lanka will open pharmacies at 0900h on Thursday while curfew will be lifted at 0600h except in Colombo, Gampaha, Put...

April 8, 2020 1 min read
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Britain's Johnson spends second night in intensive care

April 8, 2020 4 min read

Sri Lanka Coronavirus testing ramped up as Vietnam tests 94,000 in Covid-19 offensive

Sri Lanka is ramping up Coronavirus tests, with some persons who had been released from quarantine developing Covid-19 a...

April 8, 2020 8 min read

COVID 19 : New Guidelines for curfew passes issued

Police headquarters has issued new guidelines for the issuance of Curfew passes granting more public and private sector ...

Arjuna Ranawana
April 8, 2020 2 min read

Review COVID-19 lockdown after April new year, medical academics say in exit strategy for Sri Lanka

The current COVID-19 lockdown should be reviewed after the coming traditional new year, while increasing testing capacit...

Himal Kotelawala
April 7, 2020 4 min read

Sri Lanka invites indigenous medical practitioners to help fight COVID-19; GMOA chief recommends "du...

As Sri Lanka’s confirmed COVID-19 cases reach the 180s, the government has invited indigenous medical practitioners to...

Himal Kotelawela
April 7, 2020 3 min read

Vietnam puts Coronavirus hit UK pilot on ECMO as Boris Johnson enters ICU

Doctors in Vietnam's Cho Ray hospital have put a British pilot whose lungs were damaged from Coronavirus on external blo...

April 7, 2020 4 min read

Sri Lanka records sixth Coronavirus death, 38 recover

Sri Lanka has seen the sixth Coronavirus death on April 07, the government information office said as 38 recovered, and ...

April 7, 2020 1 min read

Latest COVID 19 patient is Tuk-tuk driver

Two more COVID 19 patients were reported today, taking the total reported to 178 since the outbreak Director-General Hea...

April 6, 2020 1 min read

Blanket curfew over the whole country for more than 50 hours

Sri Lanka heads into a countrywide curfew from tonight with all districts placed under restrictions until Thursday morni...

April 6, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka medical professional associations call for 1,500 RT-PCR tests per day

Sri Lanka must increase its RT-PCR testing capacity to 1,500 tests per day, among other measures, to contain the spread ...

April 6, 2020 3 min read