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Total cases rise to 100,000 as Sri Lankan health authorities warn of a more deadly Covid variant
Sri Lanka has locked down Adikarigama in South Kaluthara as 18 and 35 year-olds die from Covid-19 induced pneumonia
Sri Lankans have been warned to stay home for the next two weeks as a post-New Year Coronavirus wave sent daily Covid-19...
Sri Lanka is on a dangerous track as a suspected new Coronavirus variant is spreading rapidly after New Year celebration...
China has informed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa of the decision
Some philanthropists had offered to pay for and give vaccines free, he claimed
Sri Lanka is isolating Hunupitiya Grama Niladari division in Slave Island, sections of Cinnamon Gardens and Wellawatte p...
Sri Lanka has confirmed seven Coronavirus deaths on December 05 including two Covid-19 home deaths from the Bandaragama ...
Sri Lankan authorities are being faulted by the country’s Human Rights Council for the deaths of eleven inmates at the...
Sri Lanka will admit tourists from countries which will begin to vaccinate their populations using a WHO-approved plan t...
Human Rights activists are demanding a full and impartial investigation into the death of eleven prisoners at the Mahara...
At least four people have reportedly died after Prison officials opened fire after inmates at the Mahara Prison became r...
Sri Lanka passed the 100-mark in Covid 19 related deaths last night with eight new deaths reported yesterday the Nationa...
An Indian envoy has urged the Sri Lankan Prime Minister to initiate a discussion among countries in the region to develo...
The former Director of the Criminal Investigation Department SSP Shani Abeysekara is being transferred to the Infectious...
The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) is asking the government to amend the regulations governing the disposa...
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The final decision on the dates of the O/L examinations will be taken by 10 December depending on the resumption of scho...
Sri Lankans will get the vaccination against Covid 19 as soon as the World Health Organisation-approved vaccine is made ...
Sri Lanka has confirmed 400 Coronavirus cases with 391 domestic cases taking the total Covid-19 cases so far to 20,171 w...
Sri Lanka has confirmed 09 new Coronavirus deaths on November 21, taking the total to 83, with 487 new Covid-19 cases b...
The government has declared two areas in the Kalutara district, Bandaragama and Atalugama as isolated after several Covi...
Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa is urging the government to take steps to obtain newly developed COVID-19 vacc...
Colombo Mayor Rosie Senanayake is appealing to donors to contribute towards providing dry rations to at least 30,000 fam...
Sri Lanka’s Schools will open throughout the country from Monday, November 23 for Grades 6-13 except for the Covid 19 ...
Sri Lanka will pay LKR 500,000 as compensation to the families of each migrant workers who died due to COVID-19 overseas...
Sri Lanka has failed to sell 80 percent of Treasury bills offered at an auction on Wednesday, official data showed amid ...
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