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Vendors selling goods at the Manning Market in Peliyagoda engaged in trading showing callous regard to health measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Pictures by Samantha Weerasiri.

Kilinochchi District Parliamentarian S.Sridharan said that many TNA members would not sign the preliminary document to be produced before the UNHRC by the Party as former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon had issued a statement in 2010…

SJB Parliamentarian Manusha Nanayakkara said the COVID-19 vaccination process was not progressing according to a scientific pattern. He said the Colombo district should receive priority in the vaccination process as over 300 Covid…

A National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) team arrested two persons in a raid along with antigen test kits and oximeters worth Rs. 6.3 million prepared for sale without being registered with the NMRA. The raid was done in…

Sri Lanka became the world’s most vaccinated country in terms of population last week. This was stated by the Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka, quoting Our World, a data analysis firm on vaccination and COVID. Accordingly, Sri Lanka…

1083 persons were arrested yesterday for not wearing face masks and failing to maintain social distancing, stated the Police Media Division. So far 66,730 suspects have been arrested for not wearing face masks and maintaining…

BusinessS P TaoTags: Print EditionOverseas Realty (Ceylon) PLC announced the passing of. S P Tao (TaoShing Pee) Founder, Chairman and Director of the Company, in Nanjing, China on 24th August 2021. Tao lived 105 years and passed away…

Uruwarige Heenmanike, the wife of Vedda Chief Uruwarige Wannila Aththo has passed away from COVID-19.

An Extraordinary Gazette has been issued imposing Maximum Retail Price per unit of Fingertip Pulse Oximeter as Rs. 3,000. The special gazette notification was issued by the Health Minister, Keheliya Rambukwella.

Four millions of China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in Sri Lanka this morning.