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A free webinar on Gender and the Application of Law will be conducted in English on August 26 at 7.00 pm, and will include panelists Himalee Kularathna AAL, Kate Norton, Dr. M. T. M. Mahees and moderator Amani Pilapitiya AAL. The event…

UNP General Secretary Palitha Range Bandara pointed out that Rs.2,000 is insufficient for a family to survive for 10 days of the Quarantine Curfew in view of the skyrocketing prices of essential goods. He said that the amount of…

194 deaths reported due to COVID-19 within 24-hours, stated the Department of Government Information

The highest number of COVID-19 patients were reported today in Sri Lanka with 4,355 new infections. The total count of positive coronavirus cases found in Sri Lanka currently sits at 394,355, stated the Epidemiology Unit

The Thibirigasyaya Divisional Secretariat yesterday started granting the Rs.2000 allowance to low income families whose livelihood has been affected due to the imposition of the Quarantine Curfew. A member of the beneficiary family…

Another 76,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine has arrived in Sri Lanka this morning. A flight carrying the Pfizer vaccines landed at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake early morning today.

The Department of Prisons will conduct an internal inquiry on the allegation that remanded MP Rishard Bathiudeen had threatened a prisons’ medical officer. According to the Department sources, an Assistant Superintendent of Prisons…

Local Tags: COVID19 coronavirus Sri Lanka Vaccine Centres PDF File: https://www.dailynews.lk/sites/default/files/news/2021/08/23/Vaccination%20Centers%20on%2023.08.2021.pdf Monday, August 23, 2021 - 09:54…

Economic Centres will be kept open on August 24 and 25 (today and tomorrow) in order to help farmer communities to sell their agricultural products without any delay. Accordingly, major Economic Centres including the Peliyagoda…

Sri Lanka Naval Ship (SLNS) Shakthi which left the Trincomalee harbour for the port of Chennai, Indian on 17th August 2021, for a shipment of medical-grade oxygen ordered from India, arrived at the port of Colombo, with approx. 40 tons…