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An Earthquake has occurred near Sumatra Island in the Indian Ocean today but it has no tsunami threat to Sri Lanka, specifically the coastal areas of Sri Lanka are declared safe, the Meteorology Department said. The earthquake…

Another 104,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine has arrived in Sri Lanka this morning. Monday, August 2, 2021 - 09:34

The vaccination centre at Battaramulla Diyatha Uyana will also be open 24-hours from today till August 4 (Wednesday) to administer the second dose of Oxford – AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccines. The Sri Lanka Army yesterday launched a…

3,803 persons were undergoing quarantine at 63 hotels and tri service-managed Quarantine Centres as at this morning, stated the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19.

Another stock of AstraZeneca vaccines will arrive in Sri Lanka on Saturday. On last Saturday,Sri Lanka received a stock of 728,460 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines donated by Japan. Related Articles: The most awaited…

The Registrar General’s Department has introduced an online system to issue copies of Birth, Marriage and death certificates. To reduce the difficulties in requesting the copies of Birth, Marriage and death certificates in the…

Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said the Government expects to revive the tourism industry by September this year with the success of the vaccination drive. "Therefore, we hope this year will be a significant year for the…

South Korea’s Ambassador to Sri Lanka Santhush Woonjin JEONG on July 29 met with Justice Minister Ali Sabry,PC at the Ministry of Justice and discussed ways to promote judicial cooperation and assistance between Korea and Sri Lanka.

With the resumption of the Public Service at normal levels from yesterday, hundreds of Public Servants were seen getting off the trains at Fort last morning to head to their respective workplaces. (Picture by Sulochana Gamage)