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Nurses attached to 100 Government hospitals across the country have decided to launch one hour token strike this afternoon (July 28). The protest will be carried out from 12 pm to 1 pm at the said hospitals, said the President of…

Sri Lanka will receive another four million doses of Sinopharm vaccines in the first week of August, the Sri Lankan Embassy in China said. This is the largest quantity of vaccine that Sri Lanka has been able to procure in one…

The Chief of Staff of Sri Lanka Navy, Rear Admiral Ruwan Perera today relinquished naval duties to which he was committed over the past 35 years. Rear Admiral Perera who is celebrating his 55th birthday today received warm wishes…

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa expressed the hope that more countries would be inspired by Sri Lanka’s bold approach to sustainably transform its agricultural system to organic agriculture in order to ensure food security and nutrition…

3,591 persons were undergoing quarantine at 67 hotels and tri service-managed Quarantine Centres as at this morning, stated the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19.

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal to attach 150 experienced teachers with expertise in the relevant subject who work as teachers in government schools to the National Institute of Education (NIE) as the staff currently…

A total of 1,711 COVID-19 positive cases were reported in Sri Lanka today, stated the Epidemiology Unit. The total count of positive coronavirus cases found in Sri Lanka currently sits at 299,892 and 270,356 of them have made…

The State Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Corporation (SPMC) has taken measures to procure normal Saline and other basic injection solutions through a local company. Co-Cabinet Spokesman Plantation Minister Dr.Ramesh Pathirana said the…

The 1990 Suwaseriya Ambulance Service celebrates its fifth Anniversary today and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa intends to increase its capacity and plans to add 112 new ambulances to the present fleet. Suwasariya has a staff of…

A special operation to check households in Colombo, suburbs and the entire Western Province, for clues of underaged children employed as domestic aides was initiated yesterday (27). Police Spokesman Senior DIG Ajith Rohana said the…