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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.

The Ministry of Environment has decided to implement a ban on lunch sheets made from non-perishable polythene from today. Minister Amaraweera said whatever the obstacles are, the lunch sheet ban will be implemented for the sake…

Sri Lanka Army commenced a 24-hour programme to administer AstraZeneca 2nd dose, the Head of the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO), Army Commander General Shavendra Silva. The program is…

Following SriLankan Airlines’ resumption of flights to Moscow after a lapse of six years, a group of Russian tourists arrived in Sri Lanka today, under a bio-bubble concept. Here they undergo health procedures on arrival at the BIA.…

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

Imperial College of Business Studies (ICBS), one of the fastest growing education providers in Sri Lanka, in partnership with the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) is presenting students the chance to win twenty five full…

UNP Chairman Vajira Abeywardena yesterday said that the country is in peril as the present Government failed to take steps aimed at controlling the spread of COVID-19 at the right time. “The Government should focus on the…

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa met the people of five housing projects at Mattala to look into their grievances. People living in 213 houses in a number of villages belonging to several housing projects constructed by then…

The ongoing trade union action of the teachers will be continued if the Government fails to provide an acceptable solution through a Cabinet Proposal today (2), President of the Ceylon Teachers’ Union Priyantha Fernando said.…