Mobile vaccination drive in full swing
Army personnel attached to the mobile vaccination fleet administering the COVID-19 vaccine to an elderly person at her residence in Wellawatte yesterday. Picture by Rukmal Gamage
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Govt. should invite all MPs to discuss pandemic relief measures – SJB
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Parliamentarian Tissa Attanayake yesterday said that the Government should at least now invite all members of Parliament irrespective of their parties to discuss the measures to be taken to arrest the…
UNP hopes for favourable reply from Govt. on 21 proposals
United National Party (UNP) Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene said he hopes that the Government will consider the 21 proposals submitted by his party as solutions, in the face of the situation where every sector of the country has…
JNP queries COVID-19 pandemic data
The actual data on the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country seems to have been altered, Jathika Nidahas Peramuna (JNP) media spokesman Mohamed Muzammil told yesterday (13) morning.
Addressing a press brief Muzammil…
PCoI recommendations swept under the carpet – Cardinal
Archbishop of Colombo His Eminence Dr. Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith charged that the Government has a secret deal with those responsible for their failure to prevent the Easter Sunday Terror Attacks for political gain and their own…
591 COVID positive cases identified from Gampaha
The National Operation Centre for the Prevention of COVID-19 had identified 3,039 positive cases by this morning.
The majority positive cases were detected from the Gampaha district (591 cases)
Philippines extends travel ban for several countries including Sri Lanka
The Philippines has extended a ban on travellers from Sri Lanka until the end of August.
President Rodrigo Duterte, upon the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases…
Nine-hour water cut tomorrow
The National Water Supply and Drainage Board says water supply to several areas in Colombo will be suspended for nine-hours from 9am tomorrow (August 14).
The areas that will be affected by this are Colombo 12, 13 14 and 15.
The…
Army mobile vaccination drive begins
The Sri Lanka Army vaccination drive for the elderly, sick, handicapped and feeble sections has been launched this morning (August 12) at the Army Headquarters, Sri Jayawardenapura.
Ten special vehicles with medical teams of the…
Laugfs Gas prices UP
The Consumer Affairs Authority has permitted to increase the price of Laugfs Liquid Petroleum (LP) Gas cylinders.
The price of a 12.5 kg Laugfs domestic gas cylinder has been increased by Rs. 363 and the new price will be Rs.…