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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…

The Meteorology Department has issued a warning of sever lightening and heavy rain to several provinces, which is valid until 7.30 am. tomorrow(August 23). Due to a low level atmospheric disturbance in the vicinity of Sri Lanka,…

452 persons were arrested yesterday for not wearing face masks and failing to maintain social distancing, stated the Police Media Division. So far 56,294 suspects have been arrested for not wearing face masks and maintaining…

All dedicated economic centres across the country will be open for wholesale trade on August 24 and 25, said the State Minister Shasheendra Rajapaksa.

Island-wide Domestic Liquid Petroleum (LP) Gas cylinders distribution is coming back to normalcy within the next few days as the major gas suppliers are taking every possible step to expedite the distribution process, said State…

More than 91 percent of the people who died of COVID-19 in the country have not received any COVID vaccine, Acting Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Samitha Ginige said today. Speaking at a media conference held at the Government…

Indian Naval ship ‘Shakti’ has arrived at the Colombo Harbor with liquid oxygen this evening. In response to a call of Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne, from the Chief of Naval Staff of India, Admiral…