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Nepal’s main opposition leader Sher Bahadur Deuba was sworn in as prime minister on Tuesday a day after the country’s highest court ousted his predecessor following months of political turmoil. Deuba, 74, takes prime minister’s…

1.5 million doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine will be delivered to Sri Lanka from the United States next Friday (July 16), said the Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi. The vaccine stock is delivered under the World Health…

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake has received the COVID-19 vaccine at the Shanthi Foundation Temple on Bauddhaloka Mawatha this morning.

Institute of National Security Studies, the premier think tank on National Security established under the Ministry of Defence Sri Lanka organized a Closed Door Public Lecture titled “Regulating Educational and Religious Space” which…

The Wakfs Board of Sri Lanka has decided not to permit the slaughter of Qurbani animals within any Mosque premises. Accordingly, all trustees are directed not to permit any slaughter of qurbani animals within any mosque premises…

The general public above 30 years of age in the Western Province (WP) are able to get the first dose of the Sinopharm vaccine at the Colombo Vihara Maha Devi Park open theatre in Colombo from tomorrow (July 15), the latest Community…

Ambassadors of the United States, Germany, China, Russia, the European Union and the High Commissioners of the United Kingdom and India called on Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa at the Finance Ministry yesterday (14). This is…

United National Party (UNP) Leader, former Prime Minister, MP Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday (14) called for a Parliamentary debate on the current economic crisis in the country. Commenting to the media, he said, “Sri Lanka today…

Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said that from August 1, Biodegradable Lunch Sheets will be available in all shops in the country and steps will be taken to make the use of such lunch sheets compulsory. He was addressing…

The Government of Japan has decided to provide approximately 1.45 million doses of AstraZeneca's (AZ) vaccine manufactured in Japan to Sri Lanka through the COVAX Facility to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Sri Lanka. The…