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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 Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) has summoned the Sri Lanka Football Federation before the Committee on August 3 whilst The Department of Probation and Child Care Services has been summoned before the Committee on Public…

Parliamentarian Harin Fernando left the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) after making a 5-hour statement regarding his comments pertaining to the Easter Sunday attacks. MP Fernando arrived at the CID at 10.30 am this…

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

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…