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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has put forward a comprehensive mechanism to vaccinate a majority of the population against COVID-19 virus before September. The number of vaccines that are being received in July will be made…

The Education Ministry today announced that the GCE Advanced Level Examination and the Grade Five Scholarship Examination will be held in October. The A/L Examination will begin on October 4 and continue till October 31, and the…

The National Water Supply and Drainage Board says water supply to several areas in Colombo District will be suspended for 21-hours from 9am tomorrow (July 10) till Sunday 6am (July 11) The areas affected are: Colombo 1, 2, 3, 7,…

A soldier vaccinates an elderly woman who could not walk to the vaccination centre in Diyathalawa, while she is seated in her vehicle. Tri-Forces centres islandwide are conducting walk-in vaccination campaigns against COVID-19.…

Two more areas in Matale District were isolated with effect from 6am today. Following areas were isolated until further notice : ●.Matale District Matale police area - Harasgama (Bogahakotuwa GN Division) and Agalawatta…

The National Operation Centre for the Prevention of COVID-19 had identified 1243 positive cases by this morning. The majority positive cases were detected from the Kalutara district (223 cases)

The Level-4 US Travel Ban imposed on Sri Lanka on May 24, 2021 has been lifted to a Level-3 US Travel Advisory on July 6 (Tuesday). The U.S. Travel Advisory on Sri Lanka is a periodical revision published by the U.S. State…

The administering Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines as the second dose to those who had been vaccinated with AstraZeneca has been halted from today, said the Army Commander General Shavendra Silva. The decision was taken as 1.4 million…

Parties that were defeated are trying to sabotage the government, Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said in Parliament, yesterday. He added that much like Sri Lanka, other countries were also experiencing financial difficulties…