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The Ministry of Health has today received the second batch of cold chain equipment procured by UNICEF with funding from the Government of Japan to strengthen Sri Lanka’s delivery of immunization services, including against COVID-19.…

Two persons have been arrested in a raid carried out by the Consumer Affairs Authority with a stock of 10,000 kilos of sugar which unfit for human consumption. The raid was carried out by the Consumer Affairs Authority on a tip…

Minister of Irrigation and State Minister of Defence, Disaster Management and Home Affairs Chamal Rajapaksa on Tuesday said the list of persons eligible to receive the Rs.2,000 allowance granted by the Government has already been…

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed an Advisory Board as per the Section 13 of the Prevention of Terrorism Act, No.48 of 1979, the Director-General of Legal Affairs of the Presidential Secretariat Attorney-at-Law Harigupta…

Ambassador of Kuwait Khalaf Bu Dhhair who paid a courtesy call on new Foreign Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris on August 24, Dhhair extended greetings from the Foreign Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Dr. Ahmed Nasser Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah.…

The immediate result of the lockdown of countries around the world is that prices of goods rise drastically, Trade Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardena said. Dr. Gunawardena was speaking at a press conference held in Colombo today.…

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

The highest number of COVID-19 patients were reported today in Sri Lanka with 4,446 new infections. The total count of positive coronavirus cases found in Sri Lanka currently sits at 398,801, stated the Epidemiology Unit

A large number of farmers and traders thronged the Dambulla Special Economic Centre yesterday morning when it was opened for business.The roads leading to the Centre had been congested and police officers controlled traffic.The Centre…

The Jinthupitiya MoH office and the Police jointly carried out a special COVID-19 vaccination programme for labourers and persons living on the streets in Pettah at Gunasinhapura on the instructions of Western Province Senior DIG…