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LNP - Give second jab at same place where first jab given: Prez Uncategorized

LNP - Give second jab at same place where first jab given: Prez

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today advised the medical sector to administer the second dose of Sinopharm vaccine after a month (June 8) at the same location…

28 May 2021
LNP - Travel restrictions to continue till June 7: No relaxation Uncategorized

LNP - Travel restrictions to continue till June 7: No relaxation

The ongoing travel restrictions will continue until June 7 and will not be relaxed on May 31st and June 4, Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said. He said…

28 May 2021
LNP - Petroleum testing lab to be set up at H’tota Port Uncategorized

LNP - Petroleum testing lab to be set up at H’tota Port

A state-of-the-art petroleum testing laboratory will be made available at the Hambantota International Port (HIP), a facility that will be established in…

25 May 2021
LNP - Asia Cup 2021 postponed to 2023 Uncategorized

LNP - Asia Cup 2021 postponed to 2023

The Executive Board of the Asain Cricket Council (ACC) on Sunday officially postponed the 2021 edition of the Asia Cup to 2023, the dates of which will be…

24 May 2021
LNP - Drive through PCR tests suspended Uncategorized

LNP - Drive through PCR tests suspended

The Ministry of Health has suspended drive through PCR tests at private hospitals. Director General of Health Services Dr. Asela Gunawardene has informed…

24 May 2021
LNP - Islandwide travel restrictions extended until June 07 Uncategorized

LNP - Islandwide travel restrictions extended until June 07

Minister Johnston Fernando says that the government has decided to extend the islandwide travel restrictions currently in effect, until the 07th of June.…

24 May 2021
LNP - Dickwella, Mendis strike form in warm-up Uncategorized

LNP - Dickwella, Mendis strike form in warm-up

Niroshan Dickwella and Kusal Mendis struck form in Sri Lanka’s 40-over Intra-Squad practice match played at the Academy Ground in Dhaka, Bangladesh yesterday.…

22 May 2021
LNP - UL enters into MoU with Boeing Uncategorized

LNP - UL enters into MoU with Boeing

National carrier SriLankan Airlines announced today that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with US-based leading aerospace company…

20 May 2021
LNP - Colombo Port City Bill passed with amendments Uncategorized

LNP - Colombo Port City Bill passed with amendments

The committee stage reading of the Colombo Port City Economic Commission draft bill has been passed with amendments in parliament, with majority of 91 votes.…

20 May 2021
LNP - SL buys 14 mn Sinopharm jabs from China; 3 mn to arrive in June Uncategorized

LNP - SL buys 14 mn Sinopharm jabs from China; 3 mn to arrive in June

State Pharmaceutical Corporation (SPC) has made a commercial purchase of 14 million doses of the China-manufactured COVID-19 vaccine Sinopharm. The Embassy of…

20 May 2021
LNP - Sinopharm to be made locally Uncategorized

LNP - Sinopharm to be made locally

The Cabinet yesterday approved producing the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine in Sri Lanka with Government intervention. It has been decided to vest the authority to…

19 May 2021
LNP - Sri Lanka to suspend passenger arrivals from May 21 Uncategorized

LNP - Sri Lanka to suspend passenger arrivals from May 21

Sri Lanka will suspend arrival of passengers from midnight on May 21, says the Chairman of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Thereby, passenger arrivals into the…

19 May 2021
LNP - China to donate 500,000 more Sinopharm doses to Sri Lanka Uncategorized

LNP - China to donate 500,000 more Sinopharm doses to Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is to receive another stock of the China-manufactured COVID-19 vaccine Sinopharm, State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of…

19 May 2021
LNP - Chinese Embassy urge JV entities to comply with SL trilingual rules Uncategorized

LNP - Chinese Embassy urge JV entities to comply with SL trilingual rules

The Embassy of China in Sri Lanka, Colombo, has urged Chinese entities engaged in joint ventures in Sri Lanka to ensure that all project sites and buildings…

18 May 2021
LNP - Island-wide travel restrictions from Friday Uncategorized

LNP - Island-wide travel restrictions from Friday

Island-wide travel restrictions will be imposed from 11 pm on Friday (21) to 4 am on May 25 continuously, Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said. Then,…

18 May 2021
LNP -Sprinter Abeykoon inches closer to Olympic qualification Uncategorized

LNP -Sprinter Abeykoon inches closer to Olympic qualification

Italian-based Sri Lankan sprinter Yupun Abeykoon inched closer towards achieving the Olympic standard qualifying mark in the men’s 100 metres when he renewed…

17 May 2021
LNP - Next 3 weeks extremely crucial, warns Army Chief as island wide travel restrictions lifted Uncategorized

LNP - Next 3 weeks extremely crucial, warns Army Chief as island wide travel restrictions lifted

Army Commander General Shavendra Silva yesterday said that despite an island wide travel restriction coming to an end at 4 am today, people were cautioned to…

17 May 2021
LNP - Bourse continues positive momentum Uncategorized

LNP - Bourse continues positive momentum

Colombo bourse continued its positive momentum and to concluded in the green territory today amidst reporting impressive interim results in selected…

13 May 2021
LNP - HIP sees highest monthly RORO volume in April Uncategorized

LNP - HIP sees highest monthly RORO volume in April

The Hambantota International Port has seen a significant increase in their RORO figures during the first 4 months of 2021, compared to the corresponding period…

13 May 2021
LNP - Night travel restriction in effect from 11 pm tonight Uncategorized

LNP - Night travel restriction in effect from 11 pm tonight

Following immense confusion on whether the travel restriction will come into effect from today or tomorrow, Army Commander General Shavendra Silva has…

13 May 2021
LNP - Muthurajawela to be declared as Ramsar wetland Uncategorized

LNP - Muthurajawela to be declared as Ramsar wetland

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal to prepare a new master plan for the Muthurajawela wetland area and to consequently declare it as a Ramsar…

13 May 2021
LNP - Over 80,000 vaccinated with Sinopharm, Sputnik V jabs yesterday Uncategorized

LNP - Over 80,000 vaccinated with Sinopharm, Sputnik V jabs yesterday

Sri Lanka has vaccinated a total of 80,277 individuals with Sinopharm and Sputnik V coronavirus vaccines on Wednesday (May 12), says State Minister of…

13 May 2021
LNP - Drones for Colombo traffic control Uncategorized

LNP - Drones for Colombo traffic control

The pilot project of the Sri Lanka Police to launch a new traffic programme using drone cameras to reduce traffic congestion in and around Colombo was launched…

12 May 2021
LNP - EPF’s asset base grows in 2020; but returns to members slip Uncategorized

LNP - EPF’s asset base grows in 2020; but returns to members slip

Fund’s total asset base closes in Rs.3tn after adding Rs.284bn in 2020 Declares 9% return on member balances, down from 9.5% in 2019 Historically low interest…

12 May 2021