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Sri Lanka has received the first batch of Sputnik V COVID-19 purchased from Russia. State Minister of Production, Supply and Regul…

While saying that oxygen is considered the most important medical need for COVID-19 at present, the Association of Medical Special…

One of the leading Covid-19 researcher and head of Jayawardenapura University’s Immunology and Molecular Sciences Department, Pr…

State Minister Sisira Jayakody says that permission has been granted to utilize Ayurveda Hospitals to treat coronavirus patients. …

A 2,000 bed field hospital will be built in Warallawatta in Gampaha to cope with present pandemic situation,Tourism Minister Prasa…

Forecasts economy to grow 4.1% in 2021 and to moderate to 3.6% in 2022 The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) flagship annual econom…

Sri Lanka and China agreed to enhance defence cooperation, particularly in terms of high level exchanges and training, informed so…

While saying that the capacity in hospitals where COVID patients were treated had exceeded, Director General of Health Services Dr…

Bloomberg - This year’s Tokyo Motor Show will be canceled due to the ongoing pandemic, Japan Automobile Manufacturers Associatio…

Pfizer has agreed to supply five million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine to Sri Lanka under a commercial agreement with the State Ph…

Health authorities issued a coronavirus red alert last night as an increase in patients being admitted to hospitals was observed. …

Muttiah Muralitharan was admitted to a hospital in Chennai, India on Sunday (April 17) morning for cardiac treatment. Last heard, …

India reported another record daily surge in coronavirus infections Monday to overtake Brazil as the second-worst hit country. The…

China’s Sinopharm vaccine will not be given to Sri Lankans until the safety aspect of the vaccine is ensured by the health autho…

Denmark lineage of COVID-19 has been identified in virus samples collected from 03 persons in the community in Colombo, says Dr Ch…

In a statement on “maldistribution of Covid 19 vaccine,” the Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Forum of Sri Lanka, last week w…

At the start of Day 4 of the second Test, England had lost nine wickets in the first innings, still trailing by 42 at that stage.…

Government authorities fixed a date for electing a Basnayake Nilame for a highly popular Devalaya in the deep South on the request…

A group of medical specialists has requested Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID Pandemic Control Minister Dr. Sudarshini Fer…

State-of-the-art cement manufacturing facility Lanwa Sanstha Cement Corporation (Pvt) Ltd which is slated to be one of the large…

Sri Lanka’s Health Ministry is not comfortable with the proposed tour of South Africa, according to the highly placed sources. S…

A high-level investigation into the Mahara Prison riot took an unexpected turn yesterday (1) following the revelation that the pri…

When this provincial chief assumed duties in his new office the other day, a large number of political cronies and white-collar hi…

China has extended a grant of Rs. 16.5 billion to improve medical care, education and water supply in rural areas of Sri Lanka. An…

A 39-year-old woman from Divulapitiya has tested positive for COVID-19, Army Commander Lt. Gen. Shavendra Silva said yesterday. Th…