LNP - Pfizer booster shots for all before March
● Booster roll-out to begin in November ● Youngsters to get booster 6 months after second dose ● Elderly, comorbidities to get it sooner ● C...
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LNP -University students to be given Pfizer vaccine as booster dose
University students fully vaccinated with Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine will be given a booster of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, says the Director-General of ...
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LNP - Sri Lanka’s COVID vaccination figures grow further
Sri Lanka has fully vaccinated 85 percent of its population aged above 20 years, according to Epidemiology Unit’s data. This amounts to 67.2 percent...
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LNP - Rishad Bathiudeen granted bail
MP Rishad Bathiudeen, who was in remand custody after being arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), has been granted bail by courts over...
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LNP - Compensate home-quarantined state employees through Agrahara: PM tells officials
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has directed the relevant authorities to formulate a mechanism to compensate the state employees who undergo home qua...
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LNP - Legal approval recieved for number portability service: TRCSL
Legal approval has been received for the number portability facility, Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) Director General O...
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LNP - Central Bank maintains policy interest rates
The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has decided to maintain the Standing Deposit Facility Rate (SDFR) and the Standing Lending Facilit...
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LNP - IMF lowers Sri Lanka’s outlook on persistent pandemic pressures
Cites supply chain issues, higher prices make recovery difficult and uneven Advocates for aggressive vaccination to look past pandemic for durable re...
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LNP - Edu. Minister conveys Govt’s final decision to reopen schools on Oct. 21
Education Minister, Dinesh Gunawardena today assured that the government had taken the final decision to resume school education on October 21. Addres...
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LNP - 10-30 % of total infected patients suffer from post-COVID symptoms
Shedding light on post-COVID condition in Sri Lanka and control measures, a medical expert said at least 10 to 30% of total patients infected with COV...
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LNP - My popularity went sky high; I don’t know how it happened, says Yohani
"Get ready to accept defeat. You can move on from there, "the internationally acclaimed Sri Lankan singer Yohani de Silva said at a press conference l...
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LNP - Indian PM to host President Rajapaksa at Kushinagar International Airport inauguration
In what will be a major diplomatic visit next week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will be in Kushinagar in U...
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LNP - Police urge motorists to use alternative routes to ease traffic jam
Police today advised public and motorists using Baseline Road and the port access road as alternative routes to minimize the traffic congestion due to...
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LNP - China insists no threat to ties with Sri Lanka
China has insisted that there is no threat to its bilateral relations with Sri Lanka despite the recent controversy over organic fertilizer. The spoke...
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LNP - Sri Lanka explores possibility of using Merck’s Oral antiviral pill
Sri Lanka is exploring the possibility of using the oral antiviral pill developed by the pharmaceutical giant ‘Merck’ for the treatment of Covid-1...
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LNP - Rapid increase in kerosene stoves, electric cooker purchases: Pettah vendors
Due to the sudden increase in the prices of domestic gas, a trend has been created to buy kerosene stoves and electric cookers from markets around the...
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LNP - 65 arrested while waiting to migrate illegally
Police have arrested 65 persons including a 4-year old girl who were staying at a hotel in Trincomalee to migrate illegally to a foreign country by se...
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LNP - Mendis, Gunathilaka and Dickwella allowed to play club cricket
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has rescinded the domestic cricket ban handed to Kusal Mendis, Danushka Gunathilaka and Niroshan Dickwella, subject to the pla...
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LNP - Current restrictions likely to be extended until Oct. 31
The restrictions which are scheduled to be lifted from October 16 are likely to remain in effect until October 31, sources said. The Health Ministry o...
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LNP - Yohani returns from India
Sri Lankan singer, songwriter, rapper, music producer and financial specialist, who became popular in many countries around the world, returned to the...
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LNP - COVID vaccine: University students too show reluctance
There is still hesitancy shown by youth in getting COVID-19 vaccination and in particular, the university students have also been hesitant to get them...
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LNP - State minister addresses speculations on increasing bus fares
State Minister of Bus Transport Services and Train Compartments Dilum Amunugama has assured that bus fares will not be increased amidst the recent pri...
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LNP - Sri Lanka expresses interest to host 2026 Commonwealth Games
Sri Lanka is among the countries which has reportedly expressed interest to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games, the BBC reported. Accordingly, Australia...
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