News from 2021

Former Prime Min­is­ter Ranil Wick­remes­inghe yes­ter­day expressed doubt that quar­ant­ine curfew will be lif­ted on Oc…

Gina Rinehart, Australia's richest woman worth $31billion, has warned Australia is on the same track as Sri Lanka and Argentina in…

Scientific researches carried out globally have underlined that COVID-19 vaccines may pose greater threat on children above 12 tha…

All arrangements will be taken to re-open the country after October 1 and the necessarily guidelines are being finalized presently…

A Fundamental Rights petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the authority's decision to reopen liquor shops, vio…

A proposal was handed over to the President for issuing a National Identity Card (NIC) number to every child at birth to ensure ch…

The Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) has recorded its highest number of passenger arrivals this year, Minister Namal…

Commercial objectives were operating behind anti-vaccine movements active in Sri Lanka and websites that were promoting such anti-…

Sri Lanka Cricket today announced the commencement date and team composition for the second edition of the Lanka Premier League (L…

The total number people who fell victim to COVID-19 infection in Sri Lanka moved up as 72 more fatalities were confirmed by the Di…

The Lady Ridgeway Children’s Hospital has requested parents to register their children aged between 12 and 19 years suffering fr…

The Foreign Ministry has informed the Health Ministry that no country has made a specific COVID-19 vaccine compulsory when enterin…

The Examinations Department has released the results of the 2020 G.C.E. Ordinary Level (O/L) Examination. The Examinations Departm…

Specialist doctors today urged the parents and adults not to be deceived by myths and superstitions and get the children vaccinate…

Doctors and professors who have thorough knowledge in our country's geology have expressed that Sri Lanka is located closer to the…

A man sentenced to life imprisonment for drug trafficking after spending two years in jail was acquitted by the Court of Appeal ob…

Tamil National People's Front Jaffna District MP Selvarasa Gajendran and two others were arrested for violating quarantine regulat…

Although the methodology of making appointments for medical professionals and transfers is very important to provide a quality med…

In an effort to increase Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) into the country, the government has pitched Sri Lanka as a feasible de…

Sri Lankan music artist and youth icon Yohani de Silva to make her first performance in India after her song ‘Menike mage hitheâ…

COVID booster jabs will begin to be administered to the relevant groups of people in the near future once the second dose rollout …

Even after recovering from COVID viral infection, several high-risk post COVID complication conditions such as COVID pneumonia cou…

Vaccination for children above 12 years of age, who are diagnosed with chronic diseases, would commence at the Lady Ridgeway Hospi…

Referring to the hesitancy shown by the younger population to receive the COVID vaccine, Chairman of State Pharmaceuticals Corpora…

The Government has decided to scrap moves to regulate social media and websites by law. Media Minister Dullas Alahapperuma, respon…