News from 2021

A total of 66 more COVID-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (20) were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services …

Authorities call on them to be more responsible and take jabs Many youngsters demanding for Pfizer and Moderna Western countries a…

The circular on the payment of a Rs 5,000 allowance to teachers and principals has been issued today (September 20). Accordingly, …

In a major change to border-control measures, Japan will from Monday allow re-entry to all returnees from six countries including …

A total of 103 more COVID-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (18) were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services…

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) would ‘seriously consider’ replacing New Zealand in Pakistan should they receive an invitation from th…

The government is ready to spend billions of rupees for the conservation of the Kelani River in the next few years, Environment Mi…

The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has told President Gotabaya Rajapaksa that the UN will provide its full supp…

The Government Medical Officers' Association (GMOA) yesterday introduced several measures to prevent the country moving towards a …

After spending more than two years in prison, a woman sentenced to life imprisonment for drug trafficking was acquitted by the Cou…

The people who are above 30 years of age and not vaccinated so far, should get their vaccines within this week, the Government sai…

There is a sharp decrease in COVID-19 cases being reported daily and also the number of hospitalization has also vastly gone down,…

Teachers who conduct online classes for students can lodge a complaint directly with the CID if any party or individual threatens …

It doesn’t take a deep dive into cricket analytics to see what the biggest headache for Sri Lanka cricket is ahead of the T20 Wo…

KCI Metro Link Korea Co and the GBK Consortium of more than 15 South Korean companies have signed a memorandum of understanding to…

A UN expert has drawn a bleak picture of the human rights situation in Sri Lanka, especially over the past 18 months. The Special …

Inmates in prisons should break the bones of State Ministers if they storm into prisons and harass them by keeping pistols on thei…

Defence Secretary Kamal Gunaratne today urged the general public not to panic over information on a fake threatening email receive…

Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella today said the islandwide lockdown has been further extended till October 1. Rambukwella said…

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed authorities to inoculate children between age 15 to 19 with Pfizer vaccines, Army Comm…

Local banks on their own have started implementing a set of measures on limiting foreign currency transactions via debit and credi…

The Health Ministry today dismissed claims that the daily COVID cases have decreased due to the lesser number of PCR and Rapid Ant…

Sri Lanka’s economy grew robust 12.3 percent in the second quarter of 2021 despite the COVID-19 virus-induced restrictions on ec…

Sri Lanka Tourism has geared up to unveil the second edition of ‘Couch Safari’ by live-streaming the Wilpattu National Park fo…

The government yesterday sounded upbeat on the possibility of Sri Lanka achieving an economic growth of 5 percent in 2021. The Cen…