Army Commander General Shavendra Silva told Daily Mirror that 60 percent of the population, who were above 30 years of age, had now been fully vaccina...
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Confers awards for ‘Best SME Bank’ in Sri Lanka and ‘Best Foreign Bank’ in Bangladesh in 2021 The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has been declared...
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All Sri Lankans over the age of 18 years will be fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus before the end of November, Minister of Health Keheliya R...
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The All Share Price Index (ASPI) of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) reached an all-time high today, hitting 8,920.71 points. The ASPI today surpassed...
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Sri Lanka’s Covid Test Positivity Rate (TPR) remains at 15.8 percent, according to the weekly situation report put out by the World Health Organizat...
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Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar has sent a letter of felicitation to new Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris, the Indi...
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The Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) launched the COVID-19 Smart Vaccine Certificate Portal today, for the general public and th...
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The country has reached its worst and highest level in the COVID pandemic, the Government Medical Officers' Association (GMOA) General Secretary Dr. N...
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The Covid-19 death toll in Sri Lanka exceeded 8,000 mark with 209 more deaths being reported today, the Government Information Department said. A tota...
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It has been revealed that the Delta variant could cause heart failure in individuals with no previous history of any chronic ailment including cholest...
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Health Minister informs health trade unions that he is personally against extending lockdown COVID-19 Task Force to convene today to make final decis...
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Use of Electronic Fund Transfer Cards (EFTCs) for Payments in Foreign Exchange It has been brought to the attention of the Central Bank that messages ...
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Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, in his capacity as the Minister of Economic Policies and Plan Implementation, has submitted a report on the vehicles...
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to release an additional financing of USD 125 million to Sri Lanka under ‘Health System Enhancing Projec...
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Sri Lanka has had discussion with Acting Head of the Embassy of the UAE in Sri Lanka Saif Alanofy on the possibility of obtaining crude oil and petrol...
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A total of 190 more COVID-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (23) were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today pushing the d...
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Travel restrictions should be further tightened up to 80 to 90 per cent and the imposed restrictions should be implemented perfectly, the Government M...
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Following the death of former minister, Mangala Samaraweera earlier today, tributes have poured in from all parts of the world and from local politici...
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Under the programme of providing the COVID vaccine for people who are above 60 years of age and above, the government has decided to gather informatio...
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Sri Lanka received US$ 780 million Special Drawing Rights (SDR) from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), an official said. The IMF allocated SDRs o...
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Emirates to resume Colombo – Male flights from Sept. 1 The flag carrier of the UAE, Emirates Airlines announced it will resume daily services betwee...
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State Minister Prof. Channa Jayasumana says that another one million doses of the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine are scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka tomo...
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The Oxford-AstraZeneca COVISHIELD vaccine was 95% effective in controlling the 'Delta' variants which have been identified in the country, the Nationa...
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