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Some people in Negombo were spotted carrying debris washed ashore on the beaches from the burning X Press Pearl ship in the outskirts of the Colombo port, despite a warning by the Marine Environment Protection Authority not to touch any of the washed ashore debris as it could be harmful.
The United States has clarified that there is no change in the terrorist threat level for Sri Lanka. The US State Department had on Monday issued an updated travel advise on Sri Lanka telling Americans not to travel to Sri Lanka.
A wild elephant who was in pain after falling into a ditch in the Puthur area in Vavuniya was rescued by authorities following the urgent intervention of Yoshitha Rajapaksa, who came across the video footage of the distressed animal.
Husband of popular actress Sabeeta Perera, millionnaire businessman Upali Jayasinghe was rushed to the Colombo National Hospital last evening after CCTV footage showed him collapsing on the side of a road.
A tense situation has broken out outside the Lady Ridgeway Hospital in Maradana where over 3000 people have gathered, demanding the second doses of the AstraZeneca vaccinations.
The government today decided to proceed with the islandwide travel restriction till June 7, relaxing it three days in between for people to purchase essentials, Minister Johnston Fernando said.
The government has denied claims that the ‘black fungus’ was detected in Sri Lanka.
The United States has not yet decided if Sri Lanka will be among the beneficiaries of Covid vaccines it hopes to share with the world. The State Pharmaceuticals Corporation of Sri Lanka (SPC) had said earlier that the US State Department is to give 2-5 million doses of AstraZeneca out of which 600,000 doses are expected to arrive by June.
The plaque that had been erected to mark the opening of the Smart Library of the Attorney General’s Department, by an inadvertent omission did not contain the script in the Tamil Language, has been removed, Attorney General’s Coordinating Officer Nishara Jayaratne said.
The State Pharmaceuticals Corporation of Sri Lanka (SPC) has been able to secure 32 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for Sri Lanka, SPC Chairman Dr Prasanna Gunasena said.
An interim report issued by Japan’s Immigration Bureau regarding the death of Sri Lankan student Wishma Sandamali has revealed that the detainee groaned in pain for hours before breathing her last in her solitary confinement cell at Nagoya Detention Centre in Japan last March.
The New Year cluster in Sri Lanka which developed after the Sinhala and Tamil New Year last month crossed the 50,000 mark a short while ago after the country recorded its highest daily total of COVID-19 patients with 3,591 patients reported so far today.
The government has shot down a latest request by the private sector to pay for the importation of Astra Zeneca vaccines for the corporate world as several are desperately awaiting the second jabs, the Daily Mirror learns.
A group of Sri Lankans had been given special approval to return from India today, the Health Ministry said. The Health Ministry said approximately 20 Sri Lankans were on a special flight that arrived from New Delhi today.
Sri Lanka has been unable to secure Covid-19 vaccines for rollout according to the original time- bound plan because of the failure on the part of Serum Institute of India to deliver the committed stocks of doses, a Minister said.
A group of Indian officials arrived in Colombo today on a special flight from New Delhi, sources said.
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today said that the Palestinian people’s legitimate right to statehood must be upheld amidst escalating tension between Palestine and Israel which had claimed many lives in recent weeks.
A number of flights from India landed at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) over the past few days amidst a ban on travellers from India.
The family of murdered rugger player Wasim Thajudeen say expecting justice over his killing has now become an illusion.
The family members of Maldives Speaker and former President Mohamed Nasheed have released photographs on twitter of him soon after the recent bomb attacks and now recovering in Berlin.
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