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Mon, 10 May 2021 Today's Paper
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BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Sunday said that the Indian team, sans the top players, will tour Sri Lanka in July for a limited overs bilateral series.
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No decision has been taken by the Ministry as yet to close the airports, but appropriate action would be taken in line with the COVID committee’s decision, Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said.
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Considering the current pandemic situation in the country, the State Pharmaceutical Corporation (SPC) has made arrangements to deliver medicines for the patients and the needy to their homes in the designated areas.
3 hours ago - 9 - 1700
After recording the highest number of COVID-19 positive cases in a single day by yesterday as 2,659, the Colombo district recorded the highest number of cases compared to other districts, the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) said.
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The dispute was settled since Sri Lanka agreed to permit imports of refined, quality palm oil Trade Minister Bandula Gunawardane said the dispute with Malaysia and Indonesia over the ban on palm oil imports were resolved after coming to an agreement to permit quality, refined palm oil into the country.
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The reason for the increase in the number of daily COVID patients yesterday was due to the clearance of the backlog of PCR laboratory reports accumulated for a few days, an official said last night.
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A 39-year old Sri Lankan woman working as a domestic aide in Kuwait was hacked to death by an Ethiopian housemaid.
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The Special Waterborne Operations Squadron comprising 16 officers of the Special Task Force of Police (STF) was established yesterday in order to thwart illegal sand mining, deforestation, smuggling and other crimes across the country
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Sixteen Grama Niladhari (GN) divisions in Gampaha, Ampara, Ratnapura, Kalutara and Moneragala districts have been isolated with immediate effect, the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) said.
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All essential services have been kept on alert in case the COVID-19 pandemic worsens further and authorities decide to go in for further isolations or even a partial lockdown this week, the Daily Mirror learns
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Controversy surrounds the Itukama Covid fund after it was revealed that only a small percentage of the funds donated had been spent so far.
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A total of 600 families of four Grama Niladhari Divisions in the Yakkala area were vaccinated with China’s Sinopharm vaccine yesterday. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja
9 hours ago - 5 - 1724
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has requested China to supply oxygen and ventilators to Sri Lanka’s Health Ministry as the country battles a rising number of COVID-19 patients, the Daily Mirror learns.
09 May 2021 - 1 - 1412
A total of 15 more COVID-19 deaths reported today surpassing the 800 mark.
09 May 2021 - 1 - 570
The services provided by the National Transport Medical Institute (NTMI) will be suspended until further notice from tomorrow (10), following instructions of the Transport State Minister Dilum Amunugama, NTMI chairman Dr. Savindra Gamage said.
09 May 2021 - 11 - 2645
With the COVID-19 variant currently spreading in India (B.1.617) being found from a positive patient at a quarantine centre in Colombo, six COVID-19 variants have been so far identified from the samples sequenced from positive patients across the country until April 30.
09 May 2021 - 21 - 3756
Sri Lanka today recorded its highest number of single-day COVID-19 cases of 2,659.
09 May 2021 - 3 - 1375
Administering the Sinopharm vaccine for local nationals has begun today, soon after the World Health Organization (WHO) approved it for emergency use worldwide. The vaccination started at the Sithumina Reception Hall in Kirulapana targeting 300 individuals. Pix by Kithsiri de Mel
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Ministry Secretaries and heads of departments in all government establishments have been permitted to allow only essential services with the minimum number of employees, Secretary to the Ministry of Public Administration J.J. Rathnasiri said.
09 May 2021 - 1 - 597
A total of 1,732 more COVID-19 patients have been detected so far today increasing the number of patients reported in Sri Lanka to 124,966, the Government Information Department said.
09 May 2021 - 14 - 2096
Education Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris said he would meet with a group of leading doctors and educational sector experts in Sri Lanka next Wednesday to seek advice on the opening of schools, pre-schools, Pirivenas and universities.
09 May 2021 - 7 - 3310
SJB MP Harin Fernando said today that he had received the COVID-19 vaccine after about one million people had been vaccinated against the virus.
09 May 2021 - 16 - 4418
Around 20,000 could lose their lives due to COVID virus in Sri Lanka by September this year, if the country fails to arrest the vast spread of the disease, former Minister Mangala Samaraweera quoted in a Washington-based university’s research report today.
09 May 2021 - 2 - 1075
A South African national was arrested at the Katunayake international airport while attempting to smuggle cocaine worth nearly Rs. 60 million, Customs Deputy Director (Legal Affairs) and Media Spokesman Sudattha Silva said.
09 May 2021 - 3 - 2889
Army Commander General Shavendra Silva together with several Senior Officers undertook an inspection tour yesterday in order to find whether the country’s biggest Army-improvised COVID-19 Hospital in Seeduwa, now receiving final touches needs any more fine-tuning.
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Sri Lankan high jumper Ushan Thiwanka has set a new South Asian and Sri Lankan High Jump record, with a height of 2.30 meters at Lone Star Conference Championship held in Texas, USA yesterday.
09 May 2021 - 0 - 40
The Gampola Youth Corps Centre was converted to a COVID Treatment facility through the intervention of Irrigation Development related to Rural Paddy Fields State Minister Anuradha Jayaratne.
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If the Government do not take suitable step to vaccinate all private bus employees and owners by end of this week, private bus operations will grind to a halt by next week, Lanka Private Bus Owners’ Association (LPBOA) warned.
09 May 2021 - 10 - 3444
The remnants of China’s largest rocket have plummeted back to Earth, plunging into the Indian Ocean near the Maldives, according to Chinese state media, ending days of speculation over where the debris would hit.
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Police have arrested six suspects, including three supervisors of a leading courier service in connection with a robbery of iPhone mobile phones being sent to Sri Lanka via air cargo from abroad.
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