A new mobile application has been introduced by the Health Ministry to help the general public to get an understanding about their health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Ms. Alaina B. Teplitz said today that the United States will continue to support Sri Lanka’s fight against Covid-19 by providing ongoing support to the COVAX facility - an international mechanism distributing life sav

A total of 63 more COVID-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (01) were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today pushing the death toll to 4,571.

Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) has decided not to administer the first dose of Sinopharm vaccine to city dwellers till the completion of administering second doses of AstraZeneca and Sinopharm, Mayor Rosy Senanayake said today.

The High Commission of India in Colombo said that it has received requests from Sri Lankan citizens from several walks of life in respect of visa and consular services.

A former Commissioner of Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has filed a Fundamental Rights petition in the Supreme Court challenging the legality of the Presidential Pardon granted by President to former Parliamentarian Duminda Silva.

Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe today filed a writ petition in the Court of Appeal seeking an order to stay the operation of finding and recommendations of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry appointed to probe incidents of political vi

It is of utmost importance to get both the doses of a COVID-19 vaccine in order to protect from the dreaded and highly contagious Indian variant known as Delta, Sri Jayewardenepura University’s Immunology and Molecular Medicine Department Director

The next batch of AstraZeneca vaccines donated by the Government of Japan will arrive in Sri Lanka next Saturday (07), Japanese Ambassador Akira Sugiyama said.

The United Arab Emirates will start providing China’s Sinopharm (1099.HK) COVID-19 vaccine to children aged 3-17, the UAE government said on Twitter on Monday.

The number of individuals who have received their first dose of vaccination against COVID-19 in the country has surpassed the ten million mark, State Minister Channa Jayasumana said.

No one should be allowed to employ minors as domestic servants no matter whether he or she is a politician or not, UNP Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene said today.

Copies of birth, death and marriage certificates will be issued online from today (Aug.2), the Registrar General’s Department said.

Another batch of 104,000 doses of the ’’Pfizer’’ vaccine manufactured in the US, was brought to the country this morning to be used as the second dose, the Airport Duty Manager said.

Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom said that Sri Lanka is on track to fully vaccinate 10 percent of its population ahead of the vaccine equity target in September.

Qatar has updated its travel policy for passengers arriving from six Asian countries, including Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan, instituting mandatory hotel quarantine for them, Gulf News reported.

A total of 378 vaccination centers are operating today across the country for people to receive their AstraZeneca second jab and other vaccines.

Foreign intelligence agencies from a number of countries are believed to be operating in Sri Lanka to gather information or counterpropaganda from countries of concern, Daily Mirror learns.

An employee who fails to report to work without an acceptable excuse for a reasonable period of time would necessarily be a ground which justifies the employer to consider the employee as having vacated service, the Supreme Court held in a recent jud

The health authorities have taken note of warnings by world-renowned Sri Lankan born virologist of Hong Kong University Prof. Malik Peiris that Sri Lanka is to face the worst ever COVID-19 outbreak in the coming months.

Investigations disclosed that three of the eleven women who had served as domestic workers at MP Rishad Bathiudeen’s residence in Colombo since 2010, have died.

Lamont Marcell Jacobs set a new European record as he claimed a shock victory in the men’s 100m at the Tokyo Olympics.

As the vaccination rollout of AstraZeneca second doses commenced today, Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi urged people not to create unnecessary congestion at vaccination centers.

A total of 67 more COVID-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (31) were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today pushing the death toll to 4,508.

A total of 1,792 more COVID-19 patients recovered and were discharged from hospital increasing the total number of recoveries in Sri Lanka to 278,910, the Health Ministry said.

Claiming that the Gotabaya Rajapaksa Government did not have proper strategies to face the current economic crisis, the National Peoples’ Power (NPP) today said the Government was following the same failed and outdated strategies such as printing m

UNP Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardena today alleged that the recent star sapphire clusters unearthed in Ratnapura was a fabricated story to divert the people’s attention from burning issues. Wijewardene who was speaking to party activists in Haliell

The COVID19 cases are rising globally including in Sri Lanka, the World Health Organization Country Office for Sri Lanka said.

Popular singer Umaria Sinhawansa who was arrested by the Welikada Police on Saturday following an accident near the Rajagiriya flyover, had been released on bail today.

Following is the list of the vaccination centers set up across the Western Province from today for people to receive their AstraZeneca second jabs.