Two COVID-19 vaccines - Oxford-astrazeneca and Sputnik V - have been referred to the National Medicines Regulatory Authority( NMRA) for clearance, an official said yesterday.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet is expected to table a damning report on Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva next month, Daily Mirror learns.

The Special Task Force of Police (STF) arrested a 38-year old man at Wanawasala in Kelaniya with a pistol, two magazines and Rs. 27.5 million in cash, police said.

Kamala Harris has made history as the first female, first black and first Asian-American US vice-president.

Sri Lankan Airlines yesterday said that it was in touch with health authorities after a meeting had been held on Monday between the senior management and several pilots after which it was learnt that one pilot who had attended was carrying the COVID-

Six finance companies have fallen in Sri Lanka during the recent years, swallowing a total amount of Rs. 61,892 million (Rs 61.8billlion) belonging to 256,286 depositors, State Minister of Finance, Money and Capital Markets and State Enterprises Ajit

Politicians will not receive any special priority to receive the COVID-19 vaccines once it arrives here but Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi is likely to get the jab in the first lot, under healthcare workers, a senior official from the Health

Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 46th US president at the US Capitol in Washington. Vice-president Kamala Harris has taken her oath too - becoming the first woman to hold that position

Defending champions Mumbai Indians on Wednesday released Sri Lankan pacer and Indian Premier League’s highest wicket-taker Lasith Malinga ahead of the upcoming season.

Muslims have become reluctant to go to hospital as they are being cremated if they succumb to COVID-19, MP Rishad Bathiudeen told Parliament today.

A 53-year-old woman from Mallawagedara passed away due to Covid-19 today taking the death toll to 274, the Government Information Department said.

Giving military training to youth over 18 years of age is not financially realistic, Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka told Parliament today.

A total of 379 Covid-19 patients were detected within today, the Government Information Department said.

Donald Trump has left the White House for the final time of his presidency, ahead of the inauguration of Joe Biden.

SJB MP Harin Fernando today announced that he will wear a black Shawl (Sataka) against the jailing of former MP Ranjan Ramanayake who was convicted for Contempt of Court.

While saying ten COVID-19 patients have been found from the Ministry of Health, Deputy Director General of Health Services (DDGHS) Dr. Hemantha Herath said the functions at the Ministry have not been hampered, except at the unit where majority of the

While saying that the credibility of a judicial system in a country depends on the Judges who man it, Attorney General Dappula De Livera said judges must be persons of impeccable integrity and unimpeachable independence.

The United States is due to swear in Democrat Joe Biden as its 46th president, who is inheriting a country beset by deep political divides and battered by a coronavirus pandemic.

The Vehicle Importers’ Association of Lanka (VIAL) yesterday said 60% of the vehicle sellers have closed down their business activities due to actions taken by the Government to suspend vehicle imports for one and-a-half years.

Police have launched an investigation to arrest local anti-COVID-19 syrup manufacturer Dhammika Bandara for allegedly assaulting a doctor.

Asantha de Mel, the Manager of the Sri Lanka cricket team has decided to resign from the post.

The Kiriella Divisional Secretary has been arrested by the Children and Women’s Bureau for sexually harassing a female officer attached to the Kiriella Divisional Secretariat, police said.

The 43-year-old Covid-19 patient who had escaped from the Punani treatment center last night has been arrested by a special police team at Pelpitiya in Eheliyagoda a short while ago, Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said

A special South Korean flight carrying 245 Sri Lankans stranded in South Korea due to COVID- 19, touched down at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), Katunayake this morning.

Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCOI) probing Easter Sunday attacks will submit its final report to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on January 31, sources from the Commission informed Daily Mirror yesterday.

A man from Neelammahara who was arrested in connection with stealing a coconut was granted bail yesterday by the Gampaha Magistrate’s court.

While blaming the Health Ministry officials providing false picture about Covid-19 situation to the politicians, the Public Health Inspectors (PHI) Union yesterday warned of a considerable spike in Covid-19 cases in the coming weeks.

Sri Lanka is in talks with major airlines to resume passenger flights to the country.

Sri Lanka has ventured into gold exploration to determine whether the country has gold deposits to be exploited commercially, a senior official of the Environment Ministry said.

No new road has been constructed to provide access to Lankagama across the Sinharaja Forest while an existing road has been renovated, Minister of Environment Mahinda Amaraweera told Parliament yesterday.