Mobile vaccination drive was carried out in the Karanayakamulla area in Gampaha Municipal Council area today for the elders and those who are suffering from various non communicable diseases. Pix by Nimalsiri Edirisinghe

The Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians has requested the authorities to take steps to provide Covid-19 vaccine to children above 12 years of age who have chronic diseases, a medical specialist said today.

The Marine Drive from Kollupitiya to Dehiwala, which facilitates traffic between Ramakrishna Road and Dehiwala Bridge, is scheduled to open this month, yet to be completed due to the prevailing Covid-19 situation. It is expected to open next month. P

Statistics on daily Covid cases had to be updated repeatedly as there was a delay in reporting data on positive cases that were identified through Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) performed on field and in private sector hospitals, Deputy Director General

Sri Lanka Mission in Japan felicitated the Paralympic medal winning athletes who have made Sri Lanka proud, with a presentation ceremony. Ven. Banagala Upatissa Thera and the prelates from the Lanka Ji vihara blessed the athletes and made a gift from

The wife and only son of an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) attached to the IGP’s Secretariat, has died due to the COVID-19.

A health team of the Colombo Municipal Council carried out PCR tests on residents of Wellawatte as a precautionary measure to fully contain the COVID-19 virus in the country. Pix by Waruna Wanniarachchi

For the first time in the history of the country, twin baby elephants were born at the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage today.

An ongoing National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the seizure of 300 kg heroin, five AK-47 rifles and 1,000 live rounds of 9mm ammunition off the coast of Vizhinjam near Thiruvananthapuram has led to speculation that an international drug run

A blood donation camp organized by the Sri Lanka Army under the direction of Army Commander General Shavendra Silva and the suppervison of Major General Sujeewa Senarathyapa, Commander, Security Forces-West was held at the Panagoda Bodhi Rajaramaya (

Sri Lankan Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez has been questioned by India’s Enforcement Directorate as a witness to a money-laundering racket, according to several media reports.

Some 5,858 Covid patients were treated in 13 Ayurvedic Hospitals while 4,720 of them have fully recovered by now, State Minister of Indigenous Medicine Promotion, Rural and Ayurvedic Hospitals Development and Community Health Sisira Jayakody said.

The Government has planned to implement a program to provide indigenous immune strengthening medicines and immune strengthening porridge to all families in the country with the aim of controlling the current Covid 19 pandemic.

Three persons have been arrested with 602 counterfeit currency notes of Rs. 500 by the Special Task Force of Police (STF) during a raid in Seeduwa.

People are seen queueing up to get their goods at the Maligawatta Sathosa outlet. Due to the rapid spreading of COVID pandemic situation, the people are not allowed to enter the Sathosa outlets. People are asked to hand over their list of goods to th

The Environment Ministry has completed the preparation of a new edition of the Red Data Book on Endangered fauna and flora in Sri Lanka, which is compiled every five years.

The Home Affairs Ministry today requested people who have not yet received the allowance of Rs. 2,000 to appeal through the respective Grama Niladhari in charge of their area of ​​residence.

People in the 181 Grama Niladhari division of the Ragama Divisional Secretariat yesterday received Rs. 2,000 allowance. Pix by Nimalsiri Edirisinghe

Online gamers under the age of 18 will only be allowed to play for an hour on Fridays, weekends and holidays, China’s video game regulator has said.

A total number of 522 COVID-19 vaccination centres will be in operation in 23 districts across the country today, the Health Ministry said.

It was reported that the Finance Minister had agreed to pay an allowance of Rs. 5,000 for two months for teachers and principals as relief until their salary anomalies are sorted out.

Five suspects have been arrested while they were sailing with a consignment of 290 kg of heroin in the seas off Beruwala this morning, the navy said.

Former Health Ministry Spokesperson Dr. Jayaruwan Bandara has been summoned to appear before the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) today to record a statement regarding an information that he had revealed during an interview.

A stock of 17,000 tablets of a drug used in the treatment of mental disorders which was being sold to drug addicts at exorbitant prices and a stock of 1,000 tablets used in illegal abortions were seized and a suspect arrested by Kandy Police during a

Already exhausted from the rapid spread of the Delta variant which has infected over 60,000 people in recent weeks, Sri Lanka’s health officials have gone on alert over a new COVID-19 variant detected in South Africa and several other countries, wh

A consignment of 15,000 vials of second dose of the Russian-made Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines was brought to the country this morning.

The Ayurvedic authorities have run short of items such as ginger and coriander needed for the manufacture of Ayurvedic medicines to be delivered to the doorsteps of people fallen sick with COVID-19, a minister said.

The Government has decided to strictly restrict state expenses owing to the grave financial crisis the Government was facing. Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa has informed the Cabinet that state revenue has decreased drastically as the economy is fac

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has declared Emergency regulations on the provision of essential foods with effect from midnight today, Presidential Media Division (PMD) said.

A total of 216 more COVID-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (29) were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today pushing the death toll to 8,991.