The COVID-19 vaccines are seen being preparing for distribution in the Polonnaruwa, Batticoloa, and Trincomalee areas. Pictures show the employees at the Central Vaccine Stores (CVS) in Colombo packing them into containers for distribution. Pix by Wa

Seargent Dinesh Priyantha Herath who won the Gold medal at Tokyo Paralympic Games, has been promoted to the rank of Warrant Officer 1 by Army Commander General Shavendra Silva with the approval of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the Defence Secretar

Sri Lanka’s Samitha Dulan Kodithuwakku won the Bronze medal in Men’s F64 Javelin Throw event at Tokyo Paralympic Games.

Some 4,200 pregnant mothers have been infected with Covid-19 so far in Sri Lanka, while 900 of them were under medical treatment at present, Family Health Bureau Director Dr. Chithramali de Silva said.

The Health Ministry said today that 85% of the 6,985 Covid-19 deaths that have been reported upto August 13, were among people who were suffering from chronic diseases and under medical treatment previously.

The first Sri Lankan Ambassador to Poland and former Parliament Member for the Gampaha District Tudor Gunasekera has passed away due to COVID-19 infection.

The Israel Health Ministry on Tuesday announced that Israelis age 30 and over are now eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster, expanding the program days after lowering the minimum age to 40.

People who engage in small time fishing along Elakanda and Uswetakeiyawa areas are seen heap their catch on the roadside in view to earn some means for living. Pix by Waruna Wanniaarachchi

Sri Lanka hoped that all those who possess travel authorization from other countries would be allowed to proceed in a safe and orderly manner to the points of departure and travel out of Afghanistan, the Foreign Ministry said.

The Public Health Inspectors’ Union (PHIU) today urged the authorities to initiate a mechanism at main Hospitals to provide Covid-19 vaccine to people who have allergic reactions.

The Special Task Force of Police (STF) have uncovered a gang which was engaged in modus operandi to steal motorcycles of those engage in mobile delivery posing as policemen during the curfew period.

SLPP Kurunegala District MP Asanka Navarathna said he has been tested COVID 19 positive.

The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry has added another 5,350 Covid-19 patients, increasing the total number of positive patients in Sri Lanka to 431,519.

The United Nations said today they would stand in solidarity with the victims of enforced disappearances, their families and communities, here in Sri Lanka and across the world.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K Stalin is to push for citizenship for Sri Lankan refugees in Tamil Nadu.

Sri Lanka’s health officials have gone on alert over a new COVID-19 variant detected in South Africa and other several other countries, which global health experts say may be the most mutated version of the virus found so far and may have the abili

Sri Lanka’s Dinesh Priyantha won the first Gold Medal for Sri Lanka at the Tokyo Paralympics after he set a new World Record in the Men’s F46 Javelin Throw with a distance of 67.79m

The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary, Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera donated over Rs.7 million to purchase a COVID-19 virus detection unit which will facilitate sequencing purposes at the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine.

Sri Lanka’s Dinesh Priyantha won the first Gold Medal for Sri Lanka at the Tokyo Paralympics after he set a new World Record in the Men’s F46 Javelin Throw with a distance of 67.79m

More than 6,000 health workers in the health sector have contracted corona virus, Government Nurses Association President Saman Ratnapriya.

A consignment of 150,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine vials have been flown in to the country from the United States of America and freighted by Qatar Airways, the airport duty manager said.

The COVID 19 pandemic has brought about a high demand for cardboard coffins, Member of Dehiwala Mount Lavinia Municipal Council Priyantha Sahabandu said yesterday.

U.S. Ambassador Alaina B. Teplitz said she continues to urge the government to leverage the resources of the IMF (International Monetary Fund) as a member state and take advantage of the tools that can come to assess Sri Lanka’s economic performanc

The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) cracked down on three warehouses unlawfully stored with 5,400 tonnes of sugar in Gampaha and Seeduwa during the last couple of days, State Minister Lasantha Alagiyawanna said.

The Government is to consider administering booster shots from October, especially for the vulnerable groups.

A total of 4,612 more COVID-19 patients have been detected today increasing the total cases reported in Sri Lanka to 426,169, the Government Information Department said.

A total of 192 more COVID-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (28) were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today pushing the death toll to 8,775.

Veddah Chief Uruwarige Wannila Aththo’s spouse and several other family members have been contracted Covid-19.

Claiming that the prices of essential commodities have gone up exorbitantly, former JVP MP Sunil Handunnetti today urged the government to intervene to regulate the increase in prices of essential goods without allowing the Government cronies to loot

About 34 children have been infected with the post-covid syndrome called “Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children’ so far in Sri Lanka and five such children were receiving treatment at the Intensive Care Unit of the Lady Ridgeway Hospital