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.

Vaccination Center at the Vihara Maha Devi Park the vaccine is being operated 24/7 by Sri Lanka Army to administer second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Pix by Kithsiri de Mel

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.

An Angampora Martial Arts Show was held at the Pilikuththuwa Raja Maha Vihara premises yesterday under the patronage of Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa in line with the National Sports Week. Minister Rajapaksa said necessary steps are being taken to

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.

People are seen receiving their second dose of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine at the Viharamahadevi Park vaccination centre operated by the army.Pix by Kithsiri De Mel

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.

The AztraZeneca vaccines administered in several locations in the Western Province from today as the second dose for the recipients of the first dose. People are seen getting their second dose of AstraZeneca vaccine at the Bodhiraja Viharaya, Panagod

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

National carrier SriLankan Airlines has resumed flights to the Russian capital, Moscow after six-year break where it will operate a weekly scheduled flight between Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) and Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport (DME).

A 41-year-old exorcist was arrested in connection with sexually abusing a 45-year old woman and sexually harassing a 19 year old girl during a special ritual at a residence.

The Police Special Task Force (STF) raided a large scale fuel pilferage racket carried out at the Central Expressway which is currently under construction.

A protest march organized by the Joint Center against Sir John Kotelawala National Defence University (KNDU) Bill was held today from Hunupitiya Road to Kiribathgoda in protest of the KNDU Bill. Pix by Nimalsiri Edirisinghe and Kithsiri de Mel

Harvesting for the Yala season has commenced. Here, farmers in Aralaganwila are seen reaping the paddy harvest.

Popular singer Umaria Sinhawansa has been arrested by the Welikada Police this evening following an accident near the Rajagiriya flyover.

A total of 61 more COVID-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (30) were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today pushing the death toll to 4,441.