India’s limited overs series against Sri Lanka has been rescheduled owing to COVID-19 cases in home team camp.

The Lanka Premier League 2021, which was expected to commence on July 29, has been rescheduled to be held from 19th November to 12th December 2021, the Sri Lanka Cricket said

A female soldier of the Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps is seen giving the Pfizer Covid 19 vaccine to a local student who is going overseas for higher education, at the Army hospital in Colombo today. Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said the gove

The Health Ministry said there is a possibility that COVID-19 patients of the new Lambda variant, could be found in the country at any time.

The Ceylon Teacher Services Union (CTSU) today decided to refrain from conducting online teaching practices from Monday (12)against the Government’s move to direct Ceylon Teachers’ Union (CTU) General Secretary Joseph Stalin and 15 others for for

Colombo Mayor Rosy Senanayake, today said that all those who fall under the category of 55-69 years of age, and who had been vaccinated at a CMC center with AstraZeneca as their first dose, were requested to wait till 3rd week of July to receive an u

A prison guard at the Mahara Prison was arrested with 96 packs of heroin during a search at the prison entrance.

The members of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) held a demonstration at the Independence Squire over the government’s move against several demands and actions, including the attempt of the media suppression. Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana

The programme to administer vaccines to shield against COVID-19 for all teachers in the country will commence from tomorrow (12), Education Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris said.

There are two views regarding the dates of the GCE Advanced Level (A/L) Examination and a flexible and more practical decision should be taken following technical advice, Education Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris said.

At a backdrop where the Government Medical Officers Association has criticised the move to allow armed Forces to vaccinate people, the Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) said there was no issue in allowing military personnel to inoculate people.

Four suspects including the cardiologist attached to Welisara Navy Camp and Mihintale Pradeshiya Sabha Deputy Chairman who were arrested for the alleged exploitation of a 15-year-old girl were today ordered to be released on bail by Colombo Chief Mag

JVP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake today called on the Government to recall the protesters who were arrested and forcibly sent for quarantine in various parts of the country, claiming it was totally against the law and human rights.

While stating that there is a comprehensive mechanism to vaccinate a majority of the population against the COVID-19 virus before September, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said plans have been made to administer the Pfizer vaccine doses to the people i

The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) today filed three Fundamental Rights petitions in the Supreme Court seeking a declaration that attempts made by police to prevent protests using quarantine regulations violate the people’s fundamental rights.

Director-General of Health Services will issue revised guidelines, lifting several restrictions, which need to be followed by people due to COVID-19, Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said.

Sri Lanka’s batting coach Grant Flower who tested positive for Covid-19 had refused to be vaccinated against the Covid-19 unless he received the Pfizer vaccine, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said.

The protesters, arrested for violating quarantine regulations, were sent for quarantine not by the police but based on instructions of the Public Health Inspectors (PHIs), Public Security Minister Sarath Weerasekara said today.

While rejecting claims that on July 6, SriLankan flight (UL504 en route from London to Colombo) had suffered a mid-air fuel shortage, SriLankan Airlines said a technical stop was planned in Trivandrum to refuel the aircraft after it had to take a lon

The Public Health Inspectors’ Union slammed the Health Ministry for not releasing official information on the infections of the Indian variant and thereby hiding the actual situation in terms of the Delta variant spread in the country.

Administering the first dose of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for the Chinese and Vietnamese workers at construction sites in Colombo carried out yesterday. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana.

The validity period of all types of Visas currently obtained by foreigners in Sri Lanka has been extended up to August 8 from today, the Immigration Department said.

Revised Gazette Notification has been issued on the Corporate and Legal Framework under the Ministry of Economic Policy and Plan Implementation and the Ministry of Finance

International Cricket Council (ICC) CEO Manu Sawhney on Thursday resigned from his position, four months after his allegedly “abrasive conduct” came under the scanner during an internal investigation, prompting the world body to send him on leave

Several areas in the country would receive a heavy rainfall of over 100 mm in the evening or night, the Department of Meteorology said.

One Grama Niladhari (GN) division in Kalutara district was brought under isolation and four GN divisions in Mannar and Kegalla districts have been freed, the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) said.

An Assistant Agriculture Director and an Agriculture Instructor had been arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) for issuing fake quarantine certificates to release a consignment of dried arecanut from the customs last year.

Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) plans to ask U.S. regulators to authorize a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine within the next month, the drugmaker’s top scientist said on Thursday, based on evidence of greater risk of reinfection six months after inoculation

The government has decided to administer Pfizer vaccines to nearly 1,000 students going overseas for higher education, Army Commander Shavendra Silva said.

The United National Party (UNP) yesterday condemned the forced quarantine of Trade Union members who were released on bail by the Colombo Magistrate Court.“the attempt to detain these individuals is against the laws of the country as the Quarantine