United National Party (UNP) Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has no intention of joining the Government, sources close to the former Prime Minister told Daily Mirror last night.
Sri Lanka’s health experts, today raised serious concerns over the new variant of the COVID-19 which had been detected in South Africa and said Sri Lanka’s borders had gone on alert.
Sri Lanka’s health experts, today raised serious concerns over the new variant of the COVID-19 which had been detected in South Africa and said Sri Lanka’s borders had gone on alert.
Sri Lanka’s health experts, today raised serious concerns over the new variant of the COVID-19 which had been detected in South Africa and said Sri Lanka’s borders had gone on alert.
Health experts have stepped up the frequency of sequencing to identify if the new Omicron COVID-19 variant has already entered the country while doctors on the ground said they are preparing for the worst.
Sri Lanka’s health experts, today raised serious concerns over the new variant of the COVID-19 which had been detected in South Africa and said Sri Lanka’s borders had gone on alert.
Health experts have stepped up the frequency of sequencing to identify if the new Omicron COVID-19 variant has already entered the country while doctors on the ground said they are preparing for the worst.
Sri Lanka’s health experts, today raised serious concerns over the new variant of the COVID-19 which had been detected in South Africa and said Sri Lanka’s borders had gone on alert.
Power disruptions in several areas have been reported today due to the tripping off of two 220KV transmission cables from Kothmale to the Biyagama Grid Sub-Station, Power and Energy Development Director and Media Spokesperson Sulakshana Jayawardena said.
Power disruptions in several areas have been reported today due to the tripping off of two 220KV transmission cables from Kothmale to the Biyagama Grid Sub-Station, Power and Energy Development Director and Media Spokesperson Sulakshana Jayawardena said.
Power disruptions in several areas have been reported today due to the tripping off of two 220KV transmission cables from Kothmale to the Biyagama Grid Sub-Station, Power and Energy Development Director and Media Spokesperson Sulakshana Jayawardena said.
Power disruptions in several areas have been reported today due to the tripping off of two 220KV transmission cables from Kothmale to the Biyagama Grid Sub-Station, Power and Energy Development Director and Media Spokesperson Sulakshana Jayawardena said.
Sri Lanka’s health experts, today raised serious concerns over the new variant of the COVID-19 which had been detected in South Africa and said Sri Lanka’s borders had gone on alert.
Sri Lanka’s health experts, today raised serious concerns over the new variant of the COVID-19 which had been detected in South Africa and said Sri Lanka’s borders had gone on alert.
While elucidating ways to keep the newly detected COVID-19 variant, Omicron at bay, Dr Chandima Jeewandara said receiving the booster shot was of utmost importance at this moment and invited people to stick to basic health practices.
Tourists from six South African Countries whose citizens cannot enter the country due to the new COVID variant threat, have not arrived in the country in the last 14 days, Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said.
The death toll in the ferry tragedy in Kuringankerni Lagoon has increased to seven after a 7-year-old girl who was receiving treatment at the Trincomalee Hospital died.
Sri Lanka’s health experts, today raised serious concerns over the new variant of the COVID-19 which had been detected in South Africa and said Sri Lanka’s borders had gone on alert.
Travellers with a travel history (including transit) in past 14 days to South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Zimbabwe & Eswatini will not permitted to disembark in Sri Lanka, Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL) said.
Sri Lanka’s health experts, today raised serious concerns over the new variant of the COVID-19 which had been detected in South Africa and said Sri Lanka’s borders had gone on alert.
Sri Lanka’s health experts, today raised serious concerns over the new variant of the COVID-19 which had been detected in South Africa and said Sri Lanka’s borders had gone on alert.
South African scientists have detected a new coronavirus variant with multiple mutations but are yet to establish whether it is more contagious or able to overcome the immunity provided by vaccines or prior infection.
Following the Government Analyst’s reports that confirmed the cause of recent explosions in Colombo, Weligama and Kandy were due to gas leaks, the Sri Lanka Standard Institution is criticised for not taking action against the complaints received from the general public regarding leaks in gas cylinders.
The residence of Sri Lanka Muslim Congress MP M. S. Thowfeek in Kinniya has been attacked by a group of residents following the ferry mishap in which six were drowned.
A Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Panadura Pradeshiya Sabha member who had been harassing the residents of Galpatha under influence of alcohol has been tied to a lamp post by a group of residents in the area.
TNA Parliamentarians M.A Sumanthiran and Shanakiyan Rasamanickam, who are presently in Canada, were driven away from a meeting held with a group of Tamil diaspora, who branded them as ’traitors’ alleging the diaspora wanted a separate Tamil state in Sri Lanka.
Another sub lineage of Delta variant has been detected in Sri Lanka, Director of the Department of Immunology & Molecular Medicine at Sri Jayewardenepura Dr. Chandima Jeewandara said today.
There is an upward trend in COVID positive cases among school children including primary schools after re-opening schools for educational activities, the Public Health Inspectors (PHI) Union said.
There is an upward trend in COVID positive cases among school children including primary schools after re-opening schools for educational activities, the Public Health Inspectors (PHI) Union said.
In an exclusive interview with Daily Mirror, Maldives President Mohamed Solih who was on a recent two-day visit to Sri Lanka said the Maldives economy which was heavily dependent on its tourism industry, is on its way to recovery after being hit by the virus, and had managed to bounce back to around 70 percent of what it used to be before the pandemic.
In an exclusive interview with Daily Mirror, Maldives President Mohamed Solih who was on a recent two-day visit to Sri Lanka said the Maldives economy which was heavily dependent on its tourism industry, is on its way to recovery after being hit by the virus, and had managed to bounce back to around 70 percent of what it used to be before the pandemic.
All necessary steps are being taken to prevent a possible surge in COVID cases that could be experienced consequent to the protest campaign by a political party in Colombo yesterday, the Health Ministry said.
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) legislators staged a protest inside Parliament holding placards and shouting slogans alleging that the police have assaulted and killed one of their supporters.
The Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) has arrested a man who has given a note on a piece of paper to the security deployed at the Opposition Leader’s office mentioning about a bomb attack on Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) rally in Colombo.
Public security minister Sarath Weerasekara said in parliament that the police were only helping the health authorities to maintain the guidelines issued in order to prevent further spreading of COVID-19 pandemic by putting up barricades and checking buses which approached Colombo.
Director General of Health Services Dr Asela Gunawardena has issued a set of guidelines effective from November 16 to 30 on public & work-related activities where several restrictions have been eased.
China’s Qingdao Seawin Biotech Group, the fertilizer company caught in the midst of controversy with Sri Lanka’s Agriculture Ministry has warned to lodge a complaint against Sri Lanka at the FAO of the United Nations, if the National Plant Quarantine Service (NPQS) does not rectify its report over the company’s organic fertiliser, which it has called ‘inaccurate’, causing loss of reputation and goodwill.
China’s Qingdao Seawin Biotech Group, the fertilizer company caught in the midst of controversy with Sri Lanka’s Agriculture Ministry has warned to lodge a complaint against Sri Lanka at the FAO of the United Nations, if the National Plant Quarantine Service (NPQS) does not rectify its report over the company’s organic fertiliser, which it has called ‘inaccurate’, causing loss of reputation and goodwill.
The Attorney General has given the green light to make the vaccination card mandatory for the general public when they enter public places, Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said today.
The Attorney General has given the green light to make the vaccination card mandatory for the general public when they enter public places, Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said today.