The opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB)has urged the government to put off the debate on Port City Economic Commission Bill in view of the presnt crisis the country is facing due to the fast spread of Covid19. The part...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has suspended the entry of non-UAE resident travellers from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka starting 12th Wednesday in a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus it was announced today..
The government may consider imposing restrictions between districts or provinces as the case may be to contain the increasing incidence of Covid 19.
Reports said that restrictions are already in force in the Eastern province
Corona infection has reached alarming proportions, with over 2500 people tested positive yesterday.
It is an alarming number, a senior medical professional said.
The number is likely to rise if the people do not restrict their movements and stay indoors, following...
Special prayers and ceremonies were held by people of different faiths across Sri Lanka on 8 May 2021 for the well-being of people of India in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. A press communique from the High Commission of...
The Indian Supreme Court has taken a humanitarian view of the four-lakh-plus prison population inside overcrowded jails even as the second wave of the pandemic continues its devastating run across the country.
“India has more than four lakh prison inmates....
The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted permission for emergency use of anti-Covid-19 therapeutic application of the drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG), developed by the Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), a lab of Defence Research and...
The government of Tamil Nadu has announced a total lock down from
May 10 to 24 t0 curb the spread of Covid19 TheTimes of India reported.
Fresh Covid-19 cases reported in a day in Tamil Nadu crossed the 25,000-mark on Friday...
Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine of the Sri Jayewardenepura University has detected the presence of various variants including the Indian Variant in Sri Lanka.
The other variants are the UK variant, Denmark/European Middle Eastern variant, Nigerian variant and the...
Medical Professionals have written to the President expressing their concern over the grave danger the country is facing due to the unabated and rampant spread of the Covid 19 virus.
Medical professionals representing Sri Lanka Medical Association, Government Medical Officers...
Galle High Court yesterday ordered the acquittal of former Parliamentarian NishanthaMuthuhettigama from a case filed by Attorney General, over the abduction and unlawful detention of an individual that took place in 2009.
Ordering the acquittal of the five accused including...
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in twitter message has condemned the attack on former President of Maldives Mohamed Nasheed.
I wish the former President of Maldives and all those injured in the explosion last evening a full and speedy recovery. It...
