The move, first reported by Reuters, will affect supplies to the Gavi/WHO-backed Covax vaccine-sharing facility through which more than 180 countries are expected to get doses, one of the sources said.
The UK has received only half of the 10m...
Traffic on the narrow waterway dividing continental Africa from the Sinai Peninsula stopped Tuesday after the MV Ever Given, a Panama-flagged container ship with an owner listed in Japan, got stuck.
It wasn't immediately clear what caused the Ever Given...
The SJB said in a statement that it was brought about by a major failure of the government to safeguard human rights and democracy in Sri Lanka.
"The incumbent government has managed its foreign relations extremely irrationally. Instead of embarking...
The Court of Appeal today fixed for March 31 to deliver its order on the Interim Order prayed by Gampaha District Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake, claiming his right to function as a Parliamentarian.
The Court of Appeal would also make an...
The Cabinet has approved the purchase of seven million Sputnik V Covid 19 vaccines at a cost of 69.65 US$. Sri Lanka plans to vaccinate 14 million people and five million are to be vaccinated as a first step.
Since...
Assets Utilization Reforms Commission Bill to be introduced shortly to ensure the utilization of the under-utilized assets including the land for the betterment of the nation.
The Cabinet notes that it has become a prime requirement to introduce an appropriate...
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayaka today filed a writ petition in the Court of Appeal seeking an order to stay the operation of findings and recommendations of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry appointed to probe incidents...
Thirteen other countries including Japan abstained at the crucial UNHRC vote.
Before the vote, India made a statement urging the government of Sri Lanka to protect human rights guided by the principles of the UN Charter in support of such...
Former Minister Ravi Karunanayake and seven others were today ordered to be further remanded till tomorrow (24) by Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar in connection with the second Central Bank bond issue that took place on March 29, 2016.
The Court...
The CID field this B report according to a complaint made by Attorney-at-law Dharshana Weraduwage.
Weraduwage had lodged a police complaint urging them to take legal action against Parliamentarian C.V. Wigneswaran regarding his offensive remarks.
Taking into consideration the facts,...
The warning comes as the UN’s top rights body prepares to vote Tuesday on a draft resolution expressing “serious concern” over the “deteriorating” human rights situation in the country.
Under the caption “Sri Lanka minorities warn Muslim nations ahead of...
