Mervyn Silva appears before the FCID to make statement

Sri Lanka says tracing origin of Covid should not be politicized

Sri Lanka says tracing the origin of the coronavirus should not be politicized. The Foreign Ministry said that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused severe disruptions to the health, safety, and livelihoods of people around the world. Therefore, multilateralism and international cooperation provide the best possible means to effectively and sustainably defeat the pandemic, the Foreign Ministry said. The Foreign Ministry said that it is equally important to conduct a comprehensive, inclusive, and i

08 Sep, 2021

Hospital system struggling to control Covid

The hospital system is struggling to control Covid, Dr. Sudarshini Fernandopulle, State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and Covid Disease Control said. She said this after essential medical equipment worth Rs 40 million was donated by Camso Loadstar (Pvt) Ltd to Dr. Fernandopulle at the Ministry of Health to support the health system battling with the present Covid outbreak caused by the rapidly spreading Delta variant. The stock of life-saving medical equipment worth US $ 200,000 (

08 Sep, 2021

Tamil Nadu passes resolution against Act which Stalin says hurts Sri Lankan Tamils

The Tamil Nadu Assembly today (Wednesday) passed a resolution against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) which Chief Minister MK Stalin claimed hurts Sri Lankan Tamils. Stalin alleged that the Act is separating the refugees on the basis of religion and country of origin instead of embracing them and is primarily against the secularism of the country. ?The CAA is segregating the refugees of the country on the basis of religion and origin of the country, while we must be embracing them. Hence t

08 Sep, 2021