Finance Ministry announces compensation package for victims

Israel?donates two?ventilators to Sri Lanka?

Israel has donated two ventilators to Sri Lanka, the Foreign Ministry said. Foreign Secretary Admiral Professor Jayanath Colombage formally handed over two ventilators (VG70 Ventilator and Vivo 65 advanced homecare ventilator) donated by the Government of Israel ?to Secretary of the Ministry of Health Major General Dr. S.H. Munasinghe at the Foreign Ministry today, 24 December 2020. The two ventilators were donated?through the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi, which?is concurrently?accredited to S

24 Dec, 2020

High number of infections continue to be detected in Colombo

A number of coronavirus infected persons continue to be detected in the Colombo District. The National Operations Centre for the Prevention of COVID-19 (NOCPC) said a total of 245 Covid infected individuals were detected from the Colombo district within the last 24-hours ending at 06am today. The highest number of infected persons amounting to 48 were detected from Wellawatte, followed by 42 from Wellampitiya. Seventeen (17) Covid infected persons were reported from Colpetty, 15 from Grandpas

25 Dec, 2020

India to commission floating solar power plants in Sri Lanka

India is to commission floating solar power plants in Sri Lanka, the Indian High Commission in Colombo said today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the world?s largest and first of its kind renewable energy park comprising both wind and solar energy with a total capacity of 30 GW at Kutch in Gujarat on 15 December 2020. The Indian High Commission said that 72,600 hectares of waste land was transformed and put to use in building the hybrid energy park. Upon completion, the energy park w

24 Dec, 2020