Pakistan High Commissioner on first visit to North and East

50,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine arrive in Sri Lanka

A stock of 50,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine arrived in Sri Lanka today. The vaccines were ordered by Sri Lanka through the State Pharmaceutical Corporation (SPC). Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella had said recently that the Kandy District will be vaccinated using the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine. He said that apart from the 50,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine which arrived today another one million doses will arrive in Sri Lanka early next month. The first batch of 15,000 d

27 May, 2021

Legal action against Covid patient who escaped from hospital

Legal action is to be taken against a Covid patient who escaped from a private hospital in Colombo on Tuesday. Police Spokesman, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ajith Rohana said that the patient was found yesterday and was admitted to a treatment facility. The patient is a resident of Ampara and was identified as Mohamed Rikaz. He had escaped from a private hospital in Colpetty and was found in Dambana yesterday. DIG Ajith Rohana said that once the patient is discharged from the treatment fa

27 May, 2021

Government calls for calm saying no terrorism threat to Sri Lanka

The Government today called for calm saying there was no terrorism threat to Sri Lanka. Defence Secretary, General Kamal Gunaratne urged the public not to panic saying false propaganda was being spread claiming there was a terrorist threat to Sri Lanka. He said that the Ministry of Defence, the armed forces and other law enforcement agencies have taken steps to establish national security. An updated travel advise on Sri Lanka issued by the US State Department had been used to allege that the

26 May, 2021