Accident on highway in Athurugiriya kills woman, 6 injured

No water in parts of Colombo for 21 hours on 10th July

A 21-hour water cut is to be enforced in parts of Colombo on 10th July, the National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) said. The water cut will be enforced in Colombo 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 from 9.00 AM on 10th July. The National Water Supply and Drainage Board says the water cut is being enforced to carry out urgent maintenance. (Colombo Gazette)

08 Jul, 2021

Administering Pfizer as second dose suspended as AstraZeneca to arrive

Administering the Pfizer vaccine as the second dose in Sri Lanka has been suspended as AstraZeneca vaccines are scheduled to arrive this month. Regional Epidemiologist of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC), Dr. Dinu Guruge tweeted saying all the required AstraZeneca doses will be arriving in Sri Lanka by the 3rd week of July. As a result the Pfizer vaccine will not be administered as the second dose anymore for those who got the AstraZeneca vaccine as the first dose. “We were advised to stop

07 Jul, 2021

China has a big plan for post-US Afghanistan and it?s worth billions

As the US exits Afghanistan, Beijing is preparing to swoop into the war-torn country and fill the vacuum left by the departed US and NATO troops. China is poised to make an exclusive entry into post-US Afghanistan with its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Speaking on condition of anonymity, a source close to government officials in Afghanistan told The Daily Beast that Kabul authorities are growing more intensively engaged with China on an extension of the $62 billion China-Pakistan Economic Cor

07 Jul, 2021