Protest near Parliament against Online Safety Bill

Seychelles to shut High Commission in Colombo due to economic constraints

Seychelles is to shut its High Commission in Colombo due to economic constraints posed by the Covid crisis. However, the outgoing High Commissioner of Seychelles in Colombo, Conrad Vincent Mederic, has handed over a letter to Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena seeking permission to appoint a Honorary Consul for Sri Lanka. The outgoing High Commissioner of Seychelles in Colombo called on Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Foreign Ministry. The Foreign Minister complemented the High Co

10 Jan, 2021

Mass arrests and intimidation of the judiciary signal a gloomy 2021 for Hong Kong?s freedoms

It was a depressing end to the year. Nothing tells me 2021 will be any better. I know many share my gloom. Instead of hope, there is only despair. I am not talking about the coronavirus. Time and vaccines will take care of that. The cause of my despair is seeing the city I was born in morphing into something alien to me. Neither time nor vaccines can reverse Beijing?s tightening grip. It seems like almost every day something happens that slices off a part of Hong Kong which makes it distinct f

11 Jan, 2021

Sri Lanka to obtain Oxford-AstraZeneca, Pfizer vaccines next month

By Ashanthi Warunasuriya Sri Lanka is to obtain the Oxford-AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines next month, the Government said today. State Minister of Primary Health Services, Pandemics and COVID Prevention, Dr. Sudarshani Fernandopulle said that the Oxford-AstraZeneca is to be obtained through India and the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine through the World Health Organisation (WHO). She said that Sri Lanka has been in talks with India to obtain the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. Sri Lanka had formally re

11 Jan, 2021