Foreign tourist killed in wild elephant attack in Habarana

Quantity of vaccines for Sri Lanka from US not decided

By Easwaran Rutnam The quantity of vaccines the US is to allocate for Sri Lanka and the timeline by when it will be dispatched, has not yet been determined. Sources at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that there is also no sign of the US making? the AstraZeneca vaccine available for Sri Lanka as the US Food and Drug Administration is yet to clear it for use. “We were assured last month that Sri Lanka will receive from the 7 million doses the US has earmarked for south and south east Asia.

19 Jun, 2021

UN to submit report on impact to environment in Sri Lanka after ship fire

The United Nations (UN) is to submit a report on the impact to the environment in Sri Lanka as a result of the MV X-Press Pearl disaster. A UN team of oil spill and chemical experts, provided by the European Union (EU), is working with the Sri Lankan Government to assess the impact on the environment caused by the MV X-press Pearl disaster. The team from the UN, France and Italy is a collaboration between the humanitarian arm of the European Union (EU ECHO/ERCC) and the United Nations Environm

19 Jun, 2021

Covid death toll on June 11 not 101 but only 15

The coronavirus death toll on June 11 was not 101 but only 15, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said today. He said that while it was decided to lift travel restrictions on June 14, steps were taken to extend the restrictions until June 21 based on data received that 101 deaths were reported on June 11. The President said that information was later obtained by the health authorities and intelligence unit following a thorough investigation conducted into the cause of death. The investigation revea

18 Jun, 2021