Three, including two women, killed in accident

Over 190 people test positive for Covid in Gampaha

Over 190 people have tested positive for the coronavirus in the Gampaha District over a 24-hour period ending at 6am today. The National Operations Centre for the Prevention of COVID-19 (NOCPC) said a total of 354 infected people were reported during this period. Among them, twelve infected people were identified as those who had returned from overseas. From the remaining 342 local detections, the highest number of infected persons of 197 was reported from the Gampaha District, followed by 58

22 Mar, 2021

Sinopharm cleared only to vaccinate Chinese in Sri Lanka

By Easwaran Rutnam??? The Sinopharm vaccine has been cleared only to vaccinate Chinese nationals in Sri Lanka, as part of a controversial deal between Sri Lanka and China.? State Minister of Pharmaceutical Production, Supply and Regulation Professor Channa Jayasumana told?Daily Mirror?that the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) had informed him that emergency use registration of the vaccine had been waived-off.?? As a result, some 600,000 doses of the vaccine to be donated by Chin

21 Mar, 2021

Suspect charged in the US for attacking Sri Lankan immigrant

A suspect has been charged in the US for attacking a 68-year-old Sri Lankan immigrant aboard a Manhattan train last week, the New York Post reported. Marc Mathieu, 36, allegedly attacked Narayange Bodhi with a barrage of punches last Friday aboard a No. 1 train at Manhattan?s Franklin Street station, according to cops. A?witness to the assault?told The Post it was a hate crime, but the NYPD on Sunday said the department has no evidence the attack was racially motivated. Straphanger George Okr

22 Mar, 2021