Railway employees to stage a 48 hour token strike

Number of people infected in Fort, Slave Island, Mount Lavinia

A number of people have been found to be infected in Fort, Slave Island and Mount Lavinia. They were among individuals who tested positive for the coronavirus over a 24-hour period ending at 6am today (Thursday). Officials said that 43 people tested positive for the virus in Fort, 45 in Mount Lavinia, 36 in Slave Island and 23 in Padukka in the Colombo District. A total of 218 people tested positive for the virus in the Colombo District during this period. Among the 761 infections detected i

20 May, 2021

EU and Sri Lanka discuss GSP Plus and other issues

The European Union (EU) and Sri Lanka have had talks on several issues, including on the GSP Plus process. Ambassadors of the European Union (EU) based in Colombo called on Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Foreign Ministry, and discussed issues of mutual interest, including EU-Sri Lanka cooperation, and the GSP Plus process, the Foreign Ministry said today. The Foreign Minister welcomed the multifaceted cooperation existing between Sri Lanka and the EU. Follow up action on the EU –

19 May, 2021

China to donate another 500,000 doses of vaccines to Sri Lanka

China has announced it will donate another 500,000 doses of the Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine to Sri Lanka. The Chinese Embassy in Colombo tweeted that the vaccine doses will be dispatched within the next month. It further said the donation is being made to support the Sri Lankan people currently fighting the third wave of the coronavirus. The Embassy added that the new consignment will increase the total number of Sinopharm vaccines dispatched to Sri Lanka to 1.1 million doses. Sri Lanka in

19 May, 2021