Two injured following clash between female detainees at Welikada

India signs MoU with Sri Lanka to streamline ongoing housing project

The High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay and Secretary, State Ministry of Rural Housing and Construction and Building Materials Industries Promotion of Sri Lanka Keerthi Ranjith Abesiriwardhana signed four MoUs towards streamlining the implementation mechanisms of the ongoing Model Village and three Gram Shakti Housing Projects. The MoUs were signed in the presence of State Minister Indika Anuruddha, the Indian High Commission in Colombo said. The MoUs would pave the way for re

19 Dec, 2020

Shortage of chemicals delays results from Mulleriyawa PCR machine

By Indika Sri Aravinda A shortage of chemicals has resulted in a delay in obtaining results from the PCR machine at the Mulleriyawa hospital lab. Hospital Director Dr. Priyantha Karunaratne told Colombo Gazette that the PCR tests were limited due to a shortage of the required chemicals to maintain the machine. Stating that the hospital is unable to operate the machine at full capacity at present, Karunaratne said nearly 2000 PCR tests that were conducted per day have now been reduced to 600 t

18 Dec, 2020

US offers funding to strengthen civil society in Sri Lanka

The US Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) has announced an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for projects that advance and protect freedom of association and freedom of assembly in Sri Lanka. Per the 2020 Human Rights Report, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Freedom of Association and Peaceful Assembly noted that although the country had a comprehensive legal framework governing the right to freedom of peaceful

19 Dec, 2020