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Cabinet to donate August salary to Covid fund

The Cabinet has decided to donate its August salary to the Covid fund. Accordingly, the August salary of all Cabinet Ministers will be donated to the fund. The decision was taken when the Cabinet convened today for its weekly meeting. (Colombo Gazette)

23 Aug, 2021

India and Sri Lanka agreed to seek pragmatic solution for fishing issue

India and Sri Lanka have agreed to seek a pragmatic solution for the fishing issue. Both sides also highlighted the pivotal importance of relations between Sri Lanka and India which have stood the test of time as close neighbours and expressed satisfaction at the current level of cooperation and resolved to raise bilateral relations in multiple sectors to even higher levels. The High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay called on the new Foreign Minister Professor G.L. Peiris after

23 Aug, 2021

Sri Lanka to import 300,000 liters of liquid medical oxygen weekly

The Government has decided to import 300,000 liters of liquid medical oxygen, weekly. Approval was given at the Cabinet meeting held on 24th May, 2021 to import 120,000 liters of oxygen per month to ensure the supply of liquid medical oxygen to the Covid-19 patients in critical condition. As the number of patients who are dependent on oxygen has increased due to the spread of the Covid virus variant, the Cabinet of Ministers approved a proposal tabled by Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella to

24 Aug, 2021