Heroin found in Dehiwala largest in Sri Lankan history

50,000 doses of Sputnik V arrive in Sri Lanka

A stock of 50,000 doses of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine arrived in Sri Lanka today. The vaccines were purchased by the State Pharmaceutical Corporation (SPC). So far, Sri Lanka has received four stocks of Sputnik V vaccines from Russia.

07 Jul, 2021

Sri Lanka begins mixing Covid vaccines by administering Pfizer as second jab

Sri Lanka today began mixing Covid vaccines by administering Pfizer as the second jab on those who got the Covishield AstraZeneca vaccine as the first dose. The Pfizer vaccine was administered today as the second dose on a select group of people in Colombo. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had earlier directed the Ministry of Health (MOH) to issue 25,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine to the City of Colombo to be used as the second jab on those who obtained the AstraZeneca vaccine. Colombo Mayor Ros

07 Jul, 2021

Basil Rajapaksa’s name submitted to Elections Commission

The name of former Minister Basil Rajapaksa has been submitted to the Elections Commission to fill the vacant Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) National List seat in Parliament. SLPP member Jayantha Ketagoda had today resigned from his National List seat to make way for former Minister Basil Rajapaksa to enter Parliament. The Parliament media unit confirmed that Ketagoda had handed over his resignation letter to Parliament Secretary General Dhammika Dasanayake today. Basil Rajapaksa was set

06 Jul, 2021