SC Justice Prasanna Jayewardene passed away

Pfizer to be administered as second jab on 55-69 age group in Colombo

By Easwaran Rutnam President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has 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 Rosy Senanayake told Daily Mirror last night the vaccine will be administered on Colombo residents between the ages of 55 to 69, who obtained the AstraZeneca vaccine as the first dose. The first consignment of the Pfizer vaccine arrived in Sri Lanka

06 Jul, 2021

President Rajapaksa included in RSF?s 2021 ?press freedom predators? gallery

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been included in the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) 2021 ?press freedom predators? gallery. RSF published a gallery of grim portraits, those of 37 heads of state or Government who crack down massively on press freedom. Some of these ?predators of press freedom? have been operating for more than two decades while others have just joined the blacklist, which for the first time includes two women and a European predator. Nearly half (17) of the predators are mak

06 Jul, 2021

ICC bans former Sri Lanka Cricket performance analyst for attempting to bribe Minister

Sanath Jayasundara, a former performance analyst at Sri Lanka Cricket, has been banned from all cricket for seven years for attempting to bribe the Sports Minister. The ban was enforced after the ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal found him guilty of breaching the International Cricket Council (ICC) Anti-Corruption Code. The ban is backdated to 11 May 2019, when he was provisionally suspended. Following a full hearing and presentation of written and oral argument, the Tribunal found Jayasundara gui

05 Jul, 2021