Over 270 stranded Sri Lankans return from Australia

Venerable Athuraliya takes oaths as an MP

The Venerable Athuraliye Rathana Thero was sworn-in as a Member of Parliament of the 9th Parliament today. The name of the Venerable Athuraliye Rathana Thero was gazetted by the National Election Commission to fill the National List Parliament seat won by Our Power of People Party (Ape Janabala Party) at the last General Election. The Our Power of People Party secured 67,758 votes in the Parliamentary Election held in August and was allocated one National List seat in Parliament. Initially, t

05 Jan, 2021

Targeted killings are terrorizing Afghans. And no one is claiming them.

A military prosecutor who thought upholding the law was the highest honor, a doctor who inspired her family to study medicine, a journalist who wanted to hold those in power to account and a human-rights activist who sought to combat poverty in her home province: all murdered within weeks by unknown attackers as winter settled over Afghanistan. Their deaths offer a glimpse into the targeted killings of community leaders and off-duty security forces that have wracked Afghanistan for months ? the

05 Jan, 2021

Sri Lanka to sign deal to secure vaccine through COVAX

Sri Lanka is to sign an agreement to secure the coronavirus vaccine through the COVAX facility. The Government said that Sri Lanka has already joined the COVAX programme and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) and the World Health Organization has picked Sri Lanka to be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccines through this facility. Countries were informed to submit the vaccine request applications under two phases to receive the vaccine facility and ‘Part A’ which includ

05 Jan, 2021