Coronavirus death toll in Sri Lanka crosses the 1000 mark

UN needs $2,8 million to implement new resolution ?

By Easwaran Rutnam? The United Nations (UN) says it would require more funds to implement the resolution on Sri Lanka. Director of Programme Planning and Budget Division at the UN, Johannes Huisman said that the funds required to implement the new resolution on Sri Lanka is not in the budget for the year 2021. In a letter to Goro Onojima, the Secretary of the Human Rights Council, Huisman said that the related provisions in the resolution have not been included under the programme budget for

24 Mar, 2021

Sri Lanka assures no issue with stocks after India suspends AstraZeneca exports

Sri Lanka today assured the public that those who obtained the first injection using the AstraZeneca vaccine, will be able to receive the second jab on time, despite India suspending the exporting of AstraZeneca vaccines. State Minister of Pharmaceutical Production, Supply and Regulation Professor Channa Jayasumana said that Sri Lanka will receive 500,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines ordered from the Serum Institute of India (SII) on time. He said that, in addition, Sri Lanka has vaccines

25 Mar, 2021

Maithripala insists he knew nothing prior to the Easter attacks

Former President Maithripala Sirisena today told Parliament that he had not received any information prior to the Easter Sunday attacks in April 2019. However, he admitted that intelligence information had been received by the authorities prior to the attacks on Easter Sunday. Speaking during the debate in Parliament on the Easter Sunday attacks, Sirisena said that if he knew about the intelligence information he would have enforced a curfew, protected the churches and taken appropriate action

26 Mar, 2021