Daily Covid death toll in Sri Lanka records a slight increase

Rishad’s wife, father-in-law and brother-in-law arrested

The wife of former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen, his father-in-law and brother-in-law have been arrested over two incidents of alleged rape and sexual abuse. The Police said that the wife and father-in-law of the Parliamentarian and a broker were arrested over the death of a 16-year-old girl at his residence in Colombo.?The broker had introduced the child to the family. Meanwhile, the MP’s brother-in-law was arrested over allegations of sexually abusing a 22-year-old domestic worker at the resid

23 Jul, 2021

Another 2 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine arrives in Sri Lanka

Another 2 million doses of the Sinopharm vaccine arrived in Sri Lanka today. SriLankan Airlines said it airlifted the 2 million doses of Sinopharm vaccines to Sri Lanka from China. Accordingly, two SriLankan Airlines flights UL869 and UL865 arrived in Colombo this morning with the consignment of vaccines from China. This is the second-largest batch of vaccines flown to the country. The national carrier said it is proud to be a part of this national endeavor by transporting temperature sensit

22 Jul, 2021

Record 437,878 people vaccinated in a single day

A record 437,878 people were vaccinated in a single day in Sri Lanka, the highest number of people to receive the jab in one day. The Health Ministry said that the record number of jabs were administered around the island yesterday (Monday). This included 356,628 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine administered as the first dose and 55,722 Sinopharm doses administered as the second dose. The Health Ministry also said that 25,420 people were administered with the Moderna vaccine yesterday while 108

27 Jul, 2021