President refuses to ban school Big Match cricket

Japan considers Sri Lanka?s request for AstraZeneca vaccines

Japan is considering a request from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa for 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. President Rajapaksa had put forward the request to Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. A response from the Japanese Prime Minister was relayed to the President during a discussion held between the Japanese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Sugiyama Akira and President Rajapaksa today, the President?s Media Division. The Japanese Ambassador further stated that the Japanese Governme

09 Jun, 2021

Plight of Sri Lankan Tamil family fuels concern over Australia asylum rules

Australia?s asylum-seeker policies have come under scrutiny after concerns were raised over the plight of a Sri Lankan family who have been detained on an isolated Australian island for almost two years. The plight of a Sri Lankan Tamil couple and their two young daughters who?ve been detained on an isolated Australian island for almost two years is shining the spotlight on the government?s asylum-seeker policies and fueling demands for change, Bloomberg reported. Priya and Nades Murugappan fl

09 Jun, 2021

Another one million doses of Sinopharm vaccines arrive in Sri Lanka

Another one million doses of Sinopharm vaccines arrived in Sri Lanka today. The vaccines are part of doses purchased by Sri Lanka from China. The new consignment arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake via a SriLankan Airlines flight around 05 am today. State Minister Professor Channa Jayasumana said Sri Lanka has received a total of 3.1 million doses of the vaccine with the arrival of the latest consignment. Sri Lanka initially received 600,000 doses of the vac

09 Jun, 2021