Sri Lanka Asks Women To Delay Pregnancy Over Covid Risks
Sri Lankan women were urged to delay getting pregnant after more than 40 expectant mothers died of COVID-19 in four months, the health ministry said...
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Sri Lanka PM has not sought audience with Pope, says foreign ministry after Cardinal’s remarks
Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa never sought an audience with Pope Francis during his visit to the Vatican, the foreign ministry said after the...
Sri Lanka ups oil resource claims to US$267bn
Sri Lanka’s energy minister Udaya Gammapila had claimed the existence of 267 billion US dollars of oil and gas resources under the country’s seas at...
Sri Lanka gets 5,040 tourists in August 2021, Pakistan, India, Maldives in top six
Sri Lanka has welcomed 5,040 tourists in August 2021, up from zero a year earlier as the country manages the Coronavirus pandemic and tries to...
Turkey cannot take new refugee burden, foreign minister says
Turkey cannot take the burden of a new migrant wave from Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Sunday after talks with his German counterpart,...
Army chief promotes Gold Medalist Dinesh as Warrant Officer 1
Seargent Dinesh Priyantha Herath who won the Gold medal at Tokyo Paralympic Games, has been promoted to the rank of Warrant Officer 1 by Army...
Bail refused for Rishad’s wife and her father for the third time
Bail applications filed on behalf of the wife of Parliamentarian Rishad Bathiudeen and her father were today rejected by Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court, for the...
BBS donates over Rs.7mn to buy COVID virus detection unit for Pera. Uni
The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary, Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera donated over Rs.7 million to purchase a COVID-19 virus detection unit which will...
CIA director met Taliban leader in Afghanistan on Monday
U.S. President Joe Biden dispatched the nation’s top spy to meet the head of the Taliban on Monday, in the highest level diplomatic encounter since...
Rishad made fifth suspect over death of girl at his house
Former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen has been named as the fifth suspect before Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court over the death of 16-year-old domestic aide at his...