COVID-19 death toll increases to 137 with seven more deaths
The number of COVID-19 deaths reported in the country increased to 137 today following the confirmation of seven more deaths by the Health Services Director General. Read More »
Unregistered tourism sector stakeholders should be given concessions: JJB
The Jathika Jana Balawegaya (JJB) said today the government should provide concession not only to the registered stakeholders in the tourism sector but also to those who have not registered. Read More »
Sri Lanka focuses on eliminating COVID-19 from the country in 2021: FM
Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena has said Sri Lanka focuses on eliminating COVID-19 from the country in the year 2021. Read More »
Govt. says in talks with int’l airline companies to commence operations at Mattala
Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said today the government is having discussions with international airline companies to commence operations at Mattala. Read More »
Nestlé and Hatch partner for homegrown open innovation solutions
Nestlé Sri Lanka and Hatch have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop open innovation solutions for products that are sustainable, and which use local ingredients to meet local.... Read More »
Number of COVID-19 recoveries exceeds 20,000
The number of recovered COVID-19 patients increased to 20,090, the Epidemiology Unit at the Health Ministry said today. Read More »
Bahrain becomes second country to approve Pfizer COVID vaccine
Bahrain said it had approved the emergency use of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and German partner BioNTech, Al Jazeera reported. Read More »