Severe disruptions in health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic may have resulted in an additional 239,000 child and maternal deaths in South Asia last year, a new report by United Nations agencies revealed.
The Committee of Experts appointed to study Covid vaccines has informed the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) that the information provided by the Chinese vaccine manufacturer was insufficient to determine the immunization, safety and efficacy of the vaccine developed in China against the Covid virus and that, therefore, the vaccine should not be used until further information is available.
In a last ditch attempt to defeat the vote on the resolution against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva which was postponed to tomorrow, Sri Lanka is canvassing the support of the member countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
The Chairman of the National Movement for Social Justice (NMSJ), Karu Jayasuriya, at a media briefing held in Colombo last week, challenged the government to take action against all those involved in the Rs. 15.9 billion sugar duty scam.
It is reported that a Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Member of the Kantale Pradeshiya Sabha who was arrested in connection with alleged irregularities in the sub-division of lands in the Waanela Viharagala Reserve has received bail the same night, 'Lanka Truth' reported.
A Sri Lankan teenage girl has come under relentless harassment from politicians and state officials following her exposure of ongoing ecological damage to a UNESCO world heritage site caused by the tourism industry.
Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa has refuted a report in a weekend newspaper which stated that Minister Wimal Weerawansa had sought an appointment with him.
A meeting between Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa and National Freedom Front (NFF) Leader Wimal Weerawansa had taken place at the Colombo residence of SLPP MP Tiran Alles, 'Neth News' reported.
