Army Commander should step aside and let the Cabinet manage the Covid crisis - Dilan Perera
The role of the Army Commander should be confined to one which allows the health authorities to take the lead, SLPP MP Dilan Perera said.
The role of the Army Commander should be confined to one which allows the health authorities to take the lead, SLPP MP Dilan Perera said.
Sri Lanka is set to receive Covid-19 vaccines after former speaker and the chairman of the National Movement for Social Justice (NMSJ), Karu Jayasuriya appealed to the international community to provide Sri Lanka with vaccines.
The National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) has requested the public to inform them regarding any children who may be at risk due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
It has been a month since the arrest of the leader of the All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) and Wanni District MP Rishad Bathiudeen and his brother Riaz Bathiudeen.
The Association of Medical Specialists (AMS) has condemned attempts by the government to provide special privileges to the family members of doctors affiliated to a certain trade union with regard to administering the second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
Noting that Sri Lanka requires around 30 million Covid-19 vaccines and that it will be difficult to bring down that number of vaccines this year, former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that there is a need to think anew and formulate a new programme for the COVID pandemic.
The College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka has expressed grave concerns about the current process and the direction of Sri Lanka's COVID-19 vaccination campaign.
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested an Assistant Land Settlement Commissioner currently working in Kotmale.
The Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar has acquitted the Chairman of the Avant Garde Maritime Services Company Nissanka Senadhipathi and the seven other defendants over the operating of a floating armoury case.
Sri Lanka’s medical professionals yesterday urged President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to immediately impose a minimum 14-day islandwide lockdown to contain the rapid spread of the COVID-19.