COLOMBO (News1st): The government has begun talks with the World Bank to obtain a soft loan worth Rs 10 billion to purchase vaccines against COVID-19, the Sunday Times newspaper has reported. It is also looking at the possibility of obtaining funding from the Asian Development Bank and the Europe...

COLOMBO (News1st): 262 COVID-19 positive cases were identified today (20th as at 18:55hrs), the department of government information announced. 232 patients are associates of the Peliyagoda Covid-19 cluster while 30 patients are from the prison cluster.  The total number of Covid-l9 patients r...

COLOMBO (News1st): For decades, farmers of Athungoda in Karuwalagaswewa have been risking their lives while making trips to their paddy fields. The absence of a bridge to cross over the Kitha Ela river that stems out from the Mi Oya has made the journey a matter of life or death, farmers complain...

COLOMBO (News1st): The Department of Government Information announced the areas that will be placed under isolation and areas where the isolation status will be removed tomorrow (21) Newly isolated areas from 5 am tomorrow (21): Peliyagoda - Nelligahawatta, Purana Kotuwatta, Kiri...

COLOMBO (News1st): Locals are required to produce a health clearance certificate issued by Public Health Inspectors (PHI) to enter the Nuwara Eliya district, officials said. "We will allow them to stay at hotels or at other facilities only if they possess the clearance certificate," Nuwara Eliya ...