COLOMBO (News1st): The second phase of Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation's "Viru Abhiman" insurance scheme for state sector employees involved in combatting COVID-19 was launched on Tuesday. The scheme aims at providing financial cover for health care employees, health ministry officials, tri-force...

COLOMBO (News 1st): The Government of Sri Lanka will re-introduce conditional repatriation in the wake of the new strain of the coronavirus, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press release issued on Tuesday (Dec. 22). "Following the discovery of a fast-spreading new strain of coronavirus ...

COLOMBO (News1st): President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has assigned his chief advisor with the duty of coordinating the process of importing vaccines against COVID-19, his office said Tuesday. Chief advisor Lalith Weeratunga has been instructed to hold talks with local and foreign health officials to br...

COLOMBO (News1st): Expatriates returning from the UK on Tuesday must undergo home quarantine in addition to the two-week quarantine period at hotels, the President's Office has announced. The latest directive comes weeks after authorities had lifted the mandatory 14-day home quarantine imposed on...

COLOMBO (News 1st): A suspect involved in child trafficking, who is revealed to have sold 30 newborn babies, was arrested in Matale, Sri Lanka Police said on Tuesday (Dec. 22). "Following further investigations conducted by a team at the Child & Women Bureau of Sri Lanka Police, 12 pregnant m...