COLOMBO (News 1st); Teachers and Principals gathered in large numbers across multiple places in the country as they intensify their strike action for the 21st day. A large turnout was experienced in the Nuwara Eliya Town. On the 12th of July, Fourteen trade unions representing teac...

COLOMBO (News 1st): The inoculation of the second dose of AstraZeneca vaccines in the Colombo and Gampaha districts began this morning. Sri Lanka has received 728,460 AstraZeneca vaccines from Japan under the World Health Organization's COVAX vaccine sharing facility. Japan provided the consig...

COLOMBO (News 1st): The Health Ministry has requested the public to avoid panicking for the second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine. The vaccination drives will continue to take place in several areas, Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi said. Steps have been taken to administer the second j...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Several memorial services in honour of Late Mr. R. Rajamahendran, the Chairman of the Capital Maharaja Group, who passed away recently, were held across the country as well as in Japan. One special memorial service to invoke blessings on behalf of Late Mr. R. Rajamahendran, wa...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Delta COVID-19 variant will have a major impact on Sri Lanka, warned Professor Malik Peiris at University of Hong Kong. Speaking during a virtual event on Saturday (31) to launch a book titled "COVID-19: Impact, mitigation, opportunities and building resilience", virologis...