COLOMBO (News 1st); Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella says that the Government is doing everything it can to curb the spread of the OMICRON variant. He also urged the public to get vaccinated as soon as possible.  Speaking to media, the Minister pointed out that although the OMICRON variant...

COLOMBO (News 1st); US credit rating agency, Fitch Ratings, has failed to recognize the positive developments taking place in Sri Lanka at present, says the Central Bank of Sri Lanka in response to the agency downgrading Sri Lanka from 'CCC' to 'CC'. The full CBSL press release is as follows; ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The number of journalists in arbitrary detention worldwide has increased by 20%, reveals a report published by global media rights group 'Reporters Without Borders'. Reporters Without Borders says 488 journalists, including 60 women are currently in arbitrary detention worldwi...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Health officials point out that the new COVID-19 variant, OMICRON is spreading rapidly in the island. The Director of the Health Promotion Bureau, Dr. Ranjith Batuwantudawa said that in this situation, more OMICRON infected patients can be found in Sri Lanka. Specialist Dr....

COLOMBO (News 1st); Eleven districts have been designated as districts with a 'high risk' of Dengue. Shilanthi Seneviratne, Community Medicine Specialist of the National Dengue Control Unit stated that 31,198 dengue patients were found in the country during the past year. About 60% of these ca...