China will endorse a US $ 500 million loan and a currency swap arrangement of two billion Yuan (around US $ 600 million) to Sri Lanka within the next couple of weeks. The announcement quoting informed sources was made by the official Twitter handle of the Belt and Road Initiative in Sri Lanka. [3/5/2021] …
The presentation of Presidents Colors to the No. 05 Fighter Squadron and the No. 06 Helicopter Squadron of the Sri Lanka Air Force took place on Friday (05) at the Sri Lanka Air Force Base in Katunayake. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa presented colors to the No. 05 Fighter Squadron and the No. 06 Helicopter [3/5/2021] …
Permission was granted to bury those who die of COVID-19 in Sudupaththinachenai in Oddamavadi, Batticaloa district. This was confirmed to News 1st by the Oddamavadi Divisional Secretary on Friday (05). [3/5/2021] …
UNICEF will be delivering the first shipment of 264,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine on 7th March, as part of the first allocation of the 1.44 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX Facility to the Ministry of Health. The procurement and delivery of this supply of the vaccines through the [3/5/2021] …
: The National Programme launched under the ‘Green Drive Concept’ with the aim of planting a tree per each vehicle including buses, commenced on Friday (Mar. 05), the State Minister of Vehicle Regulation, Bus Transport Services and Train Compartments and Motor Car Industry said. This initiative was launched in order to promote the [3/5/2021] …
: The construction work of the first Liquid Natural Gas power plant or L.N.G. Power Plant in Sri Lanka was inaugurated today (Mar. 05) under the patronage of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. The 350 MW Liquid Natural Gas power plant will be established in Kerawalapitiya. The project is expected to cost a sum [3/5/2021] …
: The National Transport Commission (NTC) has taken measures to introduce Smart-Cards replacing the Road Permits issued for Inter-provincial buses, the NTC Chief said. The process of issuance of Road Permits for buses at the National Transport Commission was digitalized; the new Smart-Cards will be introduced starting today (05), Commander Nilan Miranda, the [3/5/2021] …
: A special operation was conducted in the Kelani river on Thursday (Mar. 04), in order to recover the missing head of the deceased victim discovered at Dam Street in Colombo, Sri Lanka Police said. Further investigations with regard to the female corpse discovered inside a travelling bag left unattended at Gas Works [3/5/2021] …
: The Government has decided to establish five new hospitals exclusively for the treatment of communicable diseases, the country’s COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Project said. These hospitals will be established in Hambantota, Kilinochchi, Ampara, Iranawila and Kandy, Dr. Jayasundara Bandara, the Director of the Sri Lanka COVID-19 Emergency Response and [3/5/2021] …
: A total of 3,400 tourists have visited Sri Lanka, since 21st January 2021 to-date, the Ministry of Tourism said on Friday (Mar. 05). Tourism will be further promoted in the future, with the relaxation of health restrictions imposed on tourists that may prevent them from visiting the country, Prasanna Ranatunga, the Minister [3/5/2021] …
