Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi told Parliament yesterday that burial of COVID dead will not be permitted and all COVID victims will only be cremated as per expert advice. Responding to MP Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, Minister Wanniarachchi said a sub-committee to the expert committee, appointed to deliberate burials, has recommended that the bodies of COVID victims
With the Cabinet granting approval to sign an agreement with the manufacturer when allocating vaccines through the COVAX facility, the comprehensive vaccination programme to guard the Sri Lankans against the dreaded COVID-19 is expected to commence shortly.
UNP seniors have finally agreed to nominate the party’s Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene as its National List member in Parliament, highly placed sources from UNP headquarters ‘Sirikotha’ said. It is reported that the final decision in this regard will be taken at the party working committee meeting to be held next Wednesday. Former Prime Minister and UNP leader Ranil
A package containing 18,000 ecstasy pills worth over Rs.135 million has been detected by Sri Lanka Customs Narcotics Control Unit during an inspection at the Central Mail Exchange in Colombo yesterday. The stock of narcotics pills were reportedly sent from Belgium via air mail. The package of narcotic pills has been weighed at 9 kilograms. Customs Media Spokesperson Sunil
A joint session of the US Congress and Senate confirmed the Electoral College victory of President-Elect Joe Biden as an insurrection mounted by pro-Trump supporters instigated by the President failed to overturn the certification in chaotic scenes in the heart of the world citadel of democracy on Thursday morning.