The nearly year-long coronavirus pandemic has been full of gloomy numbers but Wednesday brought an encouraging one more than 1 million people have received their first shot of a Covid-19 vaccine. And that reported number is low, because many doses administrated in recent days have yet to be tabulated in the figures from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the
Uncertainty has been an overriding theme of this year, disrupting major plans be it personal, professional, educational or otherwise. And with the year about to come to a close the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc, with its lingering precariousness offering no sign of disappearing in the short term.
Highways Minister Johnston Fernando said that construction work on the extension of Marine Drive from the Kollupitiya junction to Ranmuthu Hotel will be expedited on the instructions of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The Minister yesterday made an inspection tour of the construction site. He added that work from the strech between Kollupitiya railway station to American Embassy
Colombo Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, in his Christmas message, appealed to all Catholics to celebrate Christmas while giving prominence to spirituality, and also by committing themselves to help those who are suffering. His message is as follows:
While a national debate on the future of the Provincial Councils (PCs) system continues, the nine provinces in the country are currently administered by the Provincial Governors appointed by the President. The five-year terms of all the PCs has lapsed and the elections cannot be held until the Delimitation Report is completed, a requirement under the new electoral system. The