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Sri Lanka to receive first batch of Sinopharm vaccines

Staff WriterMar 26, 2021March 26, 20210

(UTV | COLOMBO) – Sri Lanka will receive its first shipment of China’s Sinopharm COVID-vaccine next week.

Muralitharan to sue Fonseka

Staff WriterMar 25, 2021March 25, 20210

(UTV | COLOMBO) – Former Sri Lankan Cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan has sent a letter of demand demanding Rs. 1 billion from the Samagi Jana Balawegaya

Prior appointment mandatory to visit obtain NIC

Staff WriterMar 24, 2021March 24, 20210

(UTV | COLOMBO) – A prior appointment mandatory to visit the Department of Registration of Persons to obtain the National Identity Card (NIC).

Sri Lanka is not renegotiating Hambantota Port lease deal with China

Staff WriterMar 23, 2021March 23, 20210

(UTV | BEIJING) – Ambassador of Sri Lanka to China, Palitha Kohona dismissed suggestions that Sri Lanka was planning to extend the 99-year lease it

MCC will not be signed – AG informs Court

Staff WriterMar 22, 2021March 22, 20210

(UTV | COLOMBO) – The Attorney General (AG) informed the Supreme Court that the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Agreement with the United States (US) will

Over 829,000 received COVID-vaccine – Health Min.

Staff WriterMar 21, 2021March 21, 20210

(UTV | COLOMBO) – Total of 829,220 persons have thus far received the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-vaccine, the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health stated.

Ravi Karunanayake, and other suspects tested negative for COVID

Staff WriterMar 20, 2021March 20, 20210

(UTV | COLOMBO) – PCR Tests (Polymerase Chain Reaction) on Ravi Karunanayake and 7 others remanded over the bond issuance, tested negative.

SLAF Paratrooper dies during airborne training

Staff WriterMar 20, 2021March 20, 20210

(UTV | AMPARA) – A 34-year-old Air Force Squadron Leader falls to his death, while another Airman severely injured during a parachute jump training in

Bribery case against Rohitha Abeygunawardena withdrawn

Staff WriterMar 19, 2021March 19, 20210

(UTV | COLOMBO) – The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery and Corruption (CIABOC) has withdrawn the case filed against Minister Rohitha Abeygunawardena.

CCD to question Rajitha and Chathura Senaratne

Staff WriterMar 18, 2021March 18, 20210

(UTV | COLOMBO) – The Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) is to question Parliamentarian Rajitha Senaratne and Chathura Senaratne based on a false statement made by