Sri Lanka

Nepal and Bangladesh receive Coronavirus vaccines sent by India

3:54 pm January 21, 2021

New Delhi: Bangladesh and Nepal on Thursday received COVID-19 vaccines from India under grants assistance. ”Nepal receives Indian vaccines. Putting neighbours first, putting people first!,” External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Twitter. ”Touchdown in Dhaka. #VaccineMaitri reaffirms the highest priority accorded by India to relations with Bangladesh,” he said in another tweet, along with a photograph of Air India flight that carried the consignments to Dhaka. […]

Coronavirus vaccines sent by India reach Bhutan and Maldives

5:03 pm January 20, 2021

New Delhi: Bhutan and Maldives on Wednesday became the first two countries to receive COVID-19 vaccines sent by India in sync with its ‘neighbourhood first’ policy. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar shared on Twitter photos of the consignments reaching the two countries. On Tuesday, India had said it would send COVID-19 vaccines under grant assistance to Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Seychelles from Wednesday. The supplies to Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Mauritius will commence after confirmation of […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Lankan trade unions remain opposed to Adani Group investment in Colombo Port

11:32 pm January 14, 2021

Colombo : Sri Lankan port trade unions on Thursday said they were not convinced with the proposal of Indian multinational company Adani Group and its partners buying 49 per cent stake in the Eastern Container Terminal (ETC) of Colombo Port, a day after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa met them to explain the need for foreign funding. ”The ETC is in its last gasp, we have […]

Health Official says new UK variant of COVID-19 enters Sri Lanka

9:23 pm January 14, 2021

Colombo : The new UK variant of COVID-19 has entered Sri Lanka, health officials have said, adding that England cricketer Moeen Ali had been tested positive for the new strain of the virus when he was tested here. The England cricket team is currently touring Sri Lanka for a 2 Test series. Ali had been tested positive on January 4, Hemantha Herath, the deputy director […]

TN govt declares ‘Thai Poosam’ a public holiday

7:49 pm January 5, 2021

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Tuesday said he has ordered public holiday for ‘Thai Poosam,’ a festival dedicated to worship of Lord Muruga. Palaniswami said during his tour of several districts, people made representations, urging him to declare Thai Poosam a public holiday and they pointed to the annual spiritual event being […]