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Global coronavirus update: Delta Covid variant detected in Sri Lanka

Authorities say the first delta variant in the community has been detected in Sri Lanka

Exim Bank extends $100 million worth of line of credit to Sri Lanka

This is for financing projects in the solar energy sector.

Scholarship going nowhere

Book review of On Nationalism

Torrential rains batter Sri Lanka; six people die, five others missing

Weather officials said above 10 centimetres of rains is expected on Sunday.

Amid threat to beaches, Sri Lanka readies for oil spill from shipwreck

A smoldering shipwreck off the coast and near the capital Colombo threatens that natural ecosystem and the local economy.

US warns against travel to Japan, Sri Lanka due to Covid-19 concerns

Amid rising coronavirus cases in Japan and Sri Lanka, the US State Department issued a travel advisory warning against travel to the respective countries due to Covid transmission concerns

Sri Lanka approves Pfizer coronavirus vaccine for emergency use

Sri Lanka is the first country in South Asia to approve the Pfizer vaccine

Covid-19: Sri Lanka may impose restrictions on overseas returnees

Samaraweera said the foreign arrivals to the country have to be regulated to prevent further spread of Covid-19 that has infected over 96,000 people and claimed 615 lives in the country

India has finalised air bubble pact with Sri Lanka: Aviation Ministry

India has established a bilateral air bubble arrangement with Sri Lanka for operation of special international passenger flights between the two countries

Sri Lanka to buy 6 million more Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccines

Sri Lanka has decided to buy 6 million more Sputnik V vaccines, raising the total it plans to purchase from Russia to 13 million doses. The government plans to inoculate 14 million people out of Sri Lanka's population of 22 million, and so far has approved the vaccines from Oxford-AstraZeneca, Sputnik V and China's Sinopharm. Cabinet ministers approved the health minister's proposal for the purchase, Cabinet spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella said Tuesday. It comes two weeks after the government said it would buy 7 million Sputnik V doses at a cost of $69.65 million. Sri Lanka has vaccinated 903,000 people with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. It will use donated Sinopharm doses to inoculate Chinese workers in Sri Lanka but will not administer the vaccine to Sri Lankans without World Health Organization approval. It has received 1,264,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and has said it would buy another 13.5 million.

Sri Lanka temporarily halts Covid jabs on delay in procurement from Serum

Sri Lanka has temporarily halted its Covid-19 vaccination programme as there was a delay in securing more AstraZeneca vaccines from the Serum Institute of India, a top health minister has said

Rajapaksa thanks Xi for China's vote against UNHRC resolution against Lanka

Sri Lankan President has conveyed his heartfelt gratitude to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for China's vote against a recent UNHRC resolution on the island nation's rights record

Lanka's rights record: UNHRC adopts resolution; India abstains from voting

The UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday adopted a strong resolution against Sri Lanka's rights record, in a setback to Colombo

Sri Lanka signs three-year $1.5 billion currency swap deal with China

Sri Lanka will exchange currency with China under a 10 billion yuan (about $1.5 billion) deal aimed at promoting trade and investment between the two countries, the island nation's central bank said

China in $1.5-billion swap deal as Sri Lanka seeks to shun IMF

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka is entitled to a 10 billion yuan ($1.5 billion) swap facility from the People's Bank of China, Sri Lanka's monetary authority said in a statement Monday

India must vote in favour of UN resolution against Sri Lanka: Chidambaram

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said India must vote in favour of the United Nations resolution calling out "human rights violations" by the Sri Lankan government

Stone from Sita Eliya in Sri Lanka to be used for making Ayodhya Ram temple

A stone from Sita Eliya, the place where Goddess Sita is believed to have been held as a captive by Ravana in Sri Lanka, will be used in the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya

India hands over training aids to Lankan Navy for capacity building

India's envoy in Sri Lanka has underlined the importance of close cooperation between the navies of the two countries as an essential part of the overall bilateral engagement

Adani Ports to develop container terminal in Sri Lanka

Adani Ports partners John Keells Holdings PLC and Sri Lankan Port Authority to develop the West Container Terminal of Colombo Port in Sri Lanka on a Build, Operate and Transfer basis for 35 years

1st ODI: Hope ton takes Windies to 8-wicket win over Sri Lanka

Opener Shai Hope scored 110 to lead West Indies to an eight-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the first ODI at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium