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COVID 19 At this time where a number of new varieties of the virus are spreading worldwide, young personnel in many countries are increasingly getting sick. The situation observed in Sri Lanka in the past few days is similar to this. Additionally, another trend of reporting serious respiratory difficulties and having to be admitted into intensive care units for a …

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa have made phone calls to world Muslim leaders, a day before the UN Human Rights Council takes a vote on a resolution against Sri Lanka. Secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Dr. Yousef A. Al-othaimeen, had received a phone call yesterday (Sunday) from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who discussed with him …

The Registrar General’s Department says the Details of Marriage and Ethnic Group will no longer be required for the registration of a birth. Registrar General N. C. Vithanage speaking to News 1st said the requirements of such particulars will be removed from the Application Form for the registration of a birth in Sri Lanka. He said many children in the …

Saudi Arabia has banned international visitors from making the Islamic pilgrimage, or Hajj, this year in a bid to control coronavirus. Only a very limited number of people currently living in the kingdom may take part, an announcement on state media says. An estimated two million people would otherwise have visited Mecca and Medina this summer for the annual gathering. …

Amid the novel coronavirus outbreak, the cabinet secretary on Wednesday said all states and Union Territories should invoke provisions of Section 2 of the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 by means of which all advisories issued by the Union health ministry and state governments from time to time are enforceable. India on Wednesday suspended all tourist visas till April 15 in …