International Affairs
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned Sunday of new lockdowns to be issued across the country as cases of the coronavirus surge, particularly with a new variant spreading.
චීනය ක්‍රමානුකූලව ඇමරිකාවේ සැපයුම් යාන්ත්‍රණයේ හැසිරවීම තමන් වෙත නතුකරගෙන ඇති බව ඇමරිකානු නිදහස් ආර්ථික ව්‍යාපෘතිය නම් විශේඥ උපදේශන ආයතනය සදහන් කරයි.
WASHINGTON - The vaccination of Americans against the coronavirus is off to a halting start.
කොවිඩ් ප්‍රතිශක්තීකරණ එන්නත් මිලදී ගැනීම සඳහා අවශ්‍ය අරමුදල් සැපයීම සඳහා ලෝක බැංකුව කැමැත්ත පළකර ඇති බව ලෝක බැංකුවේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිත්‍ය නියෝජිත ජයසුන්දර බණ්ඩාර මහතා පවසනවා.
Just weeks before taking office, the incoming U.S. administration of President-elect Joe Biden has received an unwelcome housewarming gift from the European Union in the form of a wide-ranging investment treaty agreed to in principle between the EU and China.
Reaffirming the cordial relationship that has always existed between Egypt and Sri Lanka, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi has extended his heartfelt best wishes and greetings to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the people of Sri Lanka for 2021. The full text of the message of greetings follows:
The Government of India has no intention of intervening in the decision-making process of the Government of Sri Lanka on holding provincial council (PC) elections despite an official request being made by India’s DMK party from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Reuters: A 45-year-old nurse in California tested positive for COVID-19 more than a week after receiving Pfizer Inc.’s coronavirus vaccine, an ABC News affiliate reported (bit.ly/2L8iBel) on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka has not surrendered its sovereignty to China, the Sri Lankan Government stated in response to a condition in the US Coronavirus Relief and Spending Package Bill.
Sri Lanka Ambassador- designate to Dr. Palitha Kohona said that China presented a vast opportunity to Sri Lanka given its surging economy, astounding advancements in science and technology and agriculture.
Streamlining the recruitment process of migrant workers from Sri Lanka (SL) and preventing human trafficking was focused on during the fourth Sri Lanka – Oman Joint Technical Committee on Labour and Training recently, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday.
Israel has given vaccinations against coronavirus to more than one million people, the highest rate in the world, as global immunisation efforts step up.
ෆයිසර් - බයෝඑන්ටෙක් කොවිඞ් මර්දන එන්නත හදිසි භාවිතය සඳහා සුදුසු බවට ලෝක සෞඛ්‍ය සංවිධානය ලැයිස්තුගත කර තිබෙනවා. එම සංවිධානය සඳහන් කළේ මෙලෙස ෆයිසර් - බයෝඑන්ටෙක් කොවිඞ් මර්දන එන්නතෙහි වලංගු භාවය ප‍්‍රකාශයට පත් කිරීම තුළින් එන්නත ආනයනය කිරීම සහ අනුමත කිරීමේ කි‍්‍රයාවලීන් කඩිනම් කිරීමට රටවල්වලට අවස්ථාව හිමි වන බවයි.
LONDON - Britain became the first country to approve the coronavirus vaccine developed jointly by Oxford University and AstraZeneca Wednesday. Scientists say the vaccine could be a game changer in the global fight against the pandemic.
Russian authorities assured that it is ready to share all the necessary scientific data with Sri Lanka and to hold a series of further discussions to ensure the Sri Lankan party possesses the full spectrum of information.
The world’s 7.8 billion people are bidding a hearty farewell to 2020 without the usual fanfare and public gatherings because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Britain and the EU signed a post-Brexit trade deal Wednesday, sealing their drawn-out divorce in the closing hours before the UK definitively ends its half-century European experiment.
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