International Affairs

The world is on the brink of a “catastrophic moral failure” over COVID-19 vaccine distribution, the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) warns as he urges countries and manufacturers to share doses more fairly across countries.

Asia's chicken farmers are confronting the region's worst bird flu outbreak in years, with the deadly virus affecting farms stretching from Japan to India, roiling some poultry prices and showing no signs of easing.

The European Union (EU) is to raise concerns with Sri Lanka on human rights and other matters at a joint commission meeting later this month.

WASHINGTON - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is planning to lay out a “positive, optimistic” vision for the country in his inaugural address on Wednesday and “try to turn the page on the divisiveness, and the hatred of the last four years” under outgoing President Donald Trump, a key Biden aide said Sunday.

සෞදි ආරාබිය වෙත රැකබලා ගැනීමේ සහ හෙද අංශවල රැකියා සදහා ශ්‍රී ලාංකික කාන්තාවන් යොමු කිරීමේ නියමු වැඩසටහනක් සඳහා එරට ප්‍රධාන පෙළේ සමාගමක් එකඟතාව පළකර තිබේ.

The World Health Organization's ((WHO)) European chief says 95% of the 23.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines that have been administered around the world so far have been given out in just 10 countries.

Indonesian rescue teams have pulled more bodies from the rubble of residential and commercial buildings toppled by a strong earthquake that hit Sulawesi island last week, killing at least 78 people, authorities said on Sunday.

Sri Lanka can commence charter flights from mid-2021, in the post COVID-19 phase to Myanmar, a statement from the Foreign Affairs Ministry said.

Samantha Power, nominated by President-elect Joe Biden to head the U.S. Agency for International Development, brings human rights and development experience to the role if confirmed.

පසුගිය මස අවසානයේ සිට මේ වනවිට නෝර්වේ රටේ 30,000කට ආසන්න ප්‍රමාණයකට Pfizer BioNtech එන්නත ලබාදී ඇති අතර ඉන් 23 දෙනෙකු දැනට මියගොස් ඇති බව වාර්තාවේ. ඉන් 13 දෙනෙකු වැඩිහිටි නිවාස වල පසුවූ වයස අවුරුදු 80 ආසන්නයේ පුද්ගලයින් බවත් වාර්තාවේ.

COVID-19 deaths worldwide exceeded 2 million Friday, according to Johns Hopkins University, a year after the coronavirus was first detected in Wuhan, China.

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ද ඇතුලත්ව ආසියානු කලාපයේ රටවල් 11කට ජපානයට ඇතුළුවීම අද (14) සිට තහනම් කර ඇත. කොවිඩ් අවදානම් ව්‍යාප්තිය හමුවේ එරට දේශසීමා ප්‍රතිපතති වල ඇති වූ වෙනසක් මත එම තහනම පනවා තිබේ.

The Kuwaiti government has allowed entry of newly-recruited domestic helpers from labor-exporting countries such as Sri Lanka, the Philippines, India and elsewhere starting from today, the Kuwait Times reported.

WASHINGTON - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has promised a quick and dramatic reversal of the restrictive immigration policies put in place by his predecessor President Donald Trump. While Biden pledged to undo many of Trump's policies starting the first day he takes office on January 20, the layers of reforms will take much longer to implement.

The newly appointed High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Sri Lanka, Tareq Md Ariful Islam has presented his credentials to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the President’s House in a formal ceremony.

India began its COVID-19 vaccine campaign Saturday. Frontline workers are slated to receive the first inoculations.

India will donate a consignment of Covid-19 vaccines being manufactured there by the end of this month as a gesture of goodwill between the two countries, a Minister said.

Sri Lanka and Viet Nam have immense potential for cooperation in the agriculture and fisheries sectors, the Ambassador of Viet Nam in Colombo Pham ThiBich Ngoc endorsed during a farewell call on Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena on 12 January.