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පාකිස්තාන අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ඉම්රාන් ඛාන්ට කොවිඩ්-19 වෛරසය ආසාදනය වී තිබේ.

Xinhua: Anti-epidemic materials donated by the local governments of Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu have been handed over to the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) at an official ceremony.

Europe's drug regulator, the Europe Medicines Agency (EMA), said Thursday the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective in protecting people from the disease and its benefits outweigh its possible risks.

BANGKOK - Police in the Thai capital used water cannons, tear gas and rubber bullets Saturday night to break up a rally by pro-democracy protesters calling for the release of detained activists, constitutional changes and reform of the nation's monarchy.

France, Germany and Italy resumed use Friday of a coronavirus vaccine made by AstraZeneca after health officials sought to allay concerns it might cause blood clots.

The resolution on Sri Lanka will be taken up at the United Nations Human Rights Council next Monday with a vote expected the same day or the following day, Daily Mirror learns.

After two days of tense talks with his Chinese counterpart, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that despite their differences, there are places where the interests of the two nations intersect. On Saturday, China acknowledged as much, a sign of possible progress.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned the continuing brutality of the Myanmar military, as at least eight anti-coup demonstrators were killed Friday in the central town of Aungban in eastern Shan state.

ටැන්සානියාවේ ජනාධිපති ජෝන් මගුෆුලි මියගොස් ඇති බව විදෙස් වාර්තා පවසනවා. 61 හැවිරිදි වියේ පසුවූ එරට ජනාධිපතිවරයා හෘදයාබාධයක් හේතුවෙන් මියගොස් ඇති බවයි ටැන්සානියාවේ උප ජනාධිපතිනි සමියා සුලුහු හසන් ප්‍රකාශ කර ඇත්තේ. දෙසතියකට වැඩි කාලයක් ජෝන් මගුෆුලි ජනතාව හමුවේ පෙනී සිට නොමැති අතර ඔහුගේ සෞඛ්‍ය තත්ත්වය පිළිබඳ කටකතා පැතිරෙමින් පවතිනවා. ටැන්සානියාවේ විපක්ෂ දේශපාලන ක්‍රියාකාරීන් පවසන්නේ ඔහුට කොරෝනා වෛරසය වැළඳී තිබුණේදැයි සැක පවතින බවයි. කෙසේ වෙතත්, ඒ බව මෙතෙක් තහවුරු වී නැහැ.

බංග්ලාදේශයේ දෙදින රාජ්‍ය සංචාරයක නිරතවන අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද(20) එරට අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ශේයික් හසීනා මහත්මිය සමග ද්විපාර්ශවික සාකච්ඡා පවත්වා තිබේ.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa left for Bangladesh a short while ago on a two-day state visit, the Prime Minister media division said.

Reaffirming and further consolidating the cordial relationship that has always existed between Egypt and Sri Lanka, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi received a phone call from his Sri Lankan counterpart, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Tuesday, 16 March.

Sri Lanka ranked 129 out of 149 countries in the World Happiness Report 2021, released by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network on Friday.

Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena yesterday hit out at the resolution pending before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Sri Lanka, calling it a political move by the core group of countries and not one put forward to assist the country in its efforts to address accountability and human rights-related issues.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa will make a State visit to Bangladesh tomorrow on an invitation extended by the Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister’s Media Division said yesterday.

Army Commander and Chief of Defence Staff General L. H. S. C. Silva WWV, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP yesterday called on Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa at GHQ.

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) director for Europe said Thursday that the COVID-19 situation in the continent has taken a step backward, with more people dying from the disease than at this time last year.

LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged to counter what he called the “systemic challenge” posed by China as he set out the government’s 10-year defense strategy Tuesday.