COVID-19: Sri Lanka approves Chinese Sinovac vaccine for emergency use

Jul 16, 2021

Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 17 : Sri Lanka has approved the emergency use of the Chinese Sinovac vaccine against COVID-19.

Sri Lanka: Emergency ambulance service suspended in several areas amid fuel crisis

Jul 11, 2022

Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 11 : Amid the fuel shortage in Sri Lanka, the 1990 emergency ambulance service has been suspended in several areas....

Sri Lankan President likely to declare state of emergency

May 06, 2022

Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 6 : Sri Lanka President Gotbaya Rajapaksa will declare a state of emergency with effect from Friday midnight, local media...

Emergency health situation declared in Sri Lanka

Apr 04, 2022

Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 5 : An emergency health situation has been declared in Sri Lanka from Tuesday because of the severe drug shortage...

Foreign diplomats, rights groups decry Sri Lanka's state of emergency

May 08, 2022

Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 8 : Foreign envoys to Sri Lanka and rights groups on Saturday expressed concern over the declaration of a state...

Sri Lanka acting President Wickremesinghe declares emergency

Jul 18, 2022

Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 18 : Sri Lanka's Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe issued an Extraordinary Gazette declaring a State of Emergency in the island...