International Affairs
The Foreign Ministry said that it has taken note of Resolution No. H.RES.413 introduced in the United States House of Representatives by Representative Ms. Deborah K. Ross on 18 May 2021, along with four other Representatives, namely Bill Johnson, Danny K. Davis, Brad Sherman and Ms. Kathy Manning, who had submitted the said Resolution.
Reuters: The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday it has approved a COVID-19 vaccine made by drugmaker Sinovac Biotech (SVA.O) for emergency use listing, paving the way for a second Chinese shot to be used in poor countries.
BANGKOK, THAILAND - A large haul of precursor chemicals in Laos since the end of last year has revealed` the new recipe being used by the methamphetamine cooks of Asia and the routes crime groups are using to get raw materials from Chinese factories, through Thai ports and into the narcotics labs of the Golden Triangle.
A former member of a UN expert panel on Sri Lanka, Yasmin Sooka, has questioned the appointment of former Inspector General of Police (IGP), Jayantha Wickremaratne to the Office on Missing Persons (OMP).
Member nations of the World Health Organization have approved a plan to negotiate the terms of an international pandemic response treaty.
Although the airport will be opened from June 1, people who have been in Vietnam for 14 days will not be allowed to enter the country temporarily, Aviation and Export Zones Development State Minister D. V. Chanaka said.
Thomson Reuters Foundation: Taller buildings are key to enhancing quality of life as the world’s urban population grows, but cities should not become obsessed with skyscrapers and must prepare for horizontal expansion as newcomers arrive, the World Bank said yesterday.
In what appeared to be another radical step in global vaccine development, Russia informed Sri Lanka that its Sputnik V could even be used as a single shot vaccine following new clinical data about the development of 70-80 percent efficacy level after the first jab, an official said.
චීනය නිපදවන සයිනොපාම් එන්නත (SINOPHARM) ලබාදෙන්නේ හොඳම මිලට සහ වේගවත්ම බෙදාහැරීමක් ඔස්සේ බව චීනය පවසයි.
Following the approval of the Colombo Port City Commission Bill by Parliament, China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) has kicked off a global blitz of the venture. It took to the famous Times Square in New York City to advertise the project over the weekend and spread the message “Port City Colombo, Sri Lanka. The gateway to South Asia.”
The White House celebrated Vesak for the first time on Tuesday (25 May). The ceremony was attended by Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris.
The World Health Organization (WHO), in a technical note informed Sri Lanka that there is no need for the recipients of AstraZeneca vaccines to restart the full course of vaccination, in case the administration of their second dose is substantially delayed beyond the recommended 8-12 weeks.
The Bangladesh Prime Minister’s Special Assistant Shah Ali Farhad has confirmed his country’s decision to buy 15 million doses of Sinopharm from China at $ 10 each in a full contract worth $ 150 million.
ROME (AFP): Italy extended Sunday an entry ban for people coming from India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, as a continued precaution against the more transmissible Indian variant of the novel coronavirus.
Five million doses of the Pfizer vaccine will be imported to the country this year, state minister Channa Jayasumana says.
In recognition of his extraordinary contribution to combatting harmful tobacco use, Dr. Palitha Abeykoon, Former Chairman of the National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol in Sri Lanka, International Public Health Expert, and WHO Director-General Special Envoy for COVID-19 Preparedness and Response for SEAR, was named one of the South East Asian region’s WHO World No Tobacco Day 2021 awardees.
South Korean officials announced Sunday that a million doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines would arrive in the country this week from the United States, doubling its earlier pledge.
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