International Affairs

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.

වයස අවුරුදු 12ට අඩු දරුවන් සඳහා කොවිඩ් 19 එන්නතෙහි කාර්යක්ෂමතාව සහ ආරක්ෂාව සම්බන්ධයෙන් සායනික පරීක්ෂාවක් එක්සත් ජනපදයේ ජෛව තාක්‍ෂණ සමාගමක් වන මොඩර්නා (Moderna)සමාගම ආරම්භ කර ඇති බව විදෙස් මාධ්‍ය වාර්තා කරයි.

RIYADH: The Sri Lankan Government has agreed to the request of the Muslim World League (MWL) — in accordance with Islamic procedures — to stop cremating the bodies of Muslims who have died of COVID-19.

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.

The United Kingdom (UK) has made fresh attempts to secure India’s support for a critical resolution against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva.

AstraZeneca said Sunday a review of its data found no evidence that its vaccine against the coronavirus causes blood clots, the same day that Ireland and the Netherlands joined a growing list of countries that are suspending use of the shot.

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.

PARIS - Europe's medical regulator, the European Medicines Agency, will announce Thursday its findings on the safety of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine as more European Union countries suspend its use over fears it might be linked to blood clots. Critics say governments are putting politics over science.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party suffered significant losses in two key states holding regional elections Sunday.

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.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris told a U.N. Women’s conference Tuesday that when women are denied equal rights, it makes it much harder for democracies to thrive.

The Core Group on Sri Lanka has submitted the final draft of the resolution on Sri Lanka to the United Nations Human Rights Council at the ongoing 46th regular session.

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.

India is reported to have conveyed that it will not do any injustice to Sri Lanka at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), a top source said yesterday.

The advertisement on the sale of non slip doormats with the print of Sri Lanka's national flag has been removed from the Amazon site after the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Beijing informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China on the matter.

Testing is under way for modified versions of COVID-19 vaccines that aim to deal with coronavirus variants.

Dailymail: Priti Patel has been ordered by a secretive tribunal to review the ban on one of the world’s most dangerous terrorist groups.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken on phone with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today and discussed issue of cooperation, Indian media reported.