International Affairs

Top U.S. officials are warning that countries around the world can no longer hide from the ramifications of an ever more ambitious and aggressive China.

ලෙබනනයේ සිටින ශ්‍රී ලාංකික ශ්‍රමිකයන් නැවත මව්බිමට රැගෙන යාම සඳහා කිසියම් පිරිසක් විසින් සංවිධානාත්මකව මුදල් ජාවාරමක නිරතවන බවට තම තානාපති කාර්යාලයට පැමිණිලි ලැබෙන බව ලෙබනන් හි ශ්‍රී ලංකා තානාපති කාර්යාලය නිවේදනය කරනවා.

Seeking India’s “proactive” support at the UN Human Rights Council, where a resolution on Sri Lanka will be soon put to vote, the Secretary to Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, “India cannot abandon us”.

කොළඹ දකුණු වරායේ බටහිර බහාලු පර්යන්තය ඉන්දීය අදානි සමාගම සහ වරාය අධිකාරිය සමග එක්ව සංවර්ධනය කිරීම සදහා කැබිනට් අනුමැතිය හිමිවුණා.

ඉන්දීය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය නරේන්ද්‍ර මෝදි අද පෙරවරුවේ දිල්ලියේ පිහිටි ඒම්ස් රෝහලේදී කොරෝනා ප්‍රතිශක්තිකරණ එන්නත ලබාගෙන තිබේ.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration formally authorized the use of the Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose vaccine Saturday, clearing the way for shots to go into arms as early as Monday.

Sri Lanka has raised strong objections with the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), accusing the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) of disregarding a request to publish the response of the Government to a damning report formally submitted to the Council last week.

Chinese Permanent Representative in Geneva Ambassador CHEN Xu on Thursday extended China’s strong support to Sri Lanka in his official statement in the interactive dialogue on the OHCHR Report on Sri Lanka during the 46th Session of the Human Rights Council.

Sri Lanka was to inform in writing to the General Secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) yesterday about its decision to allow the burial of Muslim Covid-19 victims, Daily Mirror learns.

Countries are inching toward greater gender equality, but women around the world continue to face laws and regulations that restrict their economic opportunity, with the COVID-19 pandemic creating new challenges to their health, safety, and economic security, a new World Bank report says.

WASHINGTON - Former U.S. President Donald Trump is set Sunday to stake his claim as the dominant Republican in the country, trying to win back party control of Congress next year and possibly run again for the presidency in 2024.

If regulators give the go-ahead as expected in the next few days, there will be three vaccines available in the United States to prevent COVID-19.

The World Health Organization said new coronavirus cases increased globally for the first time in seven weeks, and officials expressed concern that cases could again rise significantly.

A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel Sunday endorsed the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, voting overwhelmingly to recommend the shot for adults older than 18.

Myanmar’s U.N. envoy appealed to the international community Friday to reject a military coup in his country and “use any means necessary” to protect the people.

The European Union’s executive arm said Monday it will propose rules for a passport to allow those who have been vaccinated or recently tested for COVID-19 to travel for work or tourism throughout the region.

ඉන්දියාවේ පෞද්ගලික රෝහල්වලදී ද එක් මාත්‍රාවකට ඉන්දියානු රුපියල් 250/= කට කොවිඩ් -19 එන්නත ලබාගත හැකි බව ඉන්දියානු සෞඛ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය ප්‍රකාශයට පත්කර තිබේ.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan took it to Twitter to thank the Sri Lankan leadership to finally allowing the burial of Muslim COVD-19 victims.