International Affairs

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.