January 2021 - SLBC News ( English )

First consignment of COVISHIELD vaccines arrives in Sri Lanka

January 28, 2021January 29, 2021 Web Editor - AK 0 Comments Army General, BIA, COVID–19, Gopal Baglay, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, High Commissioner, Indian, Oxford-AstraZeneca, President, Shavendra Silva, Sri Lanka

The Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay today symbolically handed over the first batch of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19

World

US to take tough stance on China’s human rights

January 28, 2021January 29, 2021 Web Editor - AK 0 Comments Antony Blinken, Beijing's, Blinken, China, Climate, Including, Manifestly, US

The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has expressed hope of working with China on climate change, but suggested he

Sports

Pakistan v South Africa: Fawad Alam hits century on day two in Karachi

January 28, 2021January 29, 2021 Web Editor - AK 0 Comments Azhar Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Fawad Alam, Pakistan's, South Africa

Pakistan’s Fawad Alam hit his third Test century as Pakistan established an 88-run lead on the second day of the

Local

Sri Lanka records the highest daily count of recoveries from COVID-19 today

January 28, 2021January 29, 2021 Web Editor - AK 0 Comments Australian, Coronavirus, India, New Zealand, Positive, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka has been ranked 10th among countries that responded well to the coronavirus pandemic. The rankings have been published

Local

The Prime Minister calls on the Chief Incumbent of the Kelaniya Rajamaha Viharaya

January 28, 2021January 29, 2021 Web Editor - AK 0 Comments Duruthu Poya day, Gautama Buddha’s, Kelaniya Rajamaha Viharaya., Kollupitiye Mahinda Sangharakkhitha Thera, Mahinda Rajapakse, Prime Minister

The Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse called on the Chief Incumbent of Kelaniya Rajamaha Viharaya Venerable Professor Kollupitiye Mahinda Sangharakkhitha Thera

Local

Sri Lanka records the highest daily count of recoveries from COVID-19 today

January 28, 2021January 29, 2021 Web Editor - AK 0 Comments COVID–19, Medical, Positive, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka saw the highest daily count of recoveries from COVID-19 today as 1,869 more persons who were infected with

Local

The Presidential Commission of Inquiry probing the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks concludes hearings

January 28, 2021January 29, 2021 Web Editor - AK 0 Comments Director, Director of Criminal Investigation Department, Easter Sunday, Maithripala Sirisena, Presidential, Shani Abeysekera.

Hearings and other procedures of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry probing the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks officially came to

Local

A Committee to assess Muthurajawela issues

January 28, 2021January 29, 2021 Web Editor - AK 0 Comments Colombo, Dr. Jasinghe, Environment, Gampaha, Ministry

The Ministry of Environment has issued directives to Secretary to the Ministry Dr. Anil Jasinghe, to appoint a committee to

Local News Focus

‘Denuwara Menike’ Intercity Train temporarily ceased its operations

January 28, 2021January 29, 2021 Web Editor - AK 0 Comments Badulla, Colombo, Denuwara Menike, Podi Menike, Railways, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Railways has announced that ‘Denuwara Menike’ Intercity Train, which runs on the upcountry line between Colombo Fort and

Local

First consignment of COVISHIELD vaccines arrives in the country

January 28, 2021January 29, 2021 Web Editor - AK 0 Comments Bandaranaike, COVID–19, COVIHIELD, Dr. Kirinde Assagi, Gopal, Gotabhaya Rajapakse, Health, Hunupitiya Gangarama Vihara, India, Oxford-AstraZeneca’s, President, Sri Lanka

The consignment of Oxford-AstraZeneca’s COVIHIELD COVID-19 vaccines from India has reached Sri Lanka today. A special flight AI 281 chartered

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