Austrian authorities have suspended inoculations with a batch of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine as a precaution while investigating the death of one person and the illness of another after the shots, a health agency said on Sunday, Reuters reported.

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Three Sri Lankan boats carrying nearly 300 kg of narcotic drugs were seized by the Indian Coast Guard off Kerala’s Vizinjam coast and 12 people were detained on Sunday, a senior official said.

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If the present economic crisis continues, the people of Sri Lanka will have to forego one meal a day while it will lose everything it gained after the introduction of the open economy, former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today.

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The COVID-19 death toll in Sri Lanka climbed to 502 with five more deaths being confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services, the Government Information Department said.

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Sri Lanka has covered vaccination of almost all people above 30 years of age in areas that were considered COVID-19 hotspots with potentialily to generate active clusters, a State Minister said today.

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If there be an administration led by Mahinda Rajapaksa, there would be no appearance of a Black Sunday to celebrate today, Transport State Minister Dilum Amunugama said.

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Had the Yahapalana government fulfilled its responsibilities properly, there would be no necessity to observe Black Sunday in protest of the Easter Sunday attack, Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said today.

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The Sri Lanka Information Technology Association (SLITA) requests people to be vigilant when receiving messages claiming ’giving free gifts’ through social media applications.

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Nine foreigners have been arrested during a special operation conducted in the Colombo city and its suburbs yesterday, Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said.

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The Education Ministry has requested permission from the Director General of Health Services (DGHS) on re-opening schools in the Western Province (WP) on March 15.

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The first batch of 264,000 Oxford-AstraZeneca COVISHIELD vaccines under COVAX Facility by the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was received this morning.

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Upul Tharanga scored unbeaten 53* (35 balls) and Tilkaratne Dilshan chipped in with equally brilliant 47(37 balls) to star in victory for Sri Lanka legends over the West Indies legends in Road Safety World Series 2021 and beat them by 5 wickets.

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Army Commander and Head of the National Operation Center for the Prevention of COVID-19, General Shavendra Silva said there was no truth to reports that the government was considering allowing vaccinated travelers a quarantine free entry into the country from mid April.

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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa stressed today that the government did not want to hide the report of the Presidential Commission that probed the Easter Sunday attack.

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Four more persons succumbed to COVID-19 increasing the death toll in Sri Lanka to 497, the Government Information Department said.

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A 40-year old employee attached to the Colombo Municipal Council Medical Officer of Health’s office was arrested for collecting money to give Covid vaccine.

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Red notice on thundershowers accompanied by severe lightning was issued for 10 districts in Central, Sabaragamuwa, Southern and Western Province, the Department of Meteorology said today.

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Fisheries Minister Douglas Devananda said Tamil people should come to terms with reality that it would not dawn because rooster crowed only.

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The Dalai Lama’s office thanked the the Government of India and the Himachal Pradesh dispensation for facilitating the first dose of the vaccine for the spiritual leader.

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Force Commander in United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), Lieutenant General Dennis Gyllensporre called at the Sri Lankan Combat Convoy Company deployed in Mali and appreciated tasks being performed by the Sri Lankan Combat Convoy Company (LKACCC).

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The asteroid named ’Apophis,’ which earlier predicted would crash into planet Earth in 2029, went past the earth safely last night, a senior official of the Arthur C. Clarke Centre said.

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