Sri Lanka Navy (02nd June 2021) rendered assistance to safely bring ashore a group of fishermen who were aboard a distressed fishing vessel in the Southern seas. A one-day fishing vessel (Registration Number: IMUL-A-0077 CBO) has left from the Mirissa Fishery Harbour on 31st May 2021 and the 04 fishermen aboard it were in desperate situation after the fishing vessel had capsized due to adverse weather and rough seas, about 40 nautical miles (about 74km) off Galle. Subsequently, another multi-day fishing trawler in the vicinity has rescued 03 fishermen of the capsized vessel and one fisherman among the rescuees was in critical condition. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka Navy is conducting a search operation, in search of the fishermen who went missing in this unfortunate turn of events. Remaining true to its bounden duty, the Navy remains standby to respond to distress calls of this nature in Sri Lanka’s Search and Rescue Region, to assist naval and fishing community.

Riot Games, makers of League of Legends, have announced that they are currently working on a mobile version of their other popular title, Valorant. Valorant is a free-to-play first-person tactical shooter, currently available exclusively on the PC. Launched about a year ago, Valorant quickly became popular in the PC online gaming community. This, however, raises questions on how the game would work on the mobile platform as it's not exactly known to have the best controls. The game isn't even available on consoles, which makes it even more interesting as to why they made the jump directly to the mobile platform.

Photo: Twinsterphoto (Shutterstock) Photo: Twinsterphoto (Shutterstock) So it turns out that when everyone wants to travel at the same time, travel gets more expensive. And after more than a year of pent-up demand, the U.S. Travel Association Travel Price Index is showing a 9.5% year-over-year increase in prices versus April 2020. Supply chain issues, labor shortages, and, yes, increasing demand are all factors suddenly making travel more expensive. To help you budget for the summer, here’s a look at what’s more expensive this year and why. Again, to save money, plan to avoid top tourist destinations and take a vacation that’s a little bit more off the beaten path.

June 3, 2021 01:06 amSri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA), in a letter directed to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, stressed that Sri Lanka’s vaccination strategy implemented at present is flawed. Calling for a composite review, the SLMA urged the government to implement an efficient vaccination strategy targeting the high-risk groups to achieve maximum control that would avoid the necessity for repeated lockdowns. Please avoid outside hyperlinks inside the comment and avoid typing all capitalized comments. Help us delete comments that do not follow these guidelines by flagging them(mouse over a comment and click the flag icon on the right side). Do use these forums to voice your opinions and create healthy discourse.

The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) recently entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Market Development Facility (MDF), Australia’s flagship private sector development programme, to support the private sector in innovating to achieve growth and new economic opportunities for Sri Lanka. Through this joint initiative, CCC and MDF intend to host seminars and workshops, and encourage knowledge sharing through publishing research findings and business insights on topics that will drive bottom-line growth for the private sector. “These discussions to inspire sustainable economic growth in Sri Lanka are timely, and Australia, through MDF, is proud to support the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce in this initiative,” said Australian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka David Holly. The planned climate change workshop will also encourage investments into climate adaptation strategies to improve agricultural livelihoods. We see shared goals and common objectives between CCC and MDF and believe this collaboration will contribute to Sri Lanka’s prosperity.

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC), having considered the inability of listed companies to release the annual reports and the financial statements in terms of the listing rules of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), has provided extension for listed companies to release their financial statements. Accordingly, SEC has allowed an additional period of one calendar month to listed entities who are required to submit the following financial statements on or before 31 May 2021. This applies to annual reports, together with the audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020 and interim financial statements for the last quarter for entities whose financial year ended on 31 March 2021. “The above concessions have been granted in light of the current Covid-19 pandemic situation and considering the request made by the listed companies as represented by the CSE,” noted SEC.

Director-General of Health Services said on Wednesday (June 02) that 39 more deaths in Sri Lanka have been attributed to the novel coronavirus infection. The latest fatalities have moved the country’s death toll to 1,566, according to Epidemiology Unit data.

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Daily COVID-19 cases count moved to 3,306 on Wednesday (June 02) as 738 more people were tested positive for the virus in Sri Lanka. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 192,547. Government Information Department stated that the new cases reported today were associated with the New Year coronavirus cluster. As many as 160,714 recoveries and 1,566 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic last year. According to official data, up to 30,267 active cases are currently under medical care at designated hospitals and treatment centres.

The Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith called on the fishermen’s organizations to take legal action against the X-Press Feeders company, the owners of the X-Press Pearl. Cardinal Ranjith says he is ready to take the lead in taking legal action against the fishermen’s damage caused by the sinking X-Press Pearl. Addressing a media briefing held today (02) the Cardinal said that if the fuel of the ship spilled into the sea, great damage could occur. Several days later we saw in the newspapers that the ship was on fire when the ship arrived. All the oil in that ship will leak and the entire beach and jobs will be lost to our fishing community.

By Bhvishya Patel For MailonlinePublished: 11:46 EDT, 2 June 2021 | Updated: 11:57 EDT, 2 June 2021A small seaside village faces being completely taken over by holiday rentals following a rise in second home ownership in the region. In recent years, the coastal village has become popular with holidaymakers exploring the quiet beaches that surround the Welsh Coastal Path. Married couple Elizabeth and Harry Broughton, who are among the permanent residents in the area, said houses in the village were 'pretty sought after'. No-one here, just the odd walker - that's it'So it's a sad village really and probably will never change. Within 10 years there probably won't be anyone local living here - the future of Cwm-yr-Eglwys is as a holiday place.'

June 2, 2021 by Aazam Ameen No CommentsThe ongoing Sinopharm vaccination drive will be extended to numerous more districts from 8 June, Army Commander General Shavendra Silva stated today (2). Accordingly, the districts are as follows –MataleNuwara EliyaKegalleTrincomaleeHambantotaBadullaAnuradhapuraPuttalamAmparaBatticaloaMoneragalaPolonnaruwaPresident Gotabaya Rajapaksa stated that during the expansion of the vaccination drive, authorities should give priority to senior citizens over the age of 60, pregnant mothers, and government employees.

June 2, 2021 07:23 pmSri Lanka has registered 2,568 fresh cases of novel coronavirus today (June 02), the Ministry of Health confirmed. All new cases are associated with the New Year COVID-19 cluster. This brings the total number of COVID-19 cases confirmed in the country thus far to 191,809. As per reports, 29,568 virus-infected people are being currently treated at designated hospitals and treatment centres across the island. Meanwhile, the number of total recoveries reached 160,714 earlier today.

June 2, 2021 07:09 pmThe Ministry of Health reports that another 1,504 coronavirus patients have been discharged after completing recovery. This brings the total number of Covid-19 recoveries in the country to 160,714. The tally of Covid-19 positive cases reported in the country so far is 189,241 while 27,000 infected patients are currently under medical care. Meanwhile the death toll due to the virus is 1,527.

June 2, 2021 by Mihi Perera No CommentsIsland wide travel restrictions have been extended until the 14th of June, Army Commander and Head of the National Operations Center for the Prevention of Covid-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) General Shavendra Silva today stated. Thereby, the restrictions will not be lifted on 7th June and will instead be lifted at 4.00 am on 14th June.