The Port City has also pushed India to rethink its position in Sri Lanka – is India still Sri Lanka’s big brother, or has the island now found itself a new big brother in China? The once-main Opposition, United National Party (UNP), was one of the petitioners to challenge the Port City Economic Commission Bill before the SC. As for citizens’ right to visit Port City, the original Bill had required a person to obtain prior approval of the Commission in order to visit the Port City. This attempt to restrain citizens from entering the Port City has been struck down by the SC. The US State Department had on Monday issued an updated travel advisory on Sri Lanka, telling Americans not to travel to Sri Lanka.

A Border Force patrol boat has been seen scouring the coastline near an upmarket Suffolk village today. At least three border force officers wearing protective gear were spotted in the vessel by a passerby off the coast of Walberswick. Parts of the Suffolk coastline are used as landing spots for refugees smuggled across the North Sea in yachts and boats. A Border Force patrol boat has been seen scouring the coastline near an upmarket Suffolk village todaySo far at least 1,028 migrants landed in Britain in May alone. The Government says the work towards a digital system for immigration status will 'reduce costs and improve border security by reducing the possibility of forgery or theft' of identity documents.

The labs have been tapped 'because of their ability to crunch massive amounts of data' with their advanced supercomputers, a White House official told CNN. Biden is also urging U.S. intelligence agencies and those of allies to hunt for new information that could shed light on whether China covered up a lab leak. But new evidence, including reports of three workers at the Wuhan lab who fell seriously ill with COVID-like symptoms in November 2019, has forced a sober reassessment among doubters. UK intelligence agencies are assisting in Biden's new 90-day intelligence review, a senior Whitehall security source told The Telegraph. British intelligence agencies have generally been skeptical of the lab leak theory, while Australia's spies have been more open to it.

May 29, 2021 08:44 pmThe Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 788 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 2,827. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 180,593. As many as 148,391 recoveries and 1,363 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic. The Epidemiology Unit’s data showed that 30,839 active cases are currently under medical care.

Alongside these, the company has listed the Realme GT 5G as "Coming Soon", without telling us anything about its pricing and availability. Realme GT 5G image posted on Twitter by Realme India CMO Francis WangIn addition to confirming the GT 5G's India launch, the event page also tells us that Realme is holding a 5G session in India on June 10, but it's currently unclear if Realme will introduce the GT 5G in India that day or if it has some other plans. Realme GT 5GThat said, before introducing the GT 5G in India, Realme will announce the X7 Max 5G in the country - on May 31. The Realme X7 Max 5G is likely a rebranded GT Neo, which isn't all that different from GT 5G, so it will be interesting to see how both phones are positioned by Realme. You can head this way to check out the detailed specs of GT 5G and GT Neo.

The Association of Medical Specialists today stated that the country should continue strict restrictions in order to curb the spread of Covid-19. “After foreseen an impending disaster, number of health sector professional bodies and many health sector experts in unison appealed to the government to impose strict travel and other restrictions to our country to control rapid spread of COVID 19. They stated that rapid spread of the COVID 19 will increase the death toll in our country due to two main reasons. “We believe that current strict measures need to be continued till the disease spread comes down to a reasonable and controllable level. “We would like to appeal to all other responsible entities to act similarly and educate and motivate our general public to follow these restrictions at this critical moment.

May 29, 2021 06:41 pmAs many as 2,039 persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus today (May 29), the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) said. 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 179,750. As per official data, 29,996 virus infected persons are currently being treated at designated hospitals and treatment centres across the island. Meanwhile, the number of total recoveries has reached 148,391 and the death toll stands at 1,363.

Kate Middleton has received her first dose of Covid vaccine at London's Science Museum and thanked 'everyone who is playing a part in the rollout'. Kate said today: 'Yesterday I received my first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at London's Science Museum. Kensington Palace has not said which vaccine was given to the royal couple, but they will have been entitled to the Pfizer/BioNTech or Oxford-AstraZeneca jab, because they are under 40. The thoughtful note featured a sketch of St Andrews - the university town where the couple met while both studying - which Kate drew in 2002. Having started university on the same course as Kate, William later switched to geography.

Following the devastating floods which struck Sri Lanka in mid-May, the European Commission is providing €80,000 (close to Rs. 19.5 million) in humanitarian funding for emergency assistance. The funding is part of the EU’s overall contribution to the Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). The floods comes as Sri Lanka is struggling to cope with a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The Disaster Relief Emergency Fund was established in 1985 and is supported by contributions from donors.

The Ministry of Health reported that 2,029 more patients who were being treated for COVID-19 have recovered and were discharged from medical care within the last 24 hours. This brings the total number of coronavirus recoveries in the country to 148,391. Majority of the latest recoveries were reported from Bingiriya Treatment Centre (158), Murukandy Intermediate Care Centre (101) and Punanai Treatment Centre (91). Sri Lanka has so far reported 177,711 positive cases of COVID-19 and a total of 27,957 infected patients are still being treated at designated hospitals and treatment centres. The death toll from the outbreak of the virus meanwhile stands at 1,363.

India has recorded its lowest daily rise in coronavirus cases in 45 days. The tally of new Covid-19 infections in the country in the last 24 hours stood at 173,790 on Saturday, its lowest daily rise in little over a month, while deaths rose by 3,617. The city recorded peaks of 25,000 cases in April, but is now reporting less than 1,500 cases per day. Mucormycosis, dubbed 'black fungus' by medics, is usually most aggressive in patients whose immune systems are weakened by other infections. The western state ordered government hospitals to set up separate treatment wards for patients infected with 'black fungus' amid the rise in cases.

So I thought it’d be a good idea to sign up for Amazon Prime Video a few months ago. No, the biggest problem with Prime Video isn’t the content, but rather everything else around the service. Probably the main issue with Prime Video is just how terrible the content discovery is. Meanwhile, Prime Video shows a random collection of content including Hell Boy 2, Yu-Gi-Oh, and kids’ cartoons. Meanwhile, Prime Video can’t be bothered to do this and simply shows the most popular content in general.

Shooter Tehani Egodawela has become the third Sri Lankan to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Sri Lanka said the Olympic Solidarity/International Olympic Committee (OS/IOC) has confirmed a slot being allocated for Egodawela. Taking to his official Twitter account, Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa congratulated Egodawela for qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics. “Heartiest #Congratulations to Tehani Egodawela who gained qualification to #Tokyo2020 Olympics in women’s shooting. Heartiest #Congratulations to Tehani Egodawela who gained qualification to #Tokyo2020 Olympics in women’s shooting.

Boris Johnson will be forced to decide if children as young as 12 should receive the coronavirus vaccination by the end of next month. In April, Oxford University paused trials of its coronavirus vaccine in children as regulators probed the jab's link to rare blood clots. Giving children coronavirus vaccines is morally complicated, and UK health chiefs have already said it would only be done if it was deemed necessary. Prof Okkenhaug said the decision on whether to give children jabs is a 'difficult question' which requires balancing wider benefits against the direct ones for children. Meanwhile figures also showed a total of 24,478,052 in the UK had now received both doses of the Covid vaccine.

The Ministry of Health has decided to provide special training on Covid-19 treatment methods for the Ayurvedic staff who have been assigned for Covid-19 treatment services. The training programme is scheduled to begin in the next two days. The decision was made at the COVID-19 Special Performance Review Committee meeting which was held yesterday (28) under the patronage of the Minister of Health Pavithra Wanniarachchi at the Ministry of Health. The committee also decided to launch a vaccination program targeting the garment factory employees in the trade zones in various parts of the country. Secretary to the Ministry of Health, Major General Dr. Sanjeewa Munasinghe, Director General of Health Services, Dr. Asela Gunawardena, Secretaries to the State Ministry, Dr. Saman Rathnayake and Dr. Kumari Weerasekara and other health officials were present at this meeting.