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Colombo, August 14th (Daily FT) - Wunderman Thompson’s ‘So Sri Lanka – Wild Guides’ viral film for Sri Lanka Tourism took home the coveted award for ‘Best Viral Film’ in the Brand Film Awards in London recently. Hosted by PR Week and Campaign, the Brand Film Awards is a prestigious award that celebrates the use of branded content within marketing....

Colombo, July 24 (newsin.asia) -  A COVID-19 positive inmate has escaped from the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) today (24). The drug addict had been receiving treatment at the IDH hospital when he escaped the Police said. The inmate, who escaped from the hospital this morning (24), has a limp on his left leg, Police Spokesperson SSP Jaliya Senaratne said. A...

Colombo, July 8 (newsin.asia) - Maldives and Sri Lanka were today verified for having eliminated rubella, making them the first two countries in WHO South-East Asia Region to achieve measles and rubella elimination ahead of the 2023 target. “Protecting all children against these killer and debilitating diseases is an important step in our endeavor to achieve healthier population and health...

Colombo, June 10 (newsin.asia) – Chief Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya announced today that the Parliamentary General Election will be held on August 5. Initially, the election was scheduled for April 25 which was got postponed for June 20 due to the pandemic. It has now been further delayed because of the precautions needed to be taken to avoid the spread...

London, April 9 (Reuters) - The fallout from the coronavirus spread that has killed more than 83,000 people and wreaked havoc on economies around the world could push around half a billion people into poverty, Oxfam said on Thursday. The report released by the Nairobi-based charity ahead of next week’s International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank annual meeting calculated the impact...

Colombo, April 7 (newsin.asia) – A 80-year-old COVID-19 patient who was receiving treatment at the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) in Angoda, passed away a short while ago, bringing the total death toll from the virus to 6 in Sri Lanka. Reportedly, the deceased is said to be a resident of the Dehiwala area. A total of 180 confirmed COVID-19 patients...

Colombo, 31st March (newsin.asia) - Sri Lankan Health Ministry has confirmed that 20 more persons have tested positive for COVID-19 today. This was the highest surge in COVID-19 cases the country has recorded. The total now stands at 142 positive cases in the Island. 17 patients have been discharged from hospitals after recovering completely.

Colombo, March 28 (newsin.asia) - Sri Lanka's Health Ministry, on Saturday confirmed its first COVID 19 death after a 60-year-old man passed away from the virus. The deceased was from Marawila and passed away a short while ago. Doctors said he had several other medical complications ranging from a kidney transplant several years ago, diabetes to high blood pressure. The...

March 17 (newsin.asia) - Sri Lanka has halted passenger arrivals from all countries at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake starting from today (17 March). Minister Wimal Weerawansa tweeted “President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has officially decided to stop all arrival passenger flights into Sri Lanka”. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has given the respective instructions when the Task Force to Combat COVID-19 met...

Indians consume about 9.8 gigabyte of data per month on their smartphones, the highest in the world, according to Swedish telecoms gearmaker Ericsson.