Tag: Colombo

Colombo’s Independence Square has more to it than being a recreational hub

Tang Lu of Xinhua captures on camera the Galle Face promenade in the Sri Lankan capital as it transforms itself in a riot of color in the evenings.

The tests, which were compulsory and free of charge, resulted in the discovery of nine COVID 19 positive vendors.

Health officials yesterday began conducting large-scale Rapid Antigen tests on high risk communities in the Colombo district to identify if there were undetected clusters as Colombo remains one of the worst affected by the COVID-19 virus.

He had to convince the Colonial Office, the Admiralty, and the Board of Trade in London that Colombo was a better location than Galle

The Public Health Inspectors (PHI) Union yesterday warned that the COVID-19 pandemic had reached an ‘uncontrollable’ level within the Colombo Municipal Council city limits as a high number of patients were being detected on a daily basis.

The bustling life on Colombo's celebrated promenade, the Galle Face Green, is captured by Xinhua correspondent Tang Lu

Colombo, November 29 (newsin.asia) - The National Operations Centre for the Prevention of COVID-19 (NOCPC) has announced that the isolation of police divisions in the following districts will be lifted from 5 am tomorrow (30). Colombo District: Pettah, Foreshore, and Mattakkuliya. Gampaha District: Negombo and Ragama. The following areas of Colombo and Gampaha Districts will remain under isolation until further ...

The curfew imposed in several areas in Colombo including Pettah, Fort and Borella will be reviewed every three days and will be lifted once the threat in these areas subside, government sources told Daily Mirror yesterday. Curfew had been enforced in several suburbs of Colombo as there had been pockets of infected persons detected in these areas, The infected persons ...

Colombo, October 23 (newsin.asia) - Colombo will take on Galle in the opening match of the Lanka Premier League at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota on November 21. The match will start at 7.30 pm after the opening ceremony which is scheduled to be held from 3.30 pm onwards. Every day will see Double Headers till the ...