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Vaccination against COVID-19 is landwide from today – Pavithra
Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi yesterday said that vaccination against COVID-19 would take place islandwide from today.
Wanniarachchi, who is undergoing treatment at the IDH Hospital after contracting COVID-19, said that she was happy that the vaccination process had commenced.
“Since I am being treated at the IDH, I couldn’t join the programme on Friday. This marks an important point in our fight against COVID-19.”
Baltimore has sued the operators of the container ship that hit and destroyed one of the US city’s main bridges last month, killing six people.
The city says the Dali was “clearly unseaworthy” and accuses its owners and manager of negligence. The ship’s Singapore-based owner and manager have already asked a court to limit their liability.
The region is reeling from the closure of its busiest maritime transit port after the span collapsed on 26 March.
“None of this should have happened,” attorneys representing the Baltimore mayor and city council argued in a federal lawsuit.
The city is asking the US District Court of Maryland for a jury trial to hold the defendants fully liable.
Naming the Dali’s owner, Grace Ocean Private Limited, and its manager, Synergy Marine Private Limited, the suit alleges the Francis Scott Key Bridge’s collapse was a direct result of their “gross negligence, and recklessness, and as a result of the unseaworthiness of the Vessel”.
(BBC)
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Iranian President will participate at commissioning of Uma Oya Multipurpose Development Project project tomorrow (24)
President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Dr. Ebrahim Raisi, is set to visit Sri Lanka tomorrow (24) in response to a special invitation extended by President Ranil Wickremasinghe, marking the first visit of an Iranian President to Sri Lanka since former President Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit in April 2008.
During his one-day official visit, President Raisi will participate in a public ceremony marking the commissioning of the Uma Oya Multipurpose Development Project (UOMDP) scheduled for tomorrow (24) morning. .
Five memorandums of understanding (MoUs), aimed at bolstering bilateral relations between Iran and Sri Lanka are also to be signed at a ceremony, chaired by the presidents of Iran and Sri Lanka,
(PMD)
The Sri Lanka Army in a press release says that a seven-member panel has been appointed to investigate the fatal accident that happened during the ‘Fox Hill Super Cross 2024’ on Sunday (21).
Seven people lost their lives and more than 20 were injured after a car veered off the track during a race and ploughed into spectators.
Foxhill Supercross 2024, was organized by the Sri Lanka Military Academy, Diyatalawa in collaboration with Sri Lanka Automobile Sports (SLAS)
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