Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and the UK Minister for South Asia and the Commonwealth, Lord Tariq Ahmad have agreed to explore avenues to boost bilateral ties, during a video call yesterday, Thursday, 17 June 2021.
Since several individuals were detected with the highly transmissible Delta variant of Covid-19 virus in the Dematagoda area in Colombo, Minister of Health Pavithra Wanniarachchi has instructed Health Ministry officials to take all necessary measures to prevent the spread of the virus variant outside the Dematagoda area.