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Tuk tuk drivers spend hours looking for petrol and standing in queues amid a worsening fuel crisis in Sri Lanka. "All we need is fuel, so we can at least make a living," says a tuk tuk driver who's been standing in a queue outside a petrol station for hours.
Sri Lanka's aim to become the world's first 100 percent organic food producer is threatening its famous tea industry. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's ban on chemical fertiliser earlier this year has sparked concerns of a severe reduction in tea, the island's main export commodity, as well other crops by the end of this year.
Colombo, Jun 9 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lanka on Wednesday began vaccinating pregnant women over 30 of years of age against COVID-19 with the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine.After some delay in the verification of the safety and suitability of the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine for pregnant women, Sri Lanka kicked off the campaign at the Castle Street Maternity Hospital and the community clinic of the Medical Officer of Health, Piliyandala. Sri Lanka is one of the first countries to receive and administer the vaccines following the World Health Organisation's approval for emergency use. Total number of doses received as donations by the Chinese government and purchases by Sri Lanka so far totals 3.1 million as of 9 June 2021. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE). SHOT LIST: PREGNANT SRI LANKAN WOMEN BEING VACCINATED WITH THE CHINESE SINOPHARM COVID-19 VACCINE AT THE COMMUNITY CLINIC OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH, PILIYANDALA IN THE SUBURBS OF COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Colombo (Sri Lanka), March 8 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Chamila Karunarathne).- Hundreds of women demonstrated Monday in Colombo on the occasion of International Women's Day to demand the right of women to decide in all spheres of life. FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
A massive crocodile measuring over 17 feet long was discovered on a tea estate near the Sri Lankan town of Akuressa on Tuesday by a worker. The tea worker called in wildlife experts from a nearby branch of the conservation department and, with the help of about 30 villagers, they managed to bind the giant reptile with rope. The villagers then placed the enormous croc on a wooden platform and paraded the beast around the village.
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