Professor Anthony Costello courtesy The Guadian (UK) Anthony Costello is professor of global health and sustainable development at University College London Data from east Asia shows testing, tracing and isolating people with coronavirus is the best way to tackle the pandemic When will the pandemic end? The future is uncertain, but it seems likely that […]

Chanaka Bandarage Galle Face Green was established in 1859 by Governor Sir Henry Ward, for the sole purpose of recreation.  A 1.6 km long promenade was constructed along the oceanside, especially with the purpose of ladies and children to saunter and take in the air. Galle Face originally was spread over a much larger area than […]

චන්ද්‍රසිරි විජයවික්‍රම ලංකා ලංකා පෙම්බර ලංකා පිනවමු ඔබ ලංකා හොබවමු ඔබ ලංකා දිවිදී සුරකිමු ඔබ ලංකා… බලි තරු රාවණ ගැමුණු විජයබා නිරිඳුන් ලද ලංකා පුලතිසි දැමි සිරි රහල් කුමරතුඟු පඬුවන් ලද ලංකා විදු සක්‌විති මහ පැරකුම් කිවිසුරු කිවියන් ලද ලංකා ඔබ රැකුණොත් ලොව කුඹුවද අපහට ශීත ගඟුලි ලංකා ලංකා ලංකා පෙම්බර ලංකා… මහවැලි කළු කැළැණී […]

මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන්               ලෝකයම වෙලා ගත් නව වසංගත තත්වය හමුවේ අද වන විට සියල්ලෝම හුදකලා වී සිටිති. ඇඳිරි නීතිය වේවා නගර වසා තැබීම  වේවා මගින් ඇති කරන ලද සමාජ දුරස්ථකරණය හමුවේ කාර්මික විප්ලවය විසින් ඇති කරන ලද ගෝලීය මනෝභාවය අර්බුදයට පත්ව තිබේ. ලංකාව දූපතක් බැවින් වසංගත තත්වයන් නිරතුරු පැතිරෙන්නේ සාංක්‍රමණිකයන්ගෙනි. මේ නිසා ගුවන් තොටුපළ වසා […]

ඒ. ජේ. එම්. මුසම්මිල් වයඹ පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවර මේ වසරේ අප්‍රේල් මස 12 සහ 13 දෙදින වෙන්ව තිබෙන්නේ සිංහල සහ දමිළ අලුත් අවුරුද්ද නිමිත්තෙන්ය . ශ්‍රී ලංකාවාසි සිංහල සහ දමිළ ජනතාව මෙය සළකනු ලබන්නේ තමන්ගේ ප්‍රධානම ජාතික උත්සවයක් ලෙසය . බක්මහට යෙදී ඇති සිංහල දමිළ අලුත් අවුරුද්ද මුළු රටම නැවුම් අසිරියකින් පුරවාලන බතින් බුලතින් ගහ කොළෙන් […]

By : A.A.M.NIZAM – MATARA. Mr. Mass L Usuf, who is well versed in Islamic jurisprudence in an article titled Understanding the question of Cremation and Burial” written to Colombo Telegraph has said that almost everyone, some way or the other, is bounded by religion and religious traditions, the disposal of a dead body is […]

Sunil Wimalawansa The importance of social distancing, personal hygiene, and governmental actions needed to control the current pandemic of COVID-19. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgcTivH1nGwymgX_cb0V4Mg

Embassy of Sri Lanka Washington D.C.  The Government of Sri Lanka has introduced a new bank account termed Special Deposit Account (SDA) for all Sri Lankans living in and outside the country to remit their foreign currency earnings, savings and investments to any bank of their choice in Sri Lanka. It is in the form […]

By P.K. Balachandran courtesy Ceylon Today The US now accounts for a third of the “active” COVID-19 cases in the world. According to the latest figures put out by the WHO, there were 1,101,497 active cases in the world as a whole on Thursday April 9. Out of this, 397,472 were in the US. In […]

Courtesy Adaderana Seven more persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) today bringing the country’s infections tally to 210, says the Ministry of Health. All the coronavirus cases confirmed today were found among the persons who were put under mandatory quarantine for having close contacts with the previously identified COVID-19 patients. According to […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has amended a law to make cremation compulsory for those dying from the novel coronavirus to prevent any potential threat. The Quarantine and Prevention of Diseases Ordinance (Chapter 222) has been amended by a gazette issued by Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi, the government said. Wanniarachchi said that the body shall be […]

Courtesy Adaderana A decline in the coronavirus infections in the country is expected in the coming days, said Director General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe. The patients identified are all linked to one patient; therefore, there is no difficulty in identifying the spread of the infection, Dr. Jasinghe said. Obtaining samples from high-risk sites for […]

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Spanish colonial crimes – Bull Fighting – Spanish Flu – Covid-19 do you see a connection? Do these trail of thoughts carry a trail of tears? Do they implore Spain to revisit their moral standing of past and present actions? Over 500 years of colonial crimes, over 300 years of bullfighting, Nature has watched silently […]