Archive for January 2nd, 2021

COVID-19: Experts Raise Alarm About Soil And Water Contamination

Saturday, January 2nd, 2021

Vinod Kumar Menon | Mumbai Courtesy mid-day.com They say the use of polythene sheets/body bags for burial of bodies of COVID-19 victims and sodium hypochlorite to spray them, could impact the environment; point the need for analysis of the same WHO guidelines emphasise usage of cloth for burial without using any chemical sprayed as disinfectant Research scientist […]

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Reply to C. Wijeyawickrema’s “Attempts to exhume the provincial council cadaver: a reply to Mr. Austin Fernando”

Saturday, January 2nd, 2021

Austin Fernando  I refer to the article written by Mr. C Wijeyawickrema (CW) in Lankaweb, in response to my article that appeared in the Island newspaper on the last Xmas Day. CW says that he had two purposes in responding; one, to reply to the contents of my article; and second, to give an alternative […]

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BBC Interview with Dr Maheshi Ramasamy, investigator for the Oxford Vaccine group, on the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine

Saturday, January 2nd, 2021

Courtesy BBC

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THE POHOTTUWA GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA Part 2 C4b

Saturday, January 2nd, 2021

KAMALIKA PIERIS United States rose to prominence after World War II. USA and Russia thereafter fought a Cold War which neither won. When the Cold War with Russia ended abruptly in 1991 USA became the world’s sole super-power. Throughout the 1990s, the USA reigned supreme. USA had the best army, air force and navy. No […]

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LETS SPIN PROTEAS IN THE 2ND TEST ON 3.1.21.

Saturday, January 2nd, 2021

By M D P DISSANAYAKE The Centurian Park was famous for fast bowling attack. Yet Wanindu Hasaranga of Sri Lanka grabbed 4 wickets at 3.80 economy rate.   The absence of a second front line spinner was clearly the weakness of Sri Lankan cricket team.    The South Africans are more acclimatized  for  fast bowling, their key […]

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Russia assures Sri Lanka; ready to share necessary scientific data

Saturday, January 2nd, 2021

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Russia assured Sri Lanka that it is ready to share all the necessary scientific data on Sputnik V vaccine developments and agreed to hold a series of further discussions to ensure the Sri Lankan party possesses the full spectrum of information, a statement from the Foreign Ministry said. The Sri Lankan […]

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Sri Lanka’s Covid-19 death toll climbs to 211

Saturday, January 2nd, 2021

Courtesy Adaderana The Director General of Health Services has confirmed three more coronavirus related deaths increasing the tally of fatalities in the country due to the virus to 211. One of the victims is a 93-year-old woman from Colombo 13 who had passed away at her home on December 30, 2020. The cause of death […]

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502 new cases of Covid-19 reported

Saturday, January 2nd, 2021

Courtesy Adaderana The Ministry of Health says that another 191 persons have tested positive for novel coronavirus. All new cases are close contacts of Covid-19 patients from the Peliyagoda cluster.  This brings the total number of new cases reported so far today to 502.  Meanwhile the tally of cases from the Minuwangoda, Peliyagoda and prisons […]

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