ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර 13. 3. 2020. (මෙම ලිපිය එම විෂය පිළිබඳවම, 2018.7.6. දින ලංකාවෙබ් පුවත් අඩවිය වෙත මා විසින් ලියන ලද ලිපියක වර්තමාන තත්වයට සරිලන පරිදි යාවත්කාලීන කරන ලද පිටපතක් බව කරුණාවෙන් සලකන්න) ගරු ලකිසුරු ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමනි,  මේ රටට හා  ජාතියට මහා වියශනයක් හා ජාතික ආර්ථිකයට සුදු අළියෙක් වූ  ඉන්දියාව විසින් බලහත්කාරයෙන් අප හිසමත […]

Stanley Gunaratne  Does India owe Sri Lanka an apology and REPARATIONS for our nation’s suffering? Absolutely yes. So when our so called leaders (everyone in Parliament) pander to India, when they dress like the Indian leader, when they say India is their brother (from the President who won the war no less as well as his deputies), […]

Chanaka Bandarage This Part is prepared basically to respond to comments made by readers in the two earlier articles about this topic. Within our country, we can say anything.  We can glorify ourselves and of course, everyone will be happy. But, the facts asserted must be 100% true. Also, the rest of the world must […]

Source:Global Times Published: 2020/3/12  Chen Xu, China’s permanent representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva, speaks during the opening ceremony of the photo exhibition “Home: Glimpse of People from Various Ethnic Groups in Xinjiang” in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 2. More than 100 pictures and videos presenting a beautiful, open, and richly-endowed Xinjiang were on […]

By Shiran Illanperuma Xinhua The island nation is facing the temporary loss of markets in the US and Europe, says Atchuthan Srirangan of First Capital Holdings COLOMBO, March 13 (Xinhua) — The Sri Lankan economy may experience external shocks due to the COVID-19 outbreak, with tourism, garment manufacturing, and tea exports to be the hardest […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia For two weeks, no visas for people coming from Europe Colombo, March 14 (newsin.asia) The Sri Lankan government has decided to study how China has been able to control the COVID-19 epidemic. This is one of the several decisions taken on by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa at a meeting […]

By Tasha Wibawa Courtesy ABC News PHOTO: The Australian Therapeutic Goods Association does not approve products to be sold as “skin lightening”. (Supplied: Krisantha Weerasuriya) A “skin lightening” product advertised as made in Australia, which is being sold in South Asian countries including Sri Lanka and Myanmar, has been slammed by experts and labelled “unethical”. Key points: The […]

Courtesy Island * Visas to Europeans suspended* Lankans coming from Europe to be quarantined* Universities closed until further notice* England cricket tour called off March 13, 2020, 10:12 pm Sri Lanka, yesterday, (13), informed airlines to immediately stop bringing in passengers from Italy, South Korea and Iran until further notice. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Army says that it has enabled two more new Quarantine Centres operational at Kahagolla and the Diyatalawa Army Base Hospital starting from yesterday (12). Issuing a statement, the Army stated that Sri Lankan expatriates and a few South Korean nationals have been accommodated at the improvised Kahagolla Quarantine Centre and the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Director-General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe confirms that three more patients who had contracted the Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been identified in Sri Lanka. One of these patients is a 41-year-old Sri Lankan male who had arrived from Germany. He has been admitted to the IDH Hospital.  The other two patients are from […]

Courtesy Adaderana Several firm decisions have been taken under the guidance of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to combat COVID -19 in the country, the President’s Media Division said.  Measures initiated by the Government since January have been instrumental in preventing the disease coming into the country. Sri Lanka is in the […]

Courtesy Adaderana A second person in Sri Lanka has tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of presumptive coronavirus cases in the country to two. The Government Information Department stated that another individual who had reportedly stayed with the first Sri Lankan patient diagnosed with the virus, who is currently admitted at IDH […]

A Friend from Italy I am writing to you from Bergamo, Italy, at the heart of the coronavirus crisis. The news media in the US has not captured the severity of what is happening here. I am writing this post because of each of you, today, not the government, not the school district, not the […]

The US embassy Colombo is repeatedly saying $480m is a gift & not a loan from the US to the People of Sri Lanka but then insists on signing an agreement & having it passed in Parliament, affording US troops, personnel & contractors immunity and complete waiver of all forms of taxes & levies while […]

Dilrook Kannangara WHO declared COVID19 a pandemic. A pandemic is a global epidemic. Apart from a very few countries including Burma, nowhere is safe from the infection. Within 2 days SL recorded at least two patients. The health system is wholly inadequate to face this challenge. Infrastructure within hospitals is insufficient and the government does […]

By Chandre Dharmawardana The event, Hiru Govi Sangraamaya -Thun Helayei Ranketh Udhaanaya” may be visited at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Own9TRzKUYw). A part of the title means Hiru farmer’s battle”. But what does Uddaana” mean? In Sanskrit, Uddaana implies the act of binding, fastening together”, while it also denotes the entry of the sun into a zodiacal sign. In […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Hotels requested to voluntarily give space to locate quarantine centers Colombo, March 12 (newsin.asia): The following recommendations made by the Presidential Task Force were approved during the meeting held on 11.03.2020. Request the public to refrain from undertaking overseas visits unless for essential purposes. Temporary suspension of pilgrimages overseas. Temporary suspension of issuing […]

By PAUL NEWMAN and RICHARD GIBSON COURTESY THE DAILY MAIL England are considering calling off their upcoming cricket tour of Sri Lanka There are concerns travelling England fans could bring the virus with them  Sri Lanka has so far been largely untouched, with just three confirmed cases  Coronavirus symptoms: what are they and should you see a doctor? […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa requested the heads of research organizations to find ways and means to uplift a small country such as Sri Lanka with a comparatively small population and an economy. Since the current global economy is based on knowledge, ours should be developed centered around our workforce that can be easily trained, […]

Courtesy Adaderana Commander of Army Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, issuing a special statement, urges the public not to panic over misleading rumors regarding the coronavirus. It has been observed that the public is currently attempting to buy large quantities of food and other goods from supermarkets and shops, said the Army Commander. However, as shops […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් සමඟි ජන බලවේගය පාර්ශ්වය සහ එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂ පාර්ශ්වය අදත් වෙන් වෙන්ව ප්‍රවෘත්ති සාකච්ඡා පවත්වමින් පවතින අර්බුදය පිළිබඳ අදහස් පළ කළා.

Sri Lanka News All schools including Private and International Catholic schools under the Archbishop in the country would be closed from tomorrow to April 20 as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 in the country, the Education Ministry said.

Courtesy Adaderana A second person in Sri Lanka has tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of presumptive coronavirus cases in the country to two. The Government Information Department stated that another individual who had reportedly stayed with the first Sri Lankan patient diagnosed with the virus, who is currently admitted at IDH […]

Chanaka Bandarage This write-up is posted in Lankaweb with a view to further clarify the article that I posted in Lankaweb on 10 March 2020, titled ‘Distortion of Our History’. I reproduce from the Grade 6 and 10 textbooks where the history is wrong or questionable (the Sinhala texts below): Please note that the italicized texts […]

Bhante Y. Wimala Dear friends and students,  In the past few weeks, I have been talking with many people who are concerned, anxious and even afraid of the spread of the coronavirus around the world. There is no doubt that this is a serious situation and we all need to listen to the advice of […]

Courtesy The Guardian Netherlands, Germany and Belgium are still coming to terms with their overseas legacies The Netherlands Visiting Indonesia this week, King Willem-Alexander apologised for his country’s excessive violence” in its former colony, saying the past could not be erased but must be acknowledged. But while the Dutch view of their colonial history is shifting, the […]

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උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ඊ නිව්ස් කොරෝනා වෛරසය දැඩිව පැතීරී ඇති දකුණු කොරියාව, ඉතාලිය සහ ඉරානය යන රටවල සිට මෙරටට පැමිණෙන පුද්ගලයන් නිරොධායනයට ලක් කිරීම මේ වන විට රජය විසින් අනිවාර්ය කර ඇත. නමුත් රජය විසින් නොමිලයේ ලබා දෙන ආහාර, කාමර පහසුකම් නැතැයි පවසන පුද්ගලයන් වෙත විකල්පයක්ද මේ වන විට සාකච්චා වෙමින් තිබේ. මෙරට පිහිටි ප‍්‍රධාන […]

 උපුටාගැන්ම ලංකා ඊ නිව්ස් නිරෝධානය කිරීම සඳහා දැනට නිර්දේශ කර ඇති දකුණු කොරියාව, ඉරානය, ඉතාලිය යන රටවල සිට මෙරටට පැමිණෙන පුද්ගලයන් නිරෝධානය සදහා විරුද්ධ වන්නේ නම් ඔවුන් පැමිණි රටටම ආපසු පිටත් කර හැරීමට දැනුම් දී ඇති බව යුද හමුදාව පවසයි. යුද හමුදා මාධ්‍ය ප්‍රකාශක බ්‍රිගේඩියර් චන්දන වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා කොලඹදී පැවති මාධ්‍ය හමුවේ දී කියා සිටියේ […]

Courtesy The Daily News Referring to a video circulating on social media which shows a commotion at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) with several returnees from Italy, Vice Chairman of Airport and Aviation Services Rajeewasiri Sooriyaarachchi categorically rejected the claims that it was a forcible detention. Speaking to Daily Mirror, he said several returnees with […]