උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව තුල කොරෝනා ව්‍යාප්තියේ මුල් දින 15ක කාලය ජර්මනිය, ස්පාඤ්ඤය, ඇමරිකා යක රටවල මුල් දින 15 සමග සසදද්දී අවදානම් තත්ත්වයක ඇති බව රජයේ වෛද්‍ය නිලධාරීන්ගේ සංගමය සඳහන් කරයි. එහි ලේකම් වෛද්‍ය හරිත අලුත්ගේ මහතා දත්ත සටහනක් ඉදිරිපත් කරමින් මේ බව කියා සිටියේය. එම සටහන අනුව කොරෝනා ආසාදිතයන් මුල් දින […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් වසංගත රෝගයකදී මිය යන පුද්ගලයන්ගේ දේහයන් පිළිබඳ අවසන් කටයුතු කරන ආකාරය ලෝක සෞඛ්‍ය සංවිධානය විසින් සියළු රටවල් වෙත නිර්දේශ කර ඇත. ඒ අනුව මෙරටද අධිකරණ වෛද්‍ය නිලධාරීන්ට ඒ පිලිබදව උපදෙස් නිකුත් කර තිබේ. වසංගත ඔහුගේ යන පුද්ගලයන් ගේ දේහය විසිහතරක් ඇතුළත අවසන් කටයුතු කළ යුත්තේ මරණ පරීක්‍ෂණ හෝ ආගමික කටයුතුවලින් […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Local company Atlas, a subsidiary of Hemas, has manufactured and supplied the robots to Homagama hospital. Colombo, March 28 (newsin.asia): At the Homagama Base Hospital near Colombo, indigenously manufactured robots called Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) will be used to assist the treatment of persons suspected to have been infected by the COVID-19 virus. […]

Meera Srinivasan Courtesy The Hindu Alert as 4 test positive after city visit. Sri Lanka on Saturday reported its first COVID-19 death, of a 65-year-old patient, who had diabetes and renal health complications, Health Ministry officials said. The island nation has 113 confirmed coronavirus patients so far. Sri Lanka’s health officials have also detected four COVID-19 positive […]

Courtesy Adaderana First COVID-19 death in Sri Lanka has been reported from the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) earlier this evening (28). Reportedly, the deceased 60-year-old male is a resident of the Marawila area. The patient had suffered from diabetes and high blood pressure, according to Director-General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe. Further, he had […]

Courtesy Adaderana Three more patients have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, hiking the total number of cases in Sri Lanka up to 113. Earlier today (28), four patients were reported as having contracted the COVID-19 virus. It was also reported that two patients who contracted the virus had made a complete recovery today, bringing […]

by Ed Pilkington and Tom McCarthy in New York Courtesy Guardian (UK) The president was aware of the danger from the coronavirus – but a lack of leadership has created an emergency of epic proportions When the definitive history of the coronavirus pandemic is written, the date 20 January 2020 is certain to feature prominently. It was on […]

By Mike Hixenbaugh Courtesy NBC News Experts say the treatment might be the best hope for some patients until more sophisticated drugs are developed. The Food and Drug Administration will allow doctors across the country to begin using plasma donated by coronavirus survivors to treat patients who are critically ill with the virus under new […]

Kanthar Balanathan, Australia It would be much appreciated if readers read this article with a positive and constructive mind, rather with a negative and destructive mind to criticise. In the early centuries, people in India were classified into various categories on caste basis. Indians had a category known as untouchables (தீண்டத்தகாத / නොපැහැදිලි). The disgraceful […]

By : A.A.M.NIZAM – MATARA The Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is a true friend of Sri Lanka, has commended Sri Lanka for steps being taken to combat the Corona Virus pandemic and expressed his readiness to send a team of specialist doctors and health sector personnel who have gained expertise in treating corona affected […]

by A. Abdul Aziz Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community addresses the worldwide Jama’at from his office, Tilfrod, Surrey, United Kingdom. Today  (27 March 2020), during the Covid-19 pandemic, His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (Khalifatul Masih V, may Allah be his Helper), delivered a LIVE message for the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at. Ahmadiyya […]

by NJ Thakuria Guwahati: Newspapers in many parts of the world face an uphill task to maintain its readership index as Bharat (India) goes for a complete lockdown till 14 April 2020 because of pandemic COVID-19 outbreak. A shutdown that prevents the vendors to deliver newspapers at the doorsteps of buyers and the rumour that […]

ලංකා ගුරු සේවා සංගමය සමූපකාර සංවර්ධන කොමසාරිස්, සමූපකාර සංවර්ධන දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව, අංක 330, යුනියන් පෙදෙස, කොළඹ 02. රටේ පවතින තත්වය මත පීඩාවට පත්ව සිටින සී/ස අධ්‍යාපන සමූපකාර සමිතියේ සාමාජිකයන් සඳහා ණය වාරික සහන ලබාදෙන ලෙස ඉල්ලා සිටීම සී/ස අධ්‍යාපන සමූපකාර සමිතියේ අතිශය බහුතරය වන ගුරුවරුන් ඇතුළු සාමාජිකයන්ගේ ඉල්ලීමත්, මූල්‍ය ආයතන වලින් ලබාගත් ණය වලට අදාළ මාසික […]

Courtesy The Straits Times KATHMANDU (AFP) – Foreign governments on Friday (March 27) stepped up operations to evacuate tens of thousands of tourists stranded by the coronavirus pandemic in remote locations across South Asia, from Everest base camp to beach hotels in Sri Lanka. A plane chartered by Berlin took 304 people out of Kathmandu […]

Courtesy Economist Cases of the novel coronavirus have now been recorded in all South Asian countries. Dense living conditions, low hygiene awareness and overburdened healthcare systems make the region vulnerable to the worst effects of an outbreak. Preventive measures to stem the spread of the outbreak are set to exact a heavy economic toll. The Economist Intelligence […]

By P.K.Balachandran/Daily Express Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Large-scale illegal migration to Italy makes tracking difficult, say researchers. Colombo, March 25: Italy has been identified as the predominant source of COVID-19 infection in Sri Lanka. No wonder then that the Lankan government has imposed an indefinite curfew in the districts of Colombo, Gampaha and Kalutara where most returnees […]

Courtesy The Daily News Health Minister Pavithradevi Wanniarachchi today expressed her utmost disappointment and anger when the Police and Health authorities detected a 67-year-old COVID 19 infected individual who had dodged quarantine for more than a week and suspected of having infected over 50 other Sri Lankans in the last few days. The patient from […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Government insists that the public must strictly adhere to the curfew now in force island-wide. Curfew has been imposed with the sole purpose of to preventing the spread of COVID – 19 which has now become a major health issues, the President’s Media Division said. The Task Force entrusted with the management […]

Courtesy Adaderana Acting IGP C. D. Wickramaratne has ordered police stations to ensure that all supermarkets, groceries and pharmacies, except state-run Rajya Osu Sala outlets, in the country are closed with immediate effect. The Police Media Spokesman said that although supermarkets have been permitted to deliver essential food items to the homes of consumers, there […]

Courtesy Adaderana In order to contain the spread of COVID-19, the government has introduced a mechanism to home-deliver medicines through pharmacies in relevant areas. For this purpose, the Ministry of Health has identified pharmacies island-wide and the list of these pharmacies can be accessed from the official website of the ministry: www.health.gov.lk The details include […]

Courtesy Adaderana he Ministry of Health and the Postal Department of Sri Lanka have jointly arranged a programme to distribute medicine for those who are getting treatment from government hospitals and have not enough medicine for their daily use. The correct name, address, clinic number and telephone number are essential to distribute medicine to the […]

Courtesy Hiru News The government has requested the expatriate Sri Lankans who wish to return home to stay in the country that they are residing  now until the coronavirus threat is eradicated in Sri Lanka. The President’s Media Division issuing a statement stated that the government has taken several steps to prevent coronavirus spreading in […]

Courtesy Hiru News Horowpathana Police say that 18 persons including the President of the Kiwulekada Mosque have been arrested in Horowpatana for attending a religious service disregarding the danger and threat to the public. According to the police, nearly 80 people attended the service

By Theodore Bunker Courtesy Newsmax President Donald Trump’s “ultraconservative religious allies” are responsible for his response to the coronavirus pandemic, author Katherine Stewart wrote in an opinion article for The New York Times on Friday. Stewart, a journalist and the author of “The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism,” noted “Trump rose to power with […]

සුදත් ගුණසේකර මහනුවර  26 3 2020. කොරෝනා වසන්ඟතය විසඳීමට මේ රටේ ප්‍රවීන යයි කියාගන්නා දේශපාලන නායකයින් තිදෙනෙකුගේ විසඳුම් වහාම පාර්ලිමෙන්තුව කැඳවන්ට- සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාස හිටපු විපක්ශ නායක “වහාම  සර්ව පාක්ෂික රැස්වීමක් කැඳවන්ට” – කරු ජයසූරිය –හිටපු කථානයක “පක්ස නායකයින්ගේ රැස්වීමක් වහාම කැඳවන්ට”- රනිල් වික්‍රමසින්හ”                                                                                                                                                  ප්‍රවුර්තිකීපයක් (එකෙක් රැවුළ පත්තුවී එය නිවාගන්ට දඟලන විට තව එකෙක් සුරුට්ටුව […]

By Garvin Karunaratne, Please consider getting the Army to establish the Marketing Department of the Fifties and thereby enable vegetable availability as well as controlling inflation. It can be later developed to be a major department. The total outlay can be recouped including the cost of establishing a Cannery within the first year. I can […]

Dr. Daya Hewapathirane Rev. Tom Honey was the Parish priest (vicar) of the Church of England in Oxford for more than 20 years and was highly reputed for his thoughtful sermons and the best perhaps being the one he gave in 2005, on Almighty God and Tsunami Disaster” after the devastation caused by the Indian […]

ආචාර්ය වරුණ චන්ද්‍රකීර්ති තමන් මුහුණ දුන් කෝවිඩ් – 19 උවදුරෙන් අත්මිදීමට චීනය සමත් විය. එහෙත් ඉතාලිය ඇතුළු බටහිර රටවල් මෙම සටන තුළ බලවත් අර්බුදයකට මුහුණ පා සිටිති. මේ වන විට අපිදු මෙම වසංගතය නිසා පීඩාවට පත් වී සිටිමු. චීනය මෙම සටනින් ජය ගත්තේ කෙසේ ද, බටහිර රටවල් මුහුණ දී සිටින ගැටලුව මොකක්ද, මේ සියල්ලෙන් අපට […]

චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ  මේ දිනවලදී කොරෝනා වෛරසය ජාත්‍යන්තර දේශපාලනයේදී හා ජාතික දේශපාලනයේදී මනරම් කාර්යභාරයක් ඉටුකරමින් සිටි. අප මේ වෛරසය හා ගනුදෙනු කිරීමේදී, ඉතා බුද්ධිමත්ව කටයුතුකර කොරෝනා වෛරසය ඉතිහාසයේ, විමුක්තිදායකයකුගේ කාර්යභාරය ඉටුකළ දෙවාශිර්වාදයක් බවට පරිවර්තනය කරගත හැක. ඉපදෙන සෑම සියලු දෙනෙක්ම මැරෙන අතර, කොරෝනා වෛරසය විසින් මේ මතක්කර දෙන්නේ, අමරණීයයි සිතාගෙන කටයුතු කරන මිනිසුන්ට මරණය ඔවුන් කරා […]

මුනියණ්ඩි කාලිදාස් කැඳවුම්කරු කඳුකර සහෝදරත්ව ව්‍යාපාරය ඉතා බිහිසුනු ලෙස කොරෝනා වෛරසය ලොවපුරා ජීවිත දහස් ගණනින් බිලිගනිමින් තිබෙන මොහොතක ලාංකික අප ද එම භයානක තත්වයට මුහුණදී සිටින්නෙමු. මෙම වෛරසය පැරදවීම සඳහා ආණ්ඩුව විසින් තීන්දු තීරණ ගණනාවක් ගෙන තිබුනද මෙරටේ විශාල පිරිසක් ජීවත්වන වතු ආශ‍්‍රිත ජනතාවගේ ජන ජීවිතය පිළිබඳ කිසිදු සාධාරණ තීන්දුවක් නොගැනීම සම්බන්ධව අපට තිබෙන්නේ මහත් […]