නීතිඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන 1. සංචාරකයන්ගේ පැමිණීම සීමා කිරීම, සංචාරක ප්‍රවර්ධන කටයුතු නතර කිරීම සහ සෑම සංචාරකයෙක්ම ලංකාවට පැමිණීමේදී තමා පිටත්වෙන රටෙන් “නිරෝධායන වූ බවට සහතිකය” ලබාගෙන තිබිය යුතු බවට නියම කිරීම සහ පූරණ සෞඛ්‍ය  පරීක්ෂණයට ලක් කිරීම. 2. රාජ්‍ය තාන්ත්‍රික කටයුතු සදහා පැමිණෙන සියලු දෙනා දින 14ක් නිරෝධායනය සදහා යොමු කිරීමෙන් පසු අදාල රාජ්‍ය තාන්ත්‍රික […]

Senaka Weeraratna What we do to animals ruthlessly and brutally the Coronavirus is doing likewise to humans, generating so much fear, alarm and anxiety. Do humans deserve pity, when we have no pity for innocent animals, who are eternal victims of our cruelty and inhumanity?    Senaka Weeraratna

By Rathindra Kuruwita Courtesy The Island The public should not let their guard down because of a decrease in the detection of COVID-19 patients, Dr. Haritha Aluthge of the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA), warned yesterday. Dr. Aluthge told The Island that though the official count of COVID-19 patients was 101, the actual number of infected people might be about 500.  The GMOA feared that many people were not able […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) today said that based on the experience from Hubei, China, It can be technically assumed that at present, 550 infected individuals are circulating within the population.” Issuing a situational report, they said 101 cases were confirmed by today (25) while 32 of them were among […]

Courtesy worldometers.info As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases reaches more than 82,000, including nearly 1,200 deaths, the US now has more cases than any other country. The latest global health data collected by Johns Hopkins University shows the US eclipsing hard-hit countries Italy and China as the nation struggles with a consistent response after delayed efforts to take the mounting Covid-19 crisis […]

Courtesy Adaderana Army officer Sunil Ratnayake who was on the death row over alleged murder has been released of his sentence. The court convicted Sergeant Ratnayake and he was to be hanged for the murder of 8 civilians in December 2000. Along with Ratnayake, 4 others had been charged with the same offense; however, they […]

Courtesy Adaderana As per the powers vested in the President under the Constitution, the responsibility to ensure that the civilian life moves on without any hindrance has been bestowed with the Presidential Task Force established to combat COVID–19 in Sri Lanka. Special Representative of the President Basil Rajapaksa has been appointed as the Chairman of […]

Sky News Bergamo’s streets are empty as it deals with a devastating number of coronavirus-related deaths – and residents have a warning for others.

Courtesy Sky News President Trump has admitted that New York City is “by far our biggest problem” – the city is now the epicentre of the outbreak in the US. New York State alone has accounted for more than 30,000 cases and close to 300 deaths, most of them in New York City.

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Meant to prevent crowding in markets. Delivery will take place even during curfew Colombo, March 25 (newsin.asia): In order to prevent uncontrolled gathering of people at market places amidst effort to combat COVID – 19, a special mechanism has been established by the govenment of Sri Lanka to deliver essential food items to […]

Courtesy Adaderana Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi says that as of 4.30 p.m. today (25), there have been no new Coronavirus positive patients reported in the country within the day. The minister confirmed this at the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak. Accordingly the total number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus in the country […]

Courtesy Adaderana he Department of Co-operative Development implemented the door-to-door dry rations sale program “Wait for Us, Stay at Home” in the Western Province today. Under this program, bags containing dry rations worth Rs 500 and Rs 1000 were provided to the public for purchase.  A system has also been introduced to deliver a bag […]

Courtesy Adaderana The President’s Media Division has announced the updated scheduled with the times for the lifting and re-imposition of the curfew currently in effect across the island. The President’s Media Division has announced the updated scheduled with the times for the lifting and re-imposition of the curfew currently in effect across the island. The […]

Courtesy Hiru News The President’s Media Division (PMD) stated the following with regard to the enforcement of curfew and the times that curfew will be relaxed. The Curfew currently enforced in Colombo, Gampaha and Kalutara districts will continue until further notice. The existing curfew in Puttalam, Vavuniya, Mannar, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu and Jaffna districts will be […]

Courtesy Hiru News The President has instructed the heads of commercial banks to keep all the banks open to facilitate trade and other essential transactions

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BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS It is reported that the world economy has commenced to unexpected backward as a result of the corona outbreak and many leaders have commented that this experience could be regarded as the main incident after a century of economic history.  The major impact would be unemployment and lower-income for families. It will […]

Dr. Daya Hewapathirane     Sri Lanka is the only country in the world that was visited by the Buddha on three different occasions. During these visits, the Buddha set foot on 16 different places within the country which are still venerated as sacred sites (for details see Deepawamsa written in the 3-4th century CE). Sri Lanka […]

by Tyler Durden Courtesy zerohedge.com Authored by Ben Norton via TheGrayZone.com, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has threatened the family members of International Criminal Court staff, vowing that Washington will take punitive action against them if the court tries American soldiers for war crimes. Pompeo also announced an intensification of unilateral US sanctions on Iran and Syria, which […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, March 24 (newsin.asia) — Sri Lankan authorities, on Tuesday declared three districts including capital Colombo as ‘high risk’ areas due to the rapid spread of COVID-19 and imposed an indefinite curfew there, a statement from the President’s Office said. As a result of the curfew, the statement said essential items including medicines […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Some people hope that outbreaks of the new coronavirus will wane as temperatures rise, but pandemics often don’t behave in the same way as seasonal outbreaks. March 24 (BBC) – Many infectious diseases wax and wane with the seasons. Flu typically arrives with the colder winter months, as does the norovirus vomiting bug. Others, […]

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Courtesy Adaderana The United States could become the new centre of the global coronavirus pandemic, according to the World Health Organization, which said case numbers were rising quickly there even as Donald Trump talked of re-opening the country for business. We are now seeing a very large acceleration in cases in the US. So it […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Many political party representatives have expressed their support for a national programme to prevent the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19), instead of convening a Parliament session, Prime Minister’s Office says. A meeting to discuss the current situation prevailing in the island, prompted by the Novel Coronavirus outbreak was worked off under the patronage of […]

Courtesy Adaderana Colombo, Gampaha and Kalutara districts have been identified as high risk areas for Coronavirus (Covid-19) and hence the curfew imposed on those districts will continue until further notice. Districts of Colombo, Gampaha and Kaluthara have been identified as high risk zones in view of the spread of COVID-19, the President’s Media Division said. […]

Courtesy Hiru News India’s 1.3 billion people will go into full lockdown from midnight Tuesday(24), for 21 days in a bid to slow down the coronavirus pandemic Lockdown measures were already in place from Monday in many major cities, but will now be extended to “every village, every district” in the nation, according to the […]

Courtesy Hiru News Police have arrested 2,405 persons who violated curfew regulations this afternoon. The Police Media Spokesperson’s office stated that 646 vehicles have been taken into custody during this period

Courtesy Hiru News The accepted medical theory is that young children are at greater risk of getting sick That is why every adult pays greater attention to young children. How do you protect your children in the face of the Coronavirus pandemic. This is the medical opinion.

KAMALIKA PIERIS Buddhism was accepted with enthusiasm in the north Indian republics of the Ganges region. People took robes in considerable numbers. In the lifetime of the Buddha there were 29 monasteries. There were 18 at Rajagaha, 4 at Vesali, 3 at Kosala and 4 at Kosambi. Over time, it became clear that a set […]