Courtesy Adaderana The Board of Directors of Citrus Waskaduwa (Waskaduwa Beach Resort PLC) took into account the current crisis faced by the Nation and the world at large. The Board noted that the occupancies of the hotels in the Citrus Group have dropped to a bare minimum and considering the global and local travel restrictions, […]

Courtesy The Daily News Hemas Holdings Plc has offered its Club Hotel Dolphin in Negombo as a quarantine centre to the Government if the need arises, as part of wider public-private sector efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Speaking to Daily Mirror, Mr. Abbas Esufally, Chairman of HEMAS Leisure stated that, we feel that […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Hotels Association of Sri Lanka (THASL) today said that the Association is willing to work with the membership to offer selected hotel facilities in the battle against preventing the spread of COVID-19 in the country. THASL President Sanath Ukwatte said the members of the association have been following with deep […]

Courtesy Adaderana Another person has tested positive for Covid-19 in Sri Lanka, bringing the total number of infected persons to 77, says Minister of Health Pavithra Wanniarachchi. Earlier this evening (21), four new positive coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in the country. Accordingly, the Covid-19 case tally in the country now stands at 77. The majority of […]

Courtesy Adaderana Another inmate injured in the Anuradhapura Prison shooting incident has succumbed to his injuries, stated the Director of Anuradhapura Hospital. This brings the total number of deaths in the incident to 2, stated the Hospital Director. A tense situation occurred at the Anuradhapura Prison this evening (21) leading to a shooting incident. Previously, […]

Courtesy Adaderana Police Media Division stated that 180 individuals have been arrested over violating the curfew within the time period between 6 pm yesterday (20) and 9 pm today (21). The government yesterday (20) imposed an island-wide curfew from 6.00 pm until 6.00 am on Monday (23). The curfew was enforced as a means to […]

Corona virus has today impacted 182 countries with 246,467 confirmed cases and 10,047 deaths. In fact, though China had 80,967 confirmed cases the death toll was 3,248 and China proudly claims zero cases in China. However, Italy with 41,035 confirmed cases has 3,405 deaths exceeding that of China. What did China do right and what […]

Courtesy Adaderana Two more persons have tested positive for Coronavirus, increasing the total number of cases in Sri Lanka to 72, Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi said. As of yesterday (19), the number of Covid-19 patients in the country stood at 59. However, 13 new patients have identified within today alone. According to reports, over 200 […]

Dr. Daya Hewapathirane By regular practice of Bhavana” or Buddhist meditation, one could go beyond everyday consciousness to a deeper level of consciousness or a deep state of mental calm which leads one to a state of awakening to realities of life, to self-understanding and the ultimate meaning of life. According to the teachings of […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS This essay concludes the discussion on the contrived failure of Eelam War II and III.  The essay starts with the Millenium City Raid.  The Intelligence branch of the Sri Lanka army had carried out top-secret covert operations from a safe house in Millennium City Housing scheme at Aturugiriya.  It is usual for armies […]

Courtesy The Straits Times COLOMBO/RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN (REUTERS) – Sri Lanka imposed a nationwide weekend curfew on Friday (March 20) as South Asian countries escalated efforts to check the spread of coronavirus across the densely populated region of 1.9 billion people. South Asia appears to have been less hard hit than elsewhere in the world, but the rate […]

Courtesy The Daily News The Government today requested the public to strictly adhere to the social distancing policy of one metre at public places. In a statement, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said this should be adhered to while travelling in public transport as well. “In order to observe the social distancing in buses and […]

Sandun A. Jayasekera Courtesy The Daily News The cabinet gave the nod on Wednesday (18) to allocate a massive Rs. 75 billion to settle unpaid bills of the Yahapalana government to small and middle-level development projects, fertiliser companies, banks and many other investors, goods and services suppliers, cabinet spokesman, Minister Bandula Gunawardana said yesterday. Addressing […]

Courtesy Adaderana An island-wide curfew will be imposed from 6.00 pm today (20) until 6.00 am on Monday (23), says the President’s Office. The curfew is to be imposed with a view to prevent violation of provisions and regulations of the Quarantine and Prevention of Diseases Ordinance imposed for prevention of spreading COVID – 19 […]

Courtesy Adaderana PM urges public to follow medical, government advice properly to beat coronavirus Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today (20) urged the public to take well thought out decisions amidst the global Covid-19 pandemic while assuring that the government has taken necessary measures to face any crisis situation. In a special statement, the Premier also […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Mayor of Dambulla and another individual have been arrested in connection with organising and participating in a bicycle race, despite a ban on such events and large gatherings due to the Covid-19 outbreak, police said. The bicycle race had commenced in the Dambulla town yesterday (19) morning while the start of the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Road Development Authority (RDA) says that all expressways will be closed for motorists from 4.00 p.m. today (20). RDA Chairman Chaminda Athuluwage stated that vehicles will no be allowed entry to any of the expressways from 4.00 p.m.  The decision has been taken owing to the curfew to be imposed island-wide from […]

Courtesy Adaderana The government has banned leisure trips, pilgrimages and tours within the country with immediate effect until further notice. President’s Media Division (PMD), issuing a communique in this regard, stated that this decision is coming into effect as a preventive measure to protect the general public from the risks of coronavirus outbreak in the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Railway Control Room says that all train services will be halted from 3.30 p.m. today and will resume at 6.00 a.m. on Monday (23). Accordingly, the train departing at 3.30 p.m. from Fort Railway Station to Mahawa will be the final train journey of the day, it said. The decision has been […]

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උපුටාගැණීම  මව්බිම කටුනායක ගුවන් තොටුපොළේදී නිරෝධායන මධ්‍යස්ථානයකට යැවීමට සූදානම් කර සිටියදී තම ගුවන් ගමන් බලපත්‍ර ඇතුළු ලියකියවිලි දමා පැනගිය විදේශිකයකු බේරාගැනීමට හිටපු මුස්ලිම් ඇමැතිවරයකු ආගමන විගමන නිලධාරීන්ට බලපෑම් කර ඇතැයි ඊයේ (18 වැනිදා) අනාවරණය විය. මෙම විදේශිකයා ඇමෙරිකාවේ සිට පැමිණි එංගලන්ත ජාතිකයෙකි. හිටපු ඇමැතිවරයා කොළඹ දිස්ත්‍රික්කය නියෝජනය කළ අයෙක්. එංගලන්ත ජාතිකයා නිරෝධායන මධ්‍යස්ථානයකට යැවීමට ඊයේ […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Revised 24.3.20 This essay, which is a continuation of the previous essay, gives other reasons for the bungling of Eelam War II and III. One reason was the attitude of the army high command in Colombo. The army high command of this period   was not interested in winning Eelam war II or III. […]

ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර. මහනුවර ශ්‍රීමත් ජනාධිපති තුමනි, 19.3.20202. උද්ගතව ඇති මේ මහා ජාතික ආපදා අවස්ථාවෙදී ජනතාවගේ ජීවිත හා රටේ ආරක්ෂාව සඳහා වහාම පහත සඳහන් පියවර ගන්නා මෙන් මම ඔබතුමාගෙන් ඉතා ඕනෑකමින්  හා ගවුරවයෙන් ඉල්ලා සිටිමි 1මේ අවස්ථාවේදී ඡන්දයක් පැවත්වීමට වඩා මිනිස් ජීවිත රැක ගැනීම වැදගත් නිසා සෞක්ය බලධාරින් සහතික කරණතුරු මැතිවරණය වහාම කල්දැමීම 2 වහාම ක්‍රියාත්මක […]

Sharon Lerner Courtesy The Intercept AS THE NEW CORONAVIRUS spreads illness, death, and catastrophe around the world, virtually no economic sector has been spared from harm. Yet amid the mayhem from the global pandemic, one industry is not only surviving, it is profiting handsomely. Pharmaceutical companies view Covid-19 as a once-in-a-lifetime business opportunity,” said Gerald Posner, […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, March 19 (newsin.asia) – All 59 patients who have to date tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka are in stable condition and are being treated by a senior medical team of doctors and nurses and are under close observation, the Health Ministry said.We are satisfied with the state of recovery of […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia In Sri Lanka it will be held at 12.30 pm local time at the Ministry of Health. Beijing, March 19 (China Daily): China will hold a video conference with more than 10 countries in the European-Central Asian region and South Asia on prevention and control of novel coronavirus disease on Friday, Foreign Ministry […]

Courtesy Adaderana Police curfew will be imposed within the Ja-Ela and Wattala Police Divisions from 10 pm tonight (19). The curfew will be in effect until further notice, stated the Police Spokesperson. Previously, the government imposed police curfew in 11 police divisions in Puttalam, 7 in police divisions in Chilaw and the Kochchikade police division […]

Courtesy Adaderana UPDATE (4.22 p.m.) – Three more Coronavirus patients have been identified today bringing the total confirmed cases in Sri Lanka to 59. Director General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe said a small child, a 64-year-old patient from Colombo North Teaching Hospital and 23-year-old youth from IDH Hospital have tested positive for the virus.  He […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Election Commission (EC) has decided to postpone the General Election 2020, which was set to be held next month. Holding a special media briefing at the Election Commission this afternoon (19), its Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya said the General Election will not be held on April 25 as scheduled. The Election Commission has […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Cabinet of Ministers has decided that the Prime Minister, the Cabinet Ministers, the former Speaker and former Opposition Leader would be required to make certain payments to the government for the use of official vehicles and official residences, if they participate in activities promoting the party or candidature during this pre-election period.  […]