Courtesy Adaderana The government of Sri Lanka has decided to declare a period of six working days from 20th to 27th of March for employees of the public and private sectors to work from home. This measure is being implemented as a means to limit the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19) by minimizing movement and gathering […]

Courtesy Adaderana Several parties have submitted their nominations for the National List to the Elections Commission today (19). The national list of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) was handed over by the party Chairman Prof. G. L. Peiris and its General Secretary Attorney at Law Sagara Kariyawasam. The list with 29 names consist of Chairman […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has introduced several measures to ease the pressure on the exchange rate and prevent financial market panic due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Accordingly, licensed commercial banks and National Savings Bank are directed to adopt the following measures during the next three months, with immediate effect:  Suspend […]

By Rohana R. Wasala Courtesy The Island This is in response to two recent articles published in The Island that relate to the aftermath of the debate about the suitability of the booklet titled ‘Hathe Ape Potha’ as supplementary reading material for introducing sexuality and reproductive health education for Grade 7 students in Sri Lankan […]

ALI SUKHANVER For the last many years US has been providing immeasurable financial assistance and support to Afghanistan; it is a day-light fact. Under the banner of USAID program trillions of dollars have yet been spent in the fields of health and education there. According to a report published by the USAID, ‘the basic purpose […]

මහාචාය්‍ය _ නිමල් සේනානායක සමුද්‍ර ප්‍රකාශනයක් ‘වෛද්‍යවරයෙක් කතා කරයි’ මැයෙන ්පළවන පොත් පෙළෙහි 12වැනන් මහාචාය්‍ය _ නමිල් සෙන්ානායක ඉතා වැදගත් වූ රෝගයක් පිළිබදව ලිවීමට යොදාගෙන ඇත. අලූතින ් ව්‍යාප්තවන භයානක වෛරස ් රෝග අතුරෙන ්කොරෝනා වෛරසය වැදගත් වනේන ්එය ගැන නොදන්නා කරුණු බොහොමයක් තිබීමත්, එම කරුණු ගැන වෛද්‍ය විද්‍යාඥයිනේග් අවධානය යොමු වී ඇති නසිාත්ය. මෙම […]

නීතිඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ විනිශ්චයකාර ජේ. ජී. ටී. වීරරත්න (සභාපති වි), එස්. ශර්වානන්ද (වි) සහ අභියාචනාධිකරණ විනිසුරු කේ.සී.ඊ. ද අල්විස් (වි) සමන්විත විශේෂ ජනාධිපති පරීක්ෂණ කොමිෂන් සභාව විසින් 1980 අගෝස්තු 29වන දින ඉදිරිපත් කළ වාර්තාවේ පරිදි සිරිමා ආර්. ඩී. බණ්ඩාරනායක විසින් කරනු ලැබූ බලය අනිසි ලෙස හෝ අයථා ලෙස පාවිච්චි කිරීම හේතු කොට ඇය […]

නීතිඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව ආරක්ෂා කොට අනුගමය කරන බවට වන ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 4වන සහ 7වන උපලේඛනවල ඇති දිව්රුම් දීම සෑම පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරයෙකුම සිදු කරයි. එකී දිව්රුම කඩ කිරීම බලවත් වරදකි. එමෙන්ම නීතිය නොදැනීම සමාවට කරුණක් නොවේ යන්න පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට සහ එහි මන්ත්‍රීවරුන්ටද අදාල වේ. පනත් කෙටුම්පතක් සම්මත කිරීම සහ පනත් කෙටුම්පතක් නීතියක් […]

Courtesy Adaderana Police curfew imposed within Puttalam District and Negombo-Kochchikade area to contain the spread of COVID-19 within the country will be lifted at 8.00 am today (19), says the Department of Government Information. However, curfew will be re-imposed at 2.00 pm in the afternoon and will be in force until further notice, the Police […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has requested foreign governments to facilitate the appropriate extension of visas for Sri Lankans currently visiting their countries, and facing difficulty to return to Sri Lanka on account of the travel bans that have and will become applicable as part of the control measures on COVID- 19. Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha […]

Courtesy Adaderana Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) has launched investigations into the controversial statements made to the media by former MPs Rajitha Senaratne and Sarath Fonseka on COVID-19, stated the Police. The police media Division said in a statement that it is to be investigated whether the statements had been made to cause undue fear and […]

Courtesy Adaderana Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi says that 9 more patients who had tested positive for Coronavirus have been identified in the country bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 50.  Speaking at a press briefing of the National Operation Center for Prevention of COVID- 19, she stated that 41 patients had been identified […]

Courtesy BBC Schools in the UK are to shut from Friday until further notice as a response to the coronavirus pandemic. Schools will close except for looking after the children of keyworkers and vulnerable children, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said. This academic year’s exams will not go ahead in England and Wales; decisions are […]

Courtesy Adaderana All Sri Lankan pilgrims returning from India will be directed to quarantine centers, stated Army Commander Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva. Speaking at a special press conference currently ongoing, Silva requested all foreigners in the country to curtail their movement within the country in order to avoid infection and limit the spread of the […]

Courtesy Adaderana With South-East Asia reporting more than 480 cases of COVID-19 and eight deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday called for countries to act now” and urgently scale-up aggressive” measures to tackle the disease.  Dr. Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director, warned that the situation is evolving rapidly.  More clusters of virus […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka and China Development Bank have signed an agreement for a financing facility of US$ 500 million for development efforts. Earlier, Senior Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Nandalal Weerasinghe stated that the Government is in the middle of negotiating a loan from the China Development Bank, which could be […]

Orpheus Perera Scientists are still trying to find out how and where this virus came from. The first casualties were discovered in a large crowded city of Wuhan in China. This does not mean that it originated there. People who are prejudiced against Chinese, most people in Sri Lanka making up stories and put on […]

සමෘද්ධි සංවර්ධන නිළධාරීන්ගේ සංගමය ලේකම්, එස්. හෙට්ටිආරච්චි මහතා, රාජ්‍ය පරිපාලන අමාත්‍යාංශය, නිදහස් චතුරස‍්‍රය, කොළඹ 07. ලේකම්තුමනි, දිස්ත‍්‍රික් ලේකම් කාර්යාල/ ප‍්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කාර්යාල වල සේවයේ නියුතු ආශ‍්‍රිත සේවා නිලධාරීන් ඇතුළු කාර්ය මණ්ඩල සඳහා ද නිවාඩු ලබා දීමට පියවර ගන්න. 2020 මාර්තු 17 සිට දින 3 ක් රජයේ ආයතන හා සේවාවන් කීපයක සේවකයින් සඳහා රජයේ නිවාඩු ලබා […]

ලසන්ත වික්‍රමසිංහ කිරි ගොවීන්ගේ කිරි නිෂ්පාදනය මිල දී ගැනීමට මිල්කො සමාගම සූදානම්. මේ වන විට රටේ පවතින වාතාවරණය හේතුවෙන් ඇතැම් කිරි ගොවීන් හට ඔවුන්ගේ කිරි අලෙවි කර ගැනීමේ අපහසුතා ඇති වන බව අපට වාර්තා වී ඇත. එය සැළකිල්ලට ගෙන කිරි ගොවීන් නිපදවන දේශීය කිරි අඛණ්ඩව මිල දී ගැනීමට මිල්කො සමාගම විසින් තීරණය කර තිබේ. එබැවින් මහවැලි, කෘෂිකර්ම, වාර්මාර්ග හා ග්‍රාමීය […]

සමස්ත ලංකා වරාය පොදුසේවක සමිතිය සභාපති, ශ‍්‍රී ලංකා වරාය අධිකාරිය, කොළඹ. ගරු සභාපතිිතුමනි, අත්‍යවශ්‍ය සේවා යටතේ ක‍්‍රියාත්මක වන ශ‍්‍රී ලංකා වරාය අධිකාරියේ නාවික හා ක‍්‍රියාකරවන කොට්ඨාශ තුල නෞකා සමග ඍජුවම සම්බන්ධව කටයුතු කරන සේවකයන් වෙත කොරෝනා වෛරසය ආසානය වැළැක්වීමට ක‍්‍රියා කිරීම. අප වෘත්තීය සමිතිය මගින් 2020. 01. 29 දින ඔබ වෙත යොමුකළ ලිපියේ සඳහන් කොරෝනා […]

by Professor Carlo Fonseka Courtesy: The Buddhist (YMBA) After much thought, I have become convinced of the validity of the Buddhist approach to human conditions. I will tell you very briefly, as to how I arrived at that conviction.  A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE I was born into a Roman Catholic family and received a very orthodox […]

QuickTake by Bloomberg A SWAT team in China’s Henan province practiced taking down an uncooperative driver in a staged drill at an official coronavirus checkpoint. China’s unprecedented lockdown and restrictions may have blunted the coronavirus’s spread and averted hundreds of thousands of cases, according to a team of medical experts that visited the outbreak’s epicenter […]

මහින්ද තොරතුරු Lock Down කිරීම යනු: ජනතාව කිසියම් නිශ්චිත ප්‍රදේශයකට ඇතුළු වීම හෝ පිටවීම වළකාලීමයි. ඒ හරහා හමුදාව සහ පොලිසිය හැරුණ විට රටේ අනෙකුත් සියල්ලන්ටම සිදුවන්නේ තමන්ගේ ගෙවල් ඇතුළට වී සිටීමටයි. චීනයේ වූහාන් පළාත රටෙන් පහළොවෙන් එකකටත් වඩා අඩු ප්‍රදේශයක්. ලෝකයේ සිටින අති විශාලතම හමුදාවට පුළුවන් අන්න ඒ කුඩා ප්‍රදේශයේ ජන ජීවිතයට අවශ්‍ය ආහාර ඇතුළු […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia March 17 (Daily Mirror) – Several attendees of the big match held between S. Thomas’ College and Royal College last weekend have gone into self- quarantine after a SriLankan Airlines First Officer who attended the matches tested positive for the COVID-19, the Daily Mirror learns. Several companies, last night also informed its employees […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Landing of passenger flights to be banned from midnight of March 18, but normal life to continue with some restrictions Colombo, March 17 (newsin.asia): Here is the full text of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s address to the nation on the crisis created by the spreading COVID-19 virus: Today, I am addressing you […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Holidays and avoidance of large gatherings are currently the preferred ways to stall the spread of the virus Colombo, March 17 (newsin.asia): The Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, on Tuesday allayed fears that the government is thinking of imposing a lockdown of the country to control the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Speaking […]

Emma Graham-Harrison Courtesy  The Guardian Cancelled flights, airport shutdowns and soaring ticket prices all preventing people returning home Australians stranded around the world by cancelled flights, airport shutdowns or soaring ticket prices say they want to heed their government’s advice to return home during the pandemic – but don’t know how. From the UK to Sri Lanka, Latin America […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The government should not act like Nero, who played the fiddle when Rome was burning or beat about the bush but should announce a complete lock-down to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Leader Sajith Premadasa told a news conference today. Many countries have cancelled all events and […]

Courtesy Adaderana The United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alaina B. Teplitz, on behalf of the American people, presented a donation of equipment that will help protect airport personnel Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) and prevent the spread of COVID-19. The donation of Dupont Tyvek coveralls, nitrile gloves, heavy-duty work gloves, boot covers, and cleaning supplies […]

Courtesy Adaderana Due to the spread of the Covid-19 virus in the country, it has been decided to extend the validity period of all types of Visas issued to all foreigners who are currently residing in Sri Lanka, stated the Department of Government Information. The validity period of all types of Visas will be extended […]