By Shivanthi Ranasinghe Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Preconceived notions lead to distortions in reporting on the issue At the time of writing, Sri Lanka has suffered six deaths due to complications arising from the COVID-19 virus. Information on the latest victim, who died few hours ago, is yet to be made public. Three of the victims were […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Says coverage is motivated and contrary to facts Colombo, April 8 (newsin.asia): On 8th April, Mr. Luo Chong, the Spokesperson of the Embassy of China in Sri Lanka wrote an open letter to Mr. Ranjith Wijewardene, the Chairman of the Wijeya Newspapers Ltd, presenting the Embassy’s strong position against the irresponsible publication of […]

Courtesy Adaderana Confirmed COVID-19 infections in Sri Lanka has reached 190 as another patient tested positive for the virus today (09). The Health Ministry stated that two more coronavirus patients have been discharged after recovering completely. Accordingly, the number of patients who recovered from the virus now stands at 49. The Epidemiology Unit of the […]

Courtesy Hiru News Minister of Health Pavithra Wanniarachchi has appreciated the contribution made by Samurdhi Managers and officers towards the programme the government is carrying out in conjunction with the eradicating the Corona Virus. The Minister had said at a discussion held with representatives of trade unions of the Samurdhi Department today that the overall […]

Courtesy Hiru News The President of the Government Medical Officers Forum Dr. Rukshan Bellana said that the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) has deceived the President as well as the Prime Minister. He alleged that the doctors representing trade unions who had joined the Presidential Task Force were those who did not have any qualifications […]

Courtesy Adaderana A meeting between President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and medical experts representing various fields was held at the Presidential Secretariat today (09) with the aim of obtaining much needed expert medical opinion on how to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the country promptly. During this meeting, the steps that have been taken by the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Secretary to the President, Dr. P.B. Jayasundara has sent a letter to the Chairman of the Election Commission, Mahinda Deshapriya in response to the letters sent by the Chairman of Election Commission to the President with regard to the parliamentary election. The Chairman of the Election Commission had sent letters to the Secretary […]

Courtesy Adaderana Any person who crosses district borders in violation of curfew will be compulsorily sent to quarantine centers for a 14-day quarantine process. DIG Ajith Rohana said that this decision will be in effect from tomorrow (April 10).

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BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS When I was talking to people in Sri Lanka as well as those who were overseas, they expressed that Sri Lanka needs a partial dictatorship for efficient and clean administration. Major news items in print and web media at present are mainly focusing on corruption, misappropriation, cheating, and information related to the […]

චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ මාක්ස්වාදය යනු මේ ලෝකය හා ස්වභාවයේ හැසිරීම සම්බන්ධව සාකච්චා කරන තවත් දර්ශනයකි. මේ දර්ශනය තුලින් සමාජයේ පරිනාමය සම්බන්ධව ඉතා ගැඹුරින් සාකච්චා කොට අනාගතයේදී බිහිවන සමාජක්රම හා ඒවායේ ව්‍යුහයන් ඉතා පැහැදිලිව ඉදිරිපත් කොට ඇත. අපි දන්නවා චාර්ල්ස් ඩාවින් විසින් සත්ව පරිනාමවාදය ඉදිරිපත්කොට සමාජය හා මිනිස් මනස නව තලයකට ඔසවා තැබූ බව. ඒ දාර්ශනිකව පහල […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම FB වජිර කමල් සමරක්කොඩි බ්‍රිතාන්‍යයේ ලංඩන් නුවර සිට බ්‍රිතාන්‍යයේ රජයෙන් COVID 19 positive ආසාදිතයින් මරා දමන්නේ නැහැ .. පුලුවන් තරම් උත්සාහ කරන්නේ අමාරු ලෙඩ්ඩු සුව කරන්න .. මට ගසා තිබුණ මැශින් එකත් මගෙන් ගලවා මට වඩා අසාදිතය රෝගියා ට ගැසුවා .. මට ඒකට ලොකු සතුටක් දැනුනා … මගෙ ජිව්තය නැති උනත් ඔහුව බේරා […]

Chanaka Bandarage Even before the Portuguese’ arrival, Pettah had been a major trading place.  Due to its proximity to Colombo Port (Kolom Thota), the Kotte kings erected warehouses in Pettah to store spices, vegetables, fruits, grains, ivory and timber geared for export. Pettah (also, Fort) used to station tusker elephants that Sri Lanka (then Sinhale) […]

Dr sarath obeysekera  We all are educated and warned over and over by authorities that a fair physical distance should be maintained at all times So a group has initiated a WhatsApp group to practice meditation remotely at home from 6 to 7 in the morning and evening. The only message the members was supposed […]

Courtesy Adaderana Another COVID-19 death confirmed in Sri Lanka today (08) has brought the fatalities count to 7. The Ministry of Health said the deceased is a 44-year-old male who was being treated at the Infectious Disease Hospital in Angoda. He is reportedly a gem businessman from Mount Lavinia, who had returned to the country […]

Courtesy Adaderana One more patient has tested positive for coronavirus, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 189 as of 6.00 p.m. today (8). Meanwhile two COVID-19 patients have recovered and have been discharged from hospital. This bring the total number of patients who have recovered to 44. According to the […]

Courtesy Adaderana There is an increased risk of coronavirus infections if the current system implemented in the country is relaxed, says Director-General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe. Therefore, it is important to continue the curfew in order to maintain social distance, he said. Dr. Jasinghe mentioned this joining the ‘Derana Aruna’ Breakfast Show on […]

There is much hullabaloo over the pardoning of Corporal Sunil Ratnayake by President Gotabaya Rajapake. The usual set of culprits are 24×7 preoccupied in carrying out a globally hyped campaign against the decision. Everyone does make mistakes. People are afterall human. There is no 100% perfect entity. No one is not unbiased. Plenty of Judges […]

By Garvin Karunaratne A word of praise is due to our President Gotabhaya, his team and the doctors of the Health Service for the excellent manner they are tackling the Coronavirus Epidemic. Sri Lanka stands far ahead in the manner they are tackling the epidemic. We have so far had six deaths while the UK […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera  In the cities and villages people in Sri Lanka have lived harmoniously helping each other and enjoying good times and share the sorrow  I have sadly noted that our neighbors do not even talk to each other let alone distancing physically  People have become selfish like in the Western countries where they […]

චන්ද්‍රසිරි විජයවික්‍රම, LL.B.,Ph.D. හෙළ ජාතික අභිමානේ වැඩු විරුවන් සේ පොරණේ දිනු මව්බිම සව්සිරියෙන් සරසව් පිබිදෙව් පිබිදෙව් සැරසෙව්…// වීර විකුම් පෑ පෙර දරුවෝ, දෙස රැස මුර කෙරුවෝ ඒ ලෙය ඇති ඔබ සුරවිරුවෝ – නොමවව් ණයකරුවෝ දැය දියුණට පැද යන නැවියා ගොවියා බිම දෙවියා විපතෙහි සැපතෙහි නොසැලෙයි නොතැවෙයි අටලෝදම හුරු හෙළයා විපතෙහි සැපතෙහි නොසැලෙයි නොතැවෙයි අටලෝදම හුරු […]

Dr sarath obeysekera  A news item today indicates that police headquarters will be issuing curfew passes for employees of companies having 50 or more workers  Having bitter experience with area police officers in obtaining a curfew pass for myself as a CEO o export-oriented shipbuilding industry, I  have to watch and see how new procedure […]

by Asanga Abeyagoonasekera* The oldest form of systemic risk, which is that arising from viruses and pandemics”  Ian Goldin & Mike Mariathasan, The Butterfly Defect (Princeton 2014) ‘Pain of one nation is the pain of another; as we are all interconnected’ was the opening sentence of  my 2015 book ‘Towards a better world order’. We are […]

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Courtesy URO Today Study co-authored by Indian-American cancer surgeon comes even as clinical trials on the efficacy of BCG vaccine for Covid-19 are underway. San Francisco, California (UroToday.com) Countries that do not have a BCG vaccination policy saw ten times greater incidence of and mortality from Covid-19, compared with those who do, a forthcoming study […]

Kevin O’Sullivan Environment & Science Editor Courtesy The Irish Times Study shows countries with vaccination programmes have far fewer cases On Monday, scientists in Melbourne, Australia, started administering BCG vaccine or a placebo to thousands of healthcare workers. More striking” evidence has emerged that the BCG vaccine given to counter TB may provide protection against Covid-19 […]

By Akshat Rathi Courtesy bloomberg.com Countries with mandatory policies to vaccinate against tuberculosis register fewer coronavirus deaths than countries that don’t have those policies, a new study has found. The preliminary study posted on medRxiv, a site for unpublished medical research, finds a correlation between countries that require citizens to get the bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine and those showing […]

Courtesy Adaderana Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has urged the general public to give utmost support to the government’s efforts to save the country from COVID-19 outbreak. He stated this today (07), delivering a special statement on the situation that prevails in the country. In his address to the nation, the Premier outlined the measures taken […]

Courtesy Adaderana A decision has been taken to close the Dambulla Dedicated Economic Center until further notice. The lack of proper hygiene procedures followed by the public who visit the center is the reason behind this decision, according to Chairman of the Economic Center Trade Association Channa Arawwa. He added that there is a risk […]

Courtesy Adaderana Two more patients have been confirmed to have contracted the novel coronavirus earlier this evening (07), said the Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry. Seven new patients have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus as of 7 pm today. Accordingly, the confirmed COVID-19 case count in Sri Lanka rises to 185. A total […]