ජනමාධ්‍ය නිවේදනයයි ලංකා ගුරු සේවා සංගමය අතිගරු ජනාධිපති, ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්‍ෂ මැතිතුමා, ජනාධිපති ලේකම් කාර්යාලය, කොළඹ 01. ගරු ජනාධිපතිතුමනි, අධ්‍යාපනය සම්බන්ධව ජනාධිපති කාර්ය සාධන බලකායක් පිහිටුවීම සම්බන්ධවයි. ඔබතුමාගේ නියමය පරිදි ආණ්ඩුක‍්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 33 වන ව්‍යස්ථාවේ පැවරී ඇති බලතල ප‍්‍රකාරව ජනාධිපති ලේකම් පී. බී. ජයසුන්දර මහතා විසින් අංක 2169/2 හා 2020. 03.31 දිනැතිව නිකුත් කර ඇති අතිවිශේෂ […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Provincial health authorities said that the measures taken to combat the coronavirus have been effective Colombo, April 15 (newsin.asia): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday explored the possibility of an immediate resumption of day-to-day economic activities at the provincial level to sustain the national economy. Several representatives of the health sector including […]

BY JAMES CHAPPLE Courtesy ttg The carrier has suspended regular flights until 30 April, but is operating selected special services to repatriate visitors. Limited commercial flight options otherwise remain for Britons seeking to return from the island nation, according to the Foreign Office (FCO) – which has confirmed the Saturday flight. However, the FCO will […]

By Rathindra Kuruwita Courtesy The Diplomat Beijing first stepped forward to assist Colombo, a move with geopolitical ramifications. While countries like Sri Lanka have the capacity to implement a pandemic lockdown, they need technical assistance to test the extent of the spread of the novel coronavirus and to determine when it is safe to lift imposed […]

Courtesy Adaderana The curfew currently in force in the districts of Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara,  Puttalam, Kandy and Jaffna which have been identified as High Risk Zones will continue until further notice, the President’s Media Division announced. In all other districts, curfew will be lifted at 6.00am tomorrow, Thursday, the 16th April and will be re-imposed […]

Courtesy Adaderana UPDATE: The Department of Government Information says that the COVID-19 cases count in Sri Lanka stands at 238 as 5 positive cases were identified today (15).  Four out of them have been found from quarantine centres and two of them were under quarantine at the facility in Palaly when they tested positive for the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Investigations have revealed that Riyadh Bathiudeen –brother of former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen–has had direct links with an Easter Sunday suicide bomber. Police Media Spokesman SP Jaliya Senaratne revealed this at a special press conference held at the Department of Government Information today (15). On a day close to April 21, Riyadh Bathiudeen had […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa chaired a meeting at the Presidential Secretariat today (15) to explore the possibility of immediate resumption of day-to-day economic activities at provincial levels in order to safeguard the national economy. Several representatives of the health sector including all the Provincial Directors of Health briefed the President on current situation in […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Navy deployed its Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) SLNS ‘Samudura’ to seize a vessel loaded with a large consignment of drugs in high seas about 548 nautical miles (985km) off Sri Lankan shores.  The drug carrying vessel along with the suspects in connection to this drug racket were brought to the Dikkowita […]

Courtesy Adaderana A total of 113 persons from Nagalagam Street in Grandpass have been directed to mandatory quarantine process. According to reports, these people had been in contact with an individual from Suduwella, Ja-Ela who is suspected to have contracted the novel coronavirus – COVID-19. They have accordingly been directed to quarantine centres in Punani […]

Courtesy Adaderana The patients who tested positive for the novel coronavirus during the past few days appear to have a low viral load in them, says the Director General of Health Services. The spread of COVID-19 in the community is also at a minimum level as of now, Dr. Anil Jasinghe said joining ‘Derana Aruna’ […]

Malwatuoyasoya Media A Journey to the Heart of Civilization of Lanka Dedicated to the Children of the Irrigation Civilization https://youtu.be/bv8cCI_lLuw

By Mahendra (Speedy) Gonsalkorale. January 2019 Courtesy colombomedgrads1962.blogspot.com A Historical perspective of people who influenced it and of culture related to the song(I don’t claim this to be a scholarly treatise; it is based chiefly on internet resources)I discuss this subject in paragraphs and indicate the main subject in the sub-heading. You will see a […]

This refers to your letter addressed to the Sri Lankan President H E Gotabaya Rajapakse. It is unfortunate that you have been misinformed leading to you writing to a country’s President and exposing your ignorance. In Sri Lanka 7 COVID-19 deaths of which 3 are Muslim. Other than these 3 Muslims, all other Muslims have […]

By Rohana R. Wasala This article was partly inspired by Orpheus Perera’s commendable writeup under the title ‘Open letter from the Chinese embassy to the Editor of the Wijaya Newspaper’/Posted April 11, though my subject is not the same as his. As Perera’s article suggests, there are more plausible explanations of the actual origin of […]

චන්ද්‍රසිරි විජයවික්‍රම ලංකාවේ නියෝජිත ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදය නමැති නාස්ලණුව දමාගෙන දඟලන නියම ගොන් නාම්බෙක් නම් රංජන් රාමනායක නම් හිටපු මන්ත්‍රීය. ඇත්තවශයෙන්ම මට ඔහු ගැන ඇත්තේ අනුකම්පාවකි. ඔහුව මුරුංග අත්තේ තබනවා විනා ඔහුට ඔහුගේ මේ අවාසනාවන්ත හැසිරීමෙන් ගොඩaේමට සහාය දෙන කෙනෙක් නැද්ද? ඔහු කොරෝනා ආධාර බෙදන්නට ගියවිට ඔහුට ගම්පහ පැත්තේ ගෙවල් වල මිනිසුන් දක්වන ප්‍රතිචාරය අනුව ඊළඟ චන්දයකදී […]

Dilrook Kannangara China-bashing has raised its ugly head again. A section of Sri Lankans displays their anti-China hatred at any given moment. The twitter account of the Chinese embassy in Colombo was not functioning for some time and it was made into a China-bashing event. To their misfortune and for the fortune of most Sri […]

Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grover Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . Canada 14 April 2020 (Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day) Editor (Letters)THE OTTAWA CITIZENOttawa, On. Dear Editor: So I, as a Sinhalese-Sri Lankan-Canadian finally got it.   Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in his approach, to show the world Canada’s arrogant New World Order,  clinically and surgically removed Sri […]

By P.K.Balachandran/Daily Express Courtesy NewsIn.Asia President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is keen on holding the polls at the earliest despite reservations of the Election Commission There are indications that the postponed Sri Lankan parliamentary elections will be held on May 27 or 28, so that the newly elected parliament meets before the set three-month deadline of June […]

by Melani Manel Perera Courtesy AsiaNews.it The Archbishop of Colombo led Easter Mass without worshippers, streamed live, urging the faithful to bear witness to the resurrection of Christ through a new life, as an instrument of transformation of society.” About 218 people have tested positive so far for the COVID-19 virus. Colombo (AsiaNews) – Despite […]

By KYLIE WALTERS FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA Gordon Ramsay was a huge hit with audiences when he appeared in the premiere of MasterChef: Back to Win on Monday night as a guest judge. But the 53-year-old celebrity chef was left slightly red-faced when he made a terribly awkward gaffe while praising competitor Dani Venn on her […]

Courtesy Adaderana Fourteen new cases of COVID-19 infections have been confirmed in Sri Lanka, stated the Minister of Health. Accordingly, 15 new cases have been reported as of 10.30 pm today (14). With the addition of the new cases jump the total figure of coronavirus infections in the country to 233. All 15 cases have […]

Courtesy Adaderana World Health Organization (WHO) officials say not all people who recover from the coronavirus have the antibodies to fight a second infection, raising concern that patients may not develop immunity after surviving COVID-19. With regards to recovery and then reinfection, I believe we do not have the answers to that. That is an […]

Courtesy Adaderana The two police officers have been interdicted after they had punished several individuals violating the curfew in Colombo have been reinstated to service. Ada Derana on March 12, reported that two police officers had punished four persons who had violated the curfew at Darley Road, Maradana by forcing them to hold their ears […]

Courtesy Adaderana Riyadh Bathiudeen, brother of former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen, has been arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). The arrest has been made with regard to the probes on the Easter Sunday terror attacks which took place on April 21 last year.

Courtesy Adaderana Former MP Ranjan Ramanayake has been remanded until April 20 by the Gangodawila Magistrate’s Court. The former deputy minister was arrested last evening (13) on charges of violating curfew laws, abetting the violation of curfew laws and obstructing police officers in the execution of their duties. A person from Piliyandala had arrived at […]

Courtesy Adaderana A total of 1,606 individuals have been arrested for violating curfew orders during the last 24 hours ending from 6.00 am today (14). In the meantime, 373 vehicles were also taken into custody during this period. The Police said 26,637 persons have been placed under arrest for violating the curfew since March 20 […]

Emma Tucker Courtesy Daily Beast The first case of a dead body transmitting the coronavirus to a medical examiner was reported by scientists in Thailand, a discovery that has prompted concerns that those handling coronavirus victims might be at risk of infection, BuzzFeed News reported on Monday. This is the first report on COVID-19 infection […]

Courtesy Adaderana Three more COVID-19 positive patients have been identified increasing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 217. The Ministry of Health confirmed that these three new patients are also from the Punani quarantine centre. Earlier today, four new cases had been reported while all of them were from the Punani […]

Courtesy Ada Derana Former MP Ranjan Ramanayake has been arrested for obstructing the duties of police officers.  The former deputy minister was arrested, a short while ago, on charges of obstructing police officers in the execution of their duties, Senior DIG of Western Province Deshabandu Tennakoon said. He said that the arrest was made by […]