Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 cases count has soared to 718 as ten more persons tested positive for the virus, the Ministry of Health confirmed on Sunday (03). In the meantime, twelve coronavirus patients were discharged from hospital after regaining health today. On that account, recoveries tally in the country has moved up to 184. […]

Courtesy Adaderana An individual linked to the 2019 Easter Sunday terror bombings has been arrested in Kalpitiya by the Police. The suspect has been identified to be a trustee of an organization where Zahran Hashim, alleged ringleader behind the attacks, had conducted lectures. https://youtu.be/cxdaMXC5HVA Reportedly, the two sons of Mohamed Ibrahim had also conducted lectures […]

Courtesy Adaderana Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa says that Opposition’s efforts of reconvening the Parliament are aimed at using Parliamentary majority to block government finances, thereby sabotaging the anti-coronavirus campaign in order to bring the government into disrepute before the election. He points out that, in February, when there was no coronavirus threat, the opposition used […]

Courtesy Adaderana Several areas of Beruwala and Kandy, previously declared isolated areas over COVID-19, are reopened for the public from today (03). Pannila and Cheenakotuwa in Beruwala and Akrurana in Kandy were marked as isolated areas due to the high risk of COVID-19 infection. No persons were allowed to enter or leave the aforementioned areas. […]

Janaki Chandraratna This comment is in reference to the recent calls to end the Covid 19 lockdown in Sri Lanka. I was surprised at such demands made on the govt. when the country is still grappling with the unprecedented world pandemic. In particular, this request is in spite of the fact that lockdown is the […]

Rear Admiral ( Dr.) Sarath Weerasekera It is observed that in Canada, on the occasion of Sinhalese and Tamil new year, the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, extended his exclusive good wishes to just the Tamils.  There are more than three hundred thousand Sinhalese living in Canada and in contrast to his predecessors the Prime […]

Dr. Mervyn D. De Silva Poverty, unemployment, youth disillusionment, social and Institutional degradation, and disintegration, and environmental despoliation continues relentlessly to haunt the world and our country. All this takes place in the backdrop of widening gaps between the super-rich and rich, rich and the middle class, and, the middle-class and the desperately poor, neglected, […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Buddhism arrived in Sri Lanka during the time of the Buddha in the 6th century BC. The Maha Sangha however, was established 300 years later, when by prior arrangement, Arhat Mahinda brought in the Upasampada to the island. Arhat Mahinda was directly linked to Arhat Upali who had presided over the first Buddhist […]

Dr. Niroshana Wickramarathna, Ph.D., M.Sc., M.Ent., B.Sc.Senior Lecturer Kandy, Sri Lanka Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has already put our lives in jeopardy and exhibited potential to reshape the norms of our society. A mounting number of deaths being reported due to Covid-19 and pending economic recession have chilled us to the bone, social disruptions caused by locked-downs, […]

A Worried Citizen I think Sri Lanka has handled the Coronavirus issue brilliantly well compared to many of the developed countries. Please look at the numbers below from the BBC. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52491210 As you can see Belgium has the highest number of deaths per 100,000 people. I believe the reason for this is that Belgium is a […]

By A. Abdul Aziz. Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, peace be on him, Promised Messiah and Imam-al-Mahdi and Holy Founder of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Islam, in 1905, he warned the world in the following words:  Remember, God has informed me of many earthquakes. Rest assured, therefore, that as earthquakes have shaken America and Europe, so […]

Dr. Sarath Oveysekera  We are fighting Corona, which is a virus supposedly originated from animals. We are also supposed to be descendants of monkeys, and we are ruining the environment and forests in the name of development. Animals may be trying to eradicate their harmful descendants of their own by introducing these dreadful viruses. Elephants […]

සමස්ත ලංකා වතු කම්කරු සංගමය ගරු ජනාධිපතිතුමා ,කොරෝනා මර්ධන ජනාධිපති කාර්ය සාධක බලකාය, ජනාධිපති ලේකම් කාර්යාලය, ගාලූුු මුවදොර, කොළඹ-01 ගරු ජනාධිපති තුමණි වතු කම්කරු ජනතාවට රු 5000/= දීමනාව ලබා දීමට කඩිනමි අවදානය යොමුකරන ලෙස ඉල්ලීම කොරෝනා වෛරස් උවදුරේ බලපෑම හේතුවෙන් සියලූම ශ‍්‍රී ලාංකිකයින් මුහුණදී සිටින්නේ බලවත් අසීරුතාවයකටය. ඔවුන්ට තම තමන් නියැලූණ ආර්ථික කටයුතු වලින් ඉවත් […]

සමස්ත ලංකා හෙද සංගමය. භද්‍රාණී ජයවර්ධණ මහත්මිය ලේකම්, සෞඛ්‍ය හා දේශීය වෛද්‍ය අමාත්‍යංශය, සුවසිරිපාය, අංක 385, පුජ්‍ය බද්දේගම විමලවංශ හිමි මාවත කොළඹ 10. මහත්මියනි, #කොවිඩ්– 19 #Coved- 19 වසංගතය හමුවේ සේවා සපයන හෙද කාර්ය මණ්ඩලයේ අමතර සේවා, ප‍්‍රසිද්ධ නිවාඩු දින හා කාර්ය වියුක්ත නිවාඩු දින සේවය සදහා මුදල් ගෙවීම #කොවිඩ්- 19 #Coved- 19 වසංගතය මැඩලීම […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia But the government has laid down some conditions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus Colombo, May 1 (newsin.asia): Even as a curfew will be in force in the districts of Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara and Puttalam, civilian life and state and private sector activities will be resumed from Monday, May 11, the Sri […]

by C. A. Chandraprema Courtesy The Island Some members of the SLPP have expressed the fear that if the Parliament is reconvened as demanded by the opposition, the latter which has the majority in Parliament could present an impeachment motion against the President. Going by the behavior of the opposition, such fears may not be […]

Courtesy Hiru News Twelve (12) more persons have tested positive for Covid-19 (new coronavirus) infection. The country total has increased to 702 according to the latest information by the Epidemiology unit of the Ministry of Health. The daily numbers of the PCR tests performed have been released and the updates have captured the PCR tests […]

Courtesy Hiru News Assistant Director of the National Intelligence Service, Parakrama Silva says that all Covid-19 infected persons in the country are under their control. He made this statement while participating in a TV talk show today

By Rohana R. Wasala The online Asian Tribune of February 21, 2020, carried a profusely illustrated article under the title A Historical Leadership Program Launched by Professor Nandana Wijesinghe”. The event was reported to have been conducted on the weekend -14th -16th February 2020 at the Ridee Viharaya Conference Centre, Ridi(ya)gama, Kurunegala, organized by this […]

Prof. Chandana Jayalath, University of Vocational Technology Building-product imports from China account for nearly 70 percent of all Sri Lankan building supplies, making China the largest supplier of items such as machinery and equipment, iron and steel, drywall, and other components. Because many raw materials used and consumed in the local site assembly originate from […]

Dr sarath obeysekera  People stop eating McDonald’s, Kentucky, Pizza, Stirfry, P&S short eats, and yet people are surviving, because our bodies get adapted to such conditions .where people may not get what they really like to have. Even to bane a nice Malu Pan we cannot buy  yeast  There will be a shortage of coconuts […]

by Mrs. M. Weeraratna Note  This article was written by Mrs. Muriel Weeraratna in 2017 under the title ‘Buddhists must become vegetarians in the month of Vesak’ . She passed away on October 21, 2019 at the age 98 years (40 days days short of her 99th birthday anniversary). The views expressed in the article based on a […]

Courtesy Adaderana Restoration of normalcy in the civilian life and institutions in Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara and Puttalam districts will commence on Monday (May 11) while curfew is in force, says the President’s Media Division. Issuing a release, the PMD said the public and private institutions must resume functions from Monday onwards, in order to restore […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sixteen more individuals have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka as the total cases count soared to 690. The country has confirmed 25 positive cases of coronavirus as of 9.00 pm today (01). In the meantime, the Ministry of Health stated that five more COVID-19 patients have been discharged from hospital after […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, through his Secretary, responded yesterday (30) to the letter sent to him by former Member of Parliament Mangala Samaraweera on April 28. This response that was sent with Secretary to the President P. B. Jayasundera’s signature noted that the letter of Mr. Samaraweera has been compiled based on a number […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් අවශ්‍යතාවක් මතුවුවහොත් දිනකට සිදුකරන පී සී ආර් පරීක්ෂණ 3000 දක්වා වැඩි කිරීමට හැකියාව පවතින බව සෞඛ්‍ය සේවා අධ්‍යක්ෂ ජෙනරාල් විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍ය අනිල් ජාසිංහ පවසනවා. විශ්ව විද්‍යාල පද්ධතිය ද මෙම පරීක්ෂණ සිදු කිරීම හේතුවෙන් දිනකට සිදුකරන පරීක්ෂණ ප්‍රමාණය ඉහළ නැංවීමට හැකියාව ලැබී ඇති බවයි ඔහු පෙන්වා දෙන්නේ. චීනයෙන් පරිත්‍යාග ලෙස ලැබුනු පරීක්ෂණ […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් පවතින කොවිඩ් 19 ව්‍යසනය හමුවේ රජය විසින් අඩු අදායම්ලාභීන්ට ලබාදෙන රුපියල් පන්දහසේ දීමනාව දෙවන වටයක් තුලදීත් ලබාදීමට ජනාධිපතිවරයා වෙත තමන් ඉල්ලීමක් කළ බව අමාත්‍ය මහින්ද අමරවීර පවසනවා. මධ්‍ය වෙත අදහස දක්වමින් අමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළා.

The country is facing a situation it has never before had to face. Plucking Articles from the Constitution and crying to the Supreme Court without helping deal with the situation, shows how bankrupt the politicians making a furor are. It is they who are violating the spirit of democracy. This is no time to be […]