By Kelum Bandara Courtesy Daily Mirror Sri Lanka and China also signed an agreement for a grant of 600 million RMB grant (Rs.16.5 billion) for livelihood development in the island. Colombo, October 10: China responded positively to Sri Lanka’s request to cooperate in the provision of a vaccine being developed by it against COVID-19, a […]

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By P.K.Balachandran/Daily Mirror From the 16 th. to the 18 th.,Century, Jesus could be easily adopted as one of the Hindu gods like Vishnu and Natha and looked upon as a benevolent being. Virgin Mary could be absorbed as Pattini, Prof. Gananath Obeyesekere points out. Under the Sinhala Kings, Kandy showed a remarkable degree of […]

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By Sugeeswara Senadhira Courtesy Newsin.asia Opposition politicos and irresponsible social media blatantly misinterpreted police and court decisions on the release of Riaj Bathiudeen, brother controversial former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen, says Sugeeswara Senadhidra Colombo October 9 (Daily News): Sri Lanka’s Opposition politicians are ready to grab any weapon to attack the government as they have run […]

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Courtesy Newsin.Asia The Lankan President said he will prove that Hambantota port is not a debt trap laid by China but is a development project with high potential Colombo, October 9: Yang Jiechi, a member of the Chinese Communist Party’s Politburo and a former Foreign Minister, told Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa here on Friday, […]

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Courtesy Daily Mirror Labour Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva has directed the Labour Commissioner to immediately submit him a report regarding allegations levelled by several trade unions against the Brandix management that the company had allegedly failed to follow safety and health protocols. Minister de Silva said he informed the trade unions to file a […]

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Courtesy Daily Mirror The Public Health Inspectors Union of Sri Lanka claims that none of their members ever supervised any of those who were brought down from India in repatriation flights chartered by Brandix Apparel Ltd. who claim to have subjected all returnees to a 14 day self-quarantine. Secretary, Public Health Inspectors Union (PHIU), M. […]

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Courtesy Ada Derana Eleven employees of another apparel factory in the Katunayake Export Processing Zone (EPZ) have tested positive for Covid-19, the Administrative Public Health Inspector at the Health Medical Officer’s office in Seeduwa, Mr Suresh Kumara said. It is reported that more employees of the apparel factory in question were referred to PCR tests […]

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Courtesy AdaDerana Two workers of the Minuwangoda apparel factory and 101 close contacts of factory workers have tested positive for the virus. This increases the total positive cases from the Minuwangoda Covid-19 cluster to 1,186.

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