Courtesy Hiru News A special discussion was held today (02) with the participation of the Minister of Health Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi and five State Ministers regarding the medicine developed by a local doctor in Kegalle to control Covid. >Indigenous physician Dhammika Bandara, who developed the drug, was also present at the discussion held at the […]

By Rohana R. Wasala A heated exchange took place in parliament a couple of days ago (November 26 or 27) about the so-called Batticaloa Sharia University between Opposition MP Kavinda Jayawardane of the Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) and Minister of Education Prof. G.L. Peiris MP (SLPP), as reported on Hiru TV. Following is a rough […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS USA  made its future military plans clear to those listening in Sri Lanka. At the Galle Dialogue 2017, Admiral Scott Swift,  Pacific Fleet Commander  said they look forward to the expansion of our military to military relations. It was necessary to build trust and cooperation to address multilateral challenges. With  [certain] realities creeping […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Sri Lanka’s strategic military location in the Indian Ocean    and the value of Trincomalee to the USA was well understood by the Sri Lanka intelligentsia in the 1950s.  The intelligentsia knew that Trincomalee harbor could comfortably hold the 7th Fleet of the US Navy. This was mentioned regularly in drawing rooms in the […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය නැවුම් උපාය මාර්ග යොදමින් රටේ ආර්ථිකය ශක්තිමත් කිරීමේ වගකීම සහ අභියෝගය භාර ගැනීමට රජය සූදානම් බව ශ්‍රී ලංකා වාණිජ මණ්ඩලය සංවිධානය කළ ශ්‍රි ලංකා ආර්ථික සමුළුව -2020 ට අන්තර්ජාල වීඩියෝ තාක්ෂණය ඔස්සේ එක්වෙමින් අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා අද 2020.12.02 දින අවධාරණය කළේය. අප රටට තීරණාත්මක ඉදිරි වසර කිහිපයේ ආර්ථිකය ශක්තිමත් කර ගැනීම උදෙසා රාජ්‍ය හා […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් කොහොම වෛරසය ශරීරයෙන් ඉවත් කිරීම සඳහා නිෂ්පාදනය කර ඇති දේශීය ඖෂධය සෞඛ්‍ය ඇමතිනී පවිත්‍රා වන්නිආරච්චි මහත්මිය විසින්ද භාවිතා කළාය. සෞඛ්‍ය අමාත්‍ංශයේදී පැවති මාධ්‍ය හමුවකදී ඇය මෙම ඖෂධය භාවිතා කරන ලදී. අදාළ ඖෂධය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඉදිරි පරීක්ෂණ කටයුතු සඳහා විශේෂඥ කමිටුවක් පත් කරන ලද බවත් එහි නිගමන අනුව ඉදිරි ක්‍රියාමාර්ග ගන්නා බවත් […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Being the first to report the virus does not mean that the virus had its origin in the Chinese city of Wuhan BEIJING/WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) — A newly released study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that COVID-19 was likely in the United States as early as […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island * Over 2,400 inmates on their own within complex * Death toll reachers 11, could rise further * Clashes among prisoners injure 80 * Doctor under investigation * Rioters popped more than 21,000 pills A high-level investigation into the Mahara Prison riot took an unexpected turn yesterday (1) following […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The death toll has been increased to 11 inmates. Autopsies of the bodies will be conducted in due course after the magisterial inquest. Inmates accused of fighting among themselves, in drug-induced frenzy Over 21,000 hypnotic drug tablets stored at prison hospital Investigation into conduct of medical officer attached to prison hospital […]

Courtesy Hiru News Two more covid-19 related deaths have been reported in Sri Lanka. The overall death count in the country due to Covid-19 has increased to 124. The two deaths reported today were;1. A 66-year-old female from Chilaw, has died on admission to the hospital.2. A 67-year-old male from Colombo -13 died at home.

Courtesy Hiru News Another 528 tested positive for Covid-19 including the Covid positive prison inmates.  With the 350 reported earlier the daily total has now reached 878. Meanwhile the total number of covid cases increased to 25,410 Sri Lanka is in 97 position below Finland who is 96th in the list with 25,887 according to the […]

Courtesy Hiru News State Minister Arundika Fernando said that former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe influenced the judiciary through MP Ranjan Ramanayake during the last yahapalanaya government. The Minister expressed these views at a press conference held by the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna today (02).

Courtesy Hiru News Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa says that challenges need to be managed through fresh strategies to strengthen the country’s economy in the next few years. The Prime Minister was addressing the Sri Lanka Economic Forum organized by the Sri Lanka Chamber of Commerce via video technology. The challenges facing our government in 2020 […]