RANJITH SOYSA The President and the government stood firm in protecting the national sovereignty and the rights of the people when dealing with the MCC issue. Despite the tempter in the form of $480 million involved in the deal the President and the government were able to compare the ultimate cost to the nation by […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekara An Address to His Excellency the President and Hon Prime Minister, Dr Sudath Gunasekara : Ex Secretary to Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandarnayaka and President Mahanuwara Sinhala Bauddha JesTha puravesiyange sanvidhanaya. 27.12 2020 I am making this all-important and serious request to you on behalf of the whole nation as it was reported […]

ALI SUKHANVER Life is a simple game of three moments; one which belonged to us; one which we own now and the one which is expected to be ours; the past, the present, and the future. Successful are those who keep looking back at their yesterday and intelligent are those who are always conscious of […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් එක් රටක් එක නීතියක් යටතේ රට පාලනය කරන බවට පොරොන්දු වූයේ නම් අනුරාධපුරයෙන් ඥානක්කාගේ උවමනාවට අනුව රට පාලනය නොකර ජනවරමට අනුව රට පාලනය කරන්නැයි ඉල්ලා සිටින බව සිංහලේ සංවිධානයේ සභාපති පූජ්‍ය මැඩිල්ලේ පඤ්ඤාලෝක හිමියෝ සඳහන් කරති. කොරෝනා මෘත දේහයන් භූමදානය කරන්නැයි බල කරමින් අද ජනාධිපති ලේකම් කාර්යාලය ඉදිරියේ පැවති විරෝධතාවයේදී […]

Courtesy The Island Russian Ambassador in Colombo Yury Materiy has warned that extremist Islamic terrorist organizations may channel funds to their Lankan counterparts on the pretext of extending COVID-19 aid. The warning was issued by Ambassador Materiy when he met Minister of Public Security Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekara at his ministry last week, the ministry […]

Courtesy Adaderana Three more deaths have brought Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 death toll to 194, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed. Two males and a female have succumbed to the virus in this manner, according to a report by the Government Information Department. A 90-year-old man from Dharga Town has died upon admittance to the Kalutara […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Government Information Department reports that another 164 persons have tested positive for novel coronavirus in the country. Reportedly, all new cases are close contacts of Covid-19 infected patients from the Peliyagoda cluster. Accordingly, a total of 530 new cases of the virus have been reported thus far today (28). The tally of […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Police says that 05 persons tested positive for Covid-19 during the random Rapid Antigen tests carried out within yesterday (27) on individuals leaving the Western Province.  Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said that thus far a total of 54 persons infected with the virus have been identified during these random Rapid […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Epidemiology Unit says that the report of the expert committee appointed to re-examine the final rites of COVID-19 victims will be submitted to the Health Secretary in the near future. Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Sudath Samaraweera said that the relevant committee will submit its report after considering the scientific facts as to whether […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka is reopening its airspace for commercial flights as the island nation looks to once again kick start the tourism industry which was on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic. Accordingly a commercial flight carrying 185 passengers from Ukraine is expected to reach the Mattala Airport at around 1.30 p.m. today, marking […]

ගාල්ලේ දෙවිසිරි පී හේවාවිදාන ලන්ඩන් නුවර සිට කොරේ පිටට මරේ කියන්නාක් මෙන් මේ දිනවල මහා බ්‍රිතාන්‍යයේ පැතිර යන කොරෝනා නව ප්‍රභේදය හේතුවෙන් මුළු ලොවම යළිත් වරක් භීතියට පත්ව සිටී. මේ භීතිය කොතරම්ද යත් ලොව රටවල් රැසක් බ්‍රිතාන්‍යය සමග ගුවන් ගමන් නතර කර දැමුවේය. එසේ ගුවන් ගමන් නතර කළ රටවල් අතර ශ්‍රී ලංකාවද සිටී. ගුවන් ගමන් […]

Sri Lanka is an island nation which makes its ports and airports – the entry & exit points to the Nation strategically important and necessitates elected governments to place this significance above all else. The importance of Colombo Port is both strategic and commercial, this further strengthens the need for any government to weigh the […]

by Prof. Sunil Wimalawansa  Emerging role of vitamin D in the prevention of COVID-19 by Prof. Sunil Wimalawansa 110 minuteDr. Wimalawansa has routinely given 200,000 IU Vitamin D loading dose to all of his patients since 2000 All this reported data was based on either hospital or sometimes from quarantine centers. So, lesser is the number […]