By Professor Sunil J. Wimalawansa, MD, Ph.D., MBA, DSc. Prof. Sunil J. Wimalawansa The official reports on the prevalence and the number of deaths related to COVID-19 in tropical countries including Sri Lanka (excluding India) have been surprisingly low compared to most temperate countries. Let us explore some of the critical reasons for this significant discrepancy.   Why was […]

Courtesy Dr.David Grimes Scene 1: A small meeting room in 10 Downing Street, London Early January 2021 Four sitting around a table. Boris Johnson, Prime minister of the UK Good morning to you all and thanks for coming in at short notice. This is an extremely important meeting. http://www.drdavidgrimes.com/

Myanmar Health Informal intervention trial in Myanmar 1200 Buddhist monks and nuns in COVID-19 quarantine center were given 2 doses of water containing 200,000IU of vitamin D 25 mg of zinc 1000mg of vitamin C 30 billion Probiotics. Mortality rate is only 0.07%The overall mortality rate in the country is steady at 2.1% The doctors in the […]

Prime Minister’s Media Unit Outgoing Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand, H. E. Mrs. Chulamanee Chartsuwan and Mr. Tayatat Kanjanapipathkul, Councilor of the Embassy met the Prime Minister at his residence in Wijerama this morning. The Ambassador thanked the Prime Minister and the Government for the support she received throughout her tenure. She said she […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ධූර කාලය නිමවා මෙරටින් පිටව යන තායිලන්ත තානාපති චුලාමනී චාර්ට්සුවන් මහත්මිය (H. E. Mrs. Chulamanee Chartsuwan)  සහ තානාපති කාර්යාලයේ කොන්සුලර් තයතත් කන්ජනපිපත්කුල් මහතා (Mr. Tayatat Kanjanapipathkul),  අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා විජේරාම  නිවසේදී අද (29-01-2020) පෙරවරුවේ හමුවිය. ඇයගේ ධුර කාලය පුරාවටම ඇයට ලැබුණු සහයෝගයට තානාපතිවරිය අගමැතිවරයාට සහ රජයට ස්තූතිය පුද කළාය. කෙටි කලකින් […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාට ආශිර්වාද කිරීමේ තෙසැත්තෑ ඥාණ පූජාව නාරාහේන්පිට අභයාරාම පුරාණ විහාරස්ථානයේදී ඊයේ 2021.01.28 දින රාත්‍රියේ පැවැත්විණි. බොදුබල සේනා සංවිධානයේ මහ ලේකම් පූජ්‍ය ගලගොඩඅත්තේ ඥාණසාර හිමි මෙම තෙසැත්තෑ ඥාණ පූජාව පැවැත්වූහ. අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ඇතුළු මහජන නියෝජිතයන් හා බැතිමතුන් පිරිසක් මෙම ආශිර්වාදාත්මක වැඩසටහන හා එක්වූහ. නාරාහේන්පිට අභයාරාම පුරාණ විහාරස්ථානයේ […]

Courtesy Hiru News Minister of Health Pavithra Wanniarachchi has been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the Angoda National Institute of Infectious Diseases. The Minister was admitted to IDH Hospital yesterday for further treatment. The Minister who was under quarantine at a hotel in Hikkaduwa was transferred to the IDH Hospital after being admitted […]

Courtesy Hiru News ‘Ape Janabala Party’ Parliamentarian Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera states that every Muslim should have the right to appear before a court. He stated this while participating in a press conference held in Colombo today. >A woman who converted to Islam before marriage also spoke at a press conference organized by the ‘Ape […]

Courtesy Hiru News Minister Wimal Weerawansa has invited six parties to take a tough decision if a cabinet paper is submitted regarding the sale of the Eastern Terminal of the Colombo Port. Minister Wimal Weerawansa has telephoned the leaders of six member parties of the Sri Lanka Podu Jana Peramuna to hold a discussion on […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් දියුණුවීමට නම් මුළු ලංකාවම විකුණා දැමිය යුතු බව ශ්‍රී ලංකා වරාය අධිකාරිය සභාපති දයා රත්නායක මහතා සඳහන් කළ බව රාවය පුවත්පත වාර්තා කරයි. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සංවර්ධනයක් සිදු වීමට නම් වරාය නැගෙනහිර පර්යන්තය පමණක් නොව මුළු ලංකාවම විකුණා දැමිය යුතු බව ඔහු පැවසූ බව එම වාර්තාවේ දැක්වෙයි. රත්නායක මහතා මෙලෙස අදහස් […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Modern Sri Lanka enjoys well-deserved respect in the world as a sovereign, democratic, and socially oriented state, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. She expressed these views during her briefing in Moscow yesterday (28). Citizens of Sri Lanka are rightfully proud not only of their ancient history but also of […]

Courtesy Adaderana A total of 5,286 frontline healthcare workers have received the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on the first day of coronavirus vaccination drive which kicked off in Sri Lanka today (29). Approximately 1,886 persons were administered the vaccine at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka, 803 persons at Colombo North Teaching Hospital, 781 at Colombo South […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Director General of Health Services confirms 08 more Covid-19 related deaths in the country increasing the death toll due to the virus to 305. One of the victims is a 65-year-old male from Kolonnawa who was transferred from Colombo National Hospital to Iranawila Treatment Center after being identified as Covid-19 positive. He […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Government Information Department says that another 465 persons have tested positive for Covid-19, increasing today’s tally of confirmed cases to 859. Seven of the new cases are from the prisons cluster while the remainder (458) are close contacts of Covid-19 patients from the Peliyagoda cluster. This brings the total number of coronavirus […]

Sri Lanka News The following report is a summary of mining giant Adani’s track record, based on research into hundreds of court documents by Environmental Justice Australia and Earthjustice and other publicly available evidence. In 2011, a ship carrying Adani coal sank off the coast of Mumbai, devastating beaches, tourism and marine life. Adani did […]