H. L. D. Mahindapala In a  lofty speech delivered via video to the 75th General Assembly of UN (September 2020) – the first of its kind initiated in the wake of the pandemic — Prime Minister Narendra Modi took great pains to explain a range of  issues from India ’s Neighbourhood First Policy” to the new […]

More >

Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka will re­ceive 600,000 doses of China’s Sinopharm vac­ci­na­tions on March 31 and pri­or­ity will be given for Sri Lankan cit­i­zens when ad­min­is­ter­ing the vac­cines while only 1 per­cent of the to­tal amount to be de­liv­ered will be for Chi­nese na­tion­als re­sid­ing here, an of­fi­cial from the Chi­nese Em­bassy […]

More >

Courtesy Adaderana Death toll from the COVID-19 outbreak in Sri Lanka reached 559 as the Director-General of Health Services confirmed another fatality today (March 27). According to the Department of Government Information, the deceased, who was residing in Colombo 06 succumbed to the virus infection on Thursday. He was transferred to Mulleriyawa Base Hospital after […]

More >

Courtesy Adaderana Ministry of Health on Saturday (March 27) confirmed 115 more new cases of the COVID-19 in Sri Lanka as the daily cases count reached 278. The new development has brought the total number of COVID-19 confirmed in the country thus far to 91,839. According to the Epidemiology Unit, 2,893 patients infected with the […]

More >

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has no intention of intervening in the power struggles of the giants in the Indian Ocean region, says President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. We have no desire to propagate the neoliberalism of some countries or to intervene in the power struggles of the superpowers in the Indian Ocean.” He stressed the sovereignty of […]

More >

Courtesy Adaderana Ministry of Health on Saturday (March 27) confirmed another 163 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus in the country. The new development has brought the total number of COVID-19 confirmed in the country thus far to 91,724. According to the Epidemiology Unit, 2,778 patients infected with the virus are currently under medical care […]

More >