WION The Global Elites want to keep vaccine patents locked. The US remains non-committal on waivers. Now, Bill Gates has said no to lifting patents to share vaccine formulas with the developing world. WION’s Palki tells you how patents on vaccines are the biggest roadblock towards recovery.

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KAMALIKA PIERIS SWRD Bandaranaike was assassinated in 1959. This was followed by two attempts to remove his successor, Sirimavo.  First, the failed coup of 1962 and second, the JVP insurgency of 1971. The 1971 rebellion was the first armed uprising against the state. Mano Ratwatte, son of Mackie Ratwatte, Private Secretary to Prime Minister Sirimavo, […]

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Ananda Wickramasinghe  The Sri Lankan tea plantation industry is facing serious challenges that call for unbiased analyses of the current status and bold rethinking of the solutions required if it is to continue to hold its place as one of the nation’s leading sources of foreign exchange. What we are witnessing presently is an industry […]

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උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් දිස්ත්‍රික්ක කිහිපයක වෙනදා සිදු කරන ලද අහඹු PCR පරීක්ෂණ වහාම නවත්වන්නැයි දන්වා ඇතැයි මහජන සෞඛ්‍ය පරීක්ෂකවරුන්ගේ සංගමය සඳහන් කරයි. එහි සභාපති උපුල් රෝහණ මහතා සඳහන් කරන්නේ දැනට දිස්ත්‍රික් මට්ටමින් කරගෙන යමින් තිබූ අහඹු පරීක්ෂණ නවත්වන්නැයි බලධාරීන් විසින් දන්වා ඇති බවත් එය ඉතා කණගාටුදායක තත්ත්වයක් බවත්ය. මෙහි අරමුණ වන්නේ ආසාදිතයන් වාර්තා […]

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Meera Srinivasan Courtesy The Hindu Sri Lanka follows an independent foreign policy, will never bend to outside pressures, Chinese media quoted Mr. Rajapaksa. Sri Lanka has prioritised developing relations with China and firmly supports” China’s positions on issues concerning its core interests, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa told Chinese State Councilor and Minister of National Defence Wei […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Six Grama Niladhari Divisions in Trincomalee District have been placed under isolation order with immediate effect, says the Commander of Sri Lanka Army General Shavendra Silva. Thereby, the following Grama Niladhari Divisions will be isolated until further notice: Uppuveli police area:• Sumedagampura GN Division Trincomalee police area:• Moodovi GN Division• Koviladi GN Division• […]

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Courtesy Adaderana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says he will take up the challenge of making Sri Lanka the first country in the world to eliminate the use of chemical fertilizers, without taking a step back on the decision to end the use of chemical fertilizers in the country. The President said the fact that no country […]

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Courtesy Adaderana he Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has taken measures to seal off a local coconut oil manufacturing company after it was confirmed its products contain the highly carcinogenic substance Aflatoxin. Further, the coconut oil stocks that the company had released to the market have been removed by the CAA. Following the recent controversy concerning […]

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Courtesy Adaderana The Director General of Health Services announced that all religious congregational activities will be prohibited until further notice due to the prevailing Covid-19 situation in the country. Meanwhile the maximum number of persons allowed to gather at any place of worship has been reduced to 25. Previously the maximum number of persons allowed […]

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