Courtesy Hiru News With the reporting of 54 foreign arrivals who were tested positive for Covid, a total of 1914 Covid-19 patients were reported today.

Courtesy Hiru News One more review session of COVID-19 Task Force members on the control of the epidemic, chaired by General Shavendra Silva, Head, NOCPCO, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army, together with Dr Asela Gunawardena, Medical Specialist and Director General of Health Services got underway this afternoon (4) at the National […]

Courtesy Adaderana More than 63 percent of the Sri Lankan population can be comprehensively vaccinated before the end of this year, Minister of Health Pavithra Wanniarachchi told the Parliament today (May 04). This remark came as a response to an accusation levelled by Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa that, who took aim at the government’s handling […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Navy has foiled the attempt of 11 Indian fishing vessels, with 86 individuals on board, to enter Sri Lankan waters today (May 04). The interception was made during one of the special patrols conducted in the sea area close to the Palk Strait to prevent illegal immigrants from entering Sri Lankan […]

Courtesy Adaderana A decision has been taken to reopen the Dambulla Dedicated Economic Centre for trading from tomorrow (05), under strict health guidelines.  Ada Derana reported said that the economic centre would be opened for trading from 5.00 a.m. tomorrow. Major General Nishantha Manage, the Matale District Coordinating Officer for Covid-19 control, stated that permission […]

මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ, ශ්‍රී ලංකා ප්‍රජාත්‍රාන්ත්‍රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජයේ, අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ලෝක මාධ්‍ය නිදහස්  දිනය යෙදෙන අද දිනයේ ජනතාවගේ තොරතුරු දැනගැනීමේ අයිතිය තහවුරු කිරීම උදෙසා දිවා රෑ වෙහෙසෙන සියලුම මාධ්‍ය ආයතන සහ ජනමාධ්‍යවේදීන්ට සුබ පැතුම් එක් කරනුයේ ඉමහත් සතුටිනි. මේ වනවිට තොරතුරු සන්නිවේදනය ලොව වේගයෙන්ම දියුණුවන විෂය පථයක් බවට පත්ව තිබේ. පසුගිය දශක කිහිපයක කාලය තුළ විවිධ සන්නිවේදන මාධ්‍ය […]

Courtesy BBC There is a “good chance” the 1m plus social distancing rule can be scrapped on 21 June in England, the prime minister has said. Boris Johnson said the results of the vaccine rollout are “really starting to show up in the epidemiology” – but any change would depend on the data. Labour leader […]

Shiran Illanperuma/The Morning Colombo, May 3: The Port City Colombo project is a potential game changer for the Sri Lankan economy, being the country’s first Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in decades, projected to add about 1% to annual GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth over the next 25 years while creating over 230,000 jobs. SEZs with […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, May 3 (NewsWire) – The Police will conduct a special operation to raid parties and public gatherings conducted in violation of the Quarantine Law. Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said reports have been received on parties and public gatherings with alcohol being organized in the night. He said all territorial Police officers […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් කොරෝනා ආසාදිතයින් සඳහා ආහාර අතිරේකයක් ලෙස භාවිතා කළ හැකි ඉතා සාර්ථක ප‍්‍රතිකාරයක් සොයා ගත් බව කරාපිටිය ශික්ෂණ රෝහලේ වෛද්‍ය සම්පත් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. දේශීය වෛද්‍ය ක‍්‍රමයේ එන ඖෂධ වර්ක කිහිපයකින් මෙම ආහාර අතිරේකය සැකසූ බවද ඔහු සදහන් කරයි. මෙම නිෂ්පාදනය මගින් කොරෝනා ආසාදනය වුවද අසාධ්‍ය වීම වලක්වන බවත් පෙනහැල්ලට […]

By P.K. Balachandran Courtesy Ceylon Today India and the US have designated themselves as ‘strategic partners’ with political, economic and military dimensions to the relationship. But the partnership has kept coming under strain. The reasons are two-fold: Firstly, its contours are not defined. Secondly, Washington’s ‘America First’ policy and its tendency to pursue a foreign […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Navy says it has deployed more naval units to patrol the northern and northwesters waters of the island around the clock, following the possibility of illegal migrants entering the shores of Sri Lanka via sea routes, which could surge the transmission of COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Accordingly, steps have been […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Director General of Health Services confirmed thirteen more coronavirus related deaths today, increasing the death toll due to the virus pandemic to 709. 01. The deceased is a 44-year-old Female resident in Divulapitiya. She was transferred from District General Hospital Kegalle to the Teaching Hospital Anuradhapura where she died on 01.05.2021. The […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 867 persons have tested positive for Covid-19 in the country, pushing the daily total of new cases to 1,913. All new cases reported today are associated with the ‘New Year’ Covid-19 cluster. This brings Sri Lanka’s tally of positive Covid-19 cases confirmed thus […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Attorney General has exhibited information in the Colombo High Court consisting of 800 charges against former IGP Pujith Jayasundara and former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando, in respect of those killed and injured in the Easter Sunday attacks. The AG’s coordinating officer stated that they have been charged in two separate Trials-at-Bar for […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The MEP government of 1956 lasted for just three years during which it faced much opposition, but the government   still managed to get things done. What the MEP     achieved in such a situation is truly impressive said Ananda Meegama.  The impact of the 1956 MEP government was such that there was no turning […]

මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන්             2021 මාර්තු මස 02 දින කන්තලේ වාන්ඇළ විහාරගල ගම්මානයට කඩා වැදුණු පොලිස් බල ඇණියක් සහ වන සංරක්ෂණ නිළධාරීන් ගම්මුන් ගේ ගෙවල් පොඩි පට්ටම් කොට ජනයා පළවා හරිනු ලැබූහ.නිවාස වල තිබූ බුදු පිළිම පොලේ ගසා ලීමට මෙහි පැමිණි ඇතැම් වන නිළධාරීන් කටයුතු කල ආකාරය ගැන ගම්මු මහත් සංවේගයෙන් කතා කරති. ගෙවල් විනාශ කරලීමෙන් […]

Courtesy The Times When I arrived in Mumbai, India was in denial. By the time I left the funeral pyres were raging. Now I pray my family will survive, writes Vidhi Doshi hen I got the phone call, I buried my face in the folds of my grandmother’s sari and cried. In one way, it […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Islamabad/Dubai/Johannesburg, May 1:  In their report in Wall Street Journal, Saeed Shah in Islamabad, Yaroslav Trofimov in Dubai and Gabriele Steinhauser say that the explosion of Covid-19 cases in India and other developing nations is adding momentum to a push to suspend intellectual-property restrictions on vaccines, putting pressure on Washington, other Western governments and […]

By Demi Perera Courtesy BBC In recent years, the internet has been alight with speculation that a chart-like carving in Anuradhapura is a stargate: an ancient gateway through which humans can enter the Universe. Sri Lanka’s sacred city of Anuradhapura is an unlikely place to be enmeshed in a fantastic tale of UFOs and otherworldly […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa who announced a political ceasefire today urged the government and others to do their utmost to save Sri Lankans from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “We have gone into a political truce and is ready to do our utmost to save the lives of 20 million people […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Director General of Health Services confirmed nine more Covid-19 related deaths in the country today (02) pushing the death toll due to the virus in Sri Lanka to 696. 01. The deceased is a 94-year-old male resident in Kebilithigollawa. He died on 29.04.2021 while undergoing treatments in Base Hospital Kebilithigollawa. The cause […]

Courtesy Adaderana With another 615 new Covid-19 positive cases reported in Sri Lanka today (May 02), the daily total so far has increased to 1,843. All new cases reported today are associated with the New Year Covid-19 cluster.  This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 111,705.

Courtesy Adaderana State Minister Sisira Jayakody says that permission has been granted to utilize Ayurveda Hospitals to treat coronavirus patients. He stated that State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID Disease Control Dr. Sudarshani Fernandopulle has permitted Ayurveda Hospitals to treat COVID-19 patients. Accordingly, the Ayurveda Hospitals in Rajagiriya, Navinna and Pallekele have […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Director-General of Health Services has issued new guidelines pertaining to permitted public activities under ‘Alert Level 3’ amidst the upsurge in virus infections in Sri Lanka. The new guidelines will be in effect from today (May 01) until further notice, the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) said. The […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 death toll reached 687 on Saturday (May 01) as nine persons succumbed to the virus infection, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed. According to the Department of Government Information, the victims are as follows: 01. A 65-year-old man from Karandana area: He died on April 29 while receiving treatment at […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka on Saturday (May 01) hit a record high of 1,699 coronavirus infections as 396 more persons were tested positive for the virus within the day. This marks the highest single-day spike in the country’s infections and it is also the third consecutive day Sri Lanka’s daily cases stayed above 1,500-mark. Daily […]