Archive for August 6th, 2021

Framework for a new Sri Lanka; a Union of Regions

Friday, August 6th, 2021

By Raj Gonsalkorale We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. – Albert Einstein Sri Lanka is in dire economic strife, its politicians are a discredited lot, and are produced by a system that perpetuates corruption, inefficiency and ineffectiveness. Inter community harmony is as facile as the cloak […]

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Malaysia: From COVID role model to a mini-India

Friday, August 6th, 2021

James Chai Political analyst based in Kuala Lumpur Courtesy Aljazeera What Malaysia’s raging COVID-19 crisis tells us about failed leadership. Family members of a victim of COVID-19 pray at a hospital mortuary before burial, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on May 23, 2021 [Reuters/Lim Huey Teng] The horrific and heartbreaking scenes at Malaysian hospitals are akin […]

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No congestion of COVID patients at hospitals, says Health Ministry

Friday, August 6th, 2021

Sheain Fernandopulle Courtesy The Daily Mirror In a situation where videos and photos circulating online of patients lying in hospital corridors raising alarm among the public and medical community, the Health Ministry said they were not reported of any incidents where there is massive congestion at hospitals as shown in pictures and videos. Addressing a […]

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A king of Burma and the Sacred Tooth Relic

Friday, August 6th, 2021

By Maung Htin Aung The June 10, 1962 edition of the Times of Ceylon contained the following tales about the tooth relic, the Burma connection and other legends surrounding the relic. Excerpts from the article: Maligawa Tusker steps on the Pavada carrying the casket of relics A recent statement in the popular ‘Believe it or […]

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රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය සීතා අරඹේපොල මහත්මියගේ උපදෙසින් දීප ව්‍යාප්තව වෘත්තීය පුහුණු මධ්‍යස්ථාන සුර්ය ශක්තියෙන් බල ගැන්වීමේ ජාතික වැඩසටහන ඇරඹේ සුර්යබල තාක්ෂණ විදුලි කාර්මිකයින් 10,000 ක් බිහි කිරීමට ද අවධානය යොමුවේ.

Friday, August 6th, 2021

නිපුණතා සංවර්ධන වෘත්තීය අධ්‍යාපන පර්යේෂණ හා නව නිපැයුම් රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය පරිසර හිතකාමී සූර්යකෝෂ භාවිතය  ශ්‍රී ලංකාව වැනි  සූර්ය තාපය බහුලව ලැබෙන රටකට විදුලි අවශ්‍යතාවය ජනනය කිරීම සදහා භාවිතා කළ හැකි ජනප්‍රිය විකල්පයකි.  එමගින් ගෘහස්ත හා ආයතනික  විදුලිබල අවශ්‍යතාවයන් අවම පිරිවැයකින් සපුරා ගත හැකිය. නිපුණතා සංවර්ධන වෘත්තීය අධ්‍යාපන පර්යේෂණ හා නව නිපැයුම් රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශයේ වෘත්තීය පුහුණු ආයතන වල සුර්ය […]

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කොවිඩ් රෝගීන්ගේ පහසුවට අචාර්ය බෝදාගම චන්දිම නාහිමියන්ගෙන් අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාට ඔක්සිමීටර් පරිත්‍යාගයක්

Friday, August 6th, 2021

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය රුධිරයේ ඔක්සිජන් මට්ටම මැන ගැනීම පහසු කරන ස්පන්දන ඔක්සිමීටර් (PULSE OXIMETER) 300ක් ආචාර්ය බෝදාගම චන්දිම නාහිමියෝ අද (06) දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාට භාර දුන්හ. කොවිඩ් ආසාදිත වී ප්‍රතිකාරවලට යොමුවන රෝගීන්ගේ පහසුව සඳහා බෙදා දීමට මෙම ස්පන්දන ඔක්සිමීටර් තොගය  පරිත්‍යාග කෙරිණි. වසංගත තත්ත්වයට මුහුණ දෙමින් කොවිඩ් රෝගය පාලනය […]

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This is the place where we can find REAL PHILOSOPHY OF THE LORD BUDDHA

Friday, August 6th, 2021

මා ඇසූ උතුම් සද්ධර්මය This is the place where we can find REAL PHILOSOPHY OF THE LORD BUDDHA -Jethawanarama Forest Monastery-

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Getting Vaccinated

Friday, August 6th, 2021

By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando  The emergence of COVID-19 in December 2019 in China spread like wildfire. In January 2020, despite China imposing a lockdown in Wuhan, the virus spread to the mainland and eventually worldwide. The pandemic has affected millions of people worldwide.  The death rate is over four million up to date. Sri […]

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Lankan President blames public rallies for spurt in COVID cases

Friday, August 6th, 2021

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, August 6 (newsin.asia): Sri  Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has pointed out that a rash of protest rallies across the island recently has contributed to the spurt in the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The intelligence agencies have found that the spurt giving rise of unprecedented congestion in the hospitals is due to […]

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India Failed To Fulfill Its Obligations But Wants Sri Lanka To ‘Fully Implement’ 13th Constitutional Amendment – OpEd

Friday, August 6th, 2021

By Sugeeswara Senadhira Courtesy Eurasia Review View of South India and Sri Lanka from the payload bay of the Space Shuttle in earth orbit. Source: NASA, Wikipedia Commons. India Failed To Fulfill Its Obligations But Wants Sri Lanka To ‘Fully Implement’ 13th Constitutional Amendment – OpEd Deployment of Indian troops in Sri Lanka and establishing […]

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HEINEKEN LANKA Begins Local Brewing of Flagship Heineken® Beer in Sri Lanka

Friday, August 6th, 2021

Courtesy WEBWIRE HEINEKEN LANKA today announced the commencement of local brewing operations of its flagship beer brand – Heineken® in Sri Lanka. With this, Sri Lanka joins an elite group of 60 countries that have the license and approvals from its global parent for local manufacturing operations. This move signifies the importance of the Sri […]

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Sri Lanka targets 70 percent renewable energy goal by 2030

Friday, August 6th, 2021

Courtesy INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY ECONOMICS AND FINANCIAL ANALYSIS Sri Lanka will mandate a 70 percent renewable energy share by 2030 forcing state-run Ceylon Electricity Board to prepare a long term generation plan to that effect, renewable energy minister Duminda Dissanayake said. We have decided to produce 70 percent of the electricity from renewable energy by […]

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Sri Lanka tightens Covid restrictions as hospitals struggle

Friday, August 6th, 2021

Courtesy MailOnline Sri Lankan authorities tightened coronavirus restrictions Friday as reports emerged of Covid patients dying while awaiting admission to overcrowded hospitals. The government said state ceremonies and public gatherings were banned until September 1 because of the growing health crisis. Public servants had previously been asked to return to work from Monday but that […]

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WORLDS POOREST PRIME MINISTER – W.DAHANAYAKE

Friday, August 6th, 2021

by Nihal de Alwis Courtesy The Island Most Lankans would by now have forgotten the poorest prime minister the world ever had, the late Dr W. Dahanayake. W” was a poor man’s politician. When he lost his Galle seat as prime minister in the 1960 elections, he packed his suitcase and asked his Secretary, Mr. […]

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Formulate mechanism to prevent Covid patients inconvenienced in Hospitals: President tells officials

Friday, August 6th, 2021

Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has directed the Health Minister and health authorities to formulate a mechanism to prevent Covid patients from being inconvenienced in Hospitals. He directed the Health Minister, State Health Ministers and health officials to directly involve in the matter, the Presidential Media Division (PMD) said. He made this direction […]

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Bomb threat in leading 5 star hotels and several places in Colombo are false

Friday, August 6th, 2021

Jamila Husain and Dharshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya Courtesy The Daily Mirror Posts claiming that there is a bomb threat in two leading five-star hotels in Colombo and in places in Bambalapitiya, Wellawatta, Mirihana, Nugegoda, Mount Lavinia and Dehiwala are completely false and people have been urged not to panic, the Police told Daily Mirror a short […]

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Guidelines issued for home-based care for low-risk COVID patients

Friday, August 6th, 2021

Courtesy Adaderana As Sri Lanka’s daily COVID-19 cases count continues to soar, the Ministry of Health has decided to triage the virus-infected patients for hospitalization on priority basis. Accordingly, a set of guidelines has been issued by the ministry on providing home-based care for asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic patients. These low-risk patients will be allowed […]

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Police investigate misleading post circulated in social media

Friday, August 6th, 2021

Courtesy Adaderana A misleading post on an impending explosion in Mirihana, Nugegoda, Mount Lavinia, Dehiwala, Wellawatta and Bambalapitiya areas is circulating in social media, says the police spokesman. Probes carried out into the matter have uncovered that a certain individual had created the relevant post on April 25, 2019, Senior DIG Ajith Rohana stated further. […]

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COVID death toll tops 4,900 with 98 new victims

Friday, August 6th, 2021

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has registered 98 more COVID-19 related fatalities confirmed by the Director General of Health Services on Thursday (August 05). The new development has pushed the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 4,919. According to the data released by the Department of Government Information, the latest victims […]

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Over 2,700 COVID cases confirmed within the day

Friday, August 6th, 2021

Courtesy Adaderana A total of 884 more people were tested positive for COVID-19 today (August 06), increasing the daily count of positive cases to 2,794. According to the Government Information Department, 2,792 of the new cases reported today have been associated with the New Year cluster. The new development has brought Sri Lanka’s confirmed coronavirus […]

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