Courtesy Adaderana A jailer has been transferred to the Vavuniya Prisons after it was revealed that he had provided a mobile phone to MP Rishad Bathiudeen, who is incarcerated at the Magazine Prison. The transfer came into effect following a disciplinary inquiry, the Prisons Spokesman, Commissioner of Prisons (Administration) Chandana Ekanayake said. The mobile phone […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that 864 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 3,644. This brings the confirmed tally of coronavirus infections reported in the country to 451,401. A total of 380,166 recoveries have been confirmed in Sri […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Sri Lankan government has decided to further extend the quarantine curfew orders, currently enforced across the island, by another week. Accordingly, the restrictions will be in effect until 4.00 a.m. on September 13 (Monday). The decision to further extend the quarantine curfew was taken during the virtual meeting of the Special Committee […]

By Rachel Schraer Health reporter Courtesy BBC Most people who catch Covid-19 won’t become severely ill and get better relatively quickly. But significant numbers have had long-term problems after recovering from the original infection – even if they weren’t very ill in the first place. However, new research suggests fewer children are experiencing “long Covid” […]

T Navajyoti Geneva/Guwahati, 2 September 2021: The list of journalists dead from Covid-19 is still growing, where more than 1,754 media workers have succumbed to the novel corona virus in 80 countries during the last 18 months, said the global media safety and rights body Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) on Thursday in the picturesque Swiss […]

 by Moiz Mustafa Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Sept 2 (newsin.asia) – From triumphant conservation stories to devastating fishing disasters and everything in between, the new Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition demonstrates the sheer resilience of the natural world. The latest competition received a record-breaking number of entries from professional and amateur photographers from 95 countries around the […]

By Dr PARAKRAMA WAIDYANATHA Courtesy The Island The chronic kidney disease (CKDu) has been a major non-communicable disease prevalent essentially among the Rajarata’s agricultural communities in the last three decades that had, on average, killed several thousand people annually. The disease aetiology is now known, with a high degree of certainty to be hard water […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Government of Sri Lanka says that it has been made aware that the UK Home Secretary has decided to maintain the proscription of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a terrorist organization under the UK Terrorism Act No. 7 of 2000. The Home Secretary’s decision, which has been taken following […]

Gazette notifications have been issued today declaring maximum retail prices for sugar and rice with effect from today (September 02).  The Gazette notifications have been issued by order of the Chairman of the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) Maj. General (Retd.) Shantha Dissanayake, under Section 20(5) of the Consumer Affairs Authority Act, No. 09 of 2003.  […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Malwathe and Asgiriya Chapters request the principals and teachers to suspend the strike, considering the children and to be somewhat flexible to the solutions provided by the government. However, the teachers  and principals unions said that in order to suspend the strike, a circular should be issued recommending cabinet approval to […]

Courtesy Adaderana The government says that a mechanism has been formulated to provide the organic fertilizer required for the Maha Season to the farmers without any shortage. Accordingly, the Government Officials of the respective line institutions say the entire process including farmer awareness, technical assistance and financial assistance is being continued uninterrupted. This was revealed […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Ministry of Health reports that another 854 persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, increasing today’s tally of new cases confirmed to 3,627. This includes 846 new cases associated with the ‘New Year Covid-19 cluster’ and 08 returnees from abroad.  This brings the total number of Covid-19 cases identified in the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Director General of Health Services has confirmed another 204 coronavirus related deaths for September 01 (yesterday), increasing the official death toll in the country to 9,604. According to the figures reported by the Department of Government Information today (01), the victims include 109 males and 95 females while five of the deceased, […]

By Rohana R. Wasala (continued from August 28, 2021) Misrepresentation and distortion of history by colonialists and separatists The independence or dominion status that Sri Lanka (then Ceylon to foreigners) was granted by the departing British colonials was not more than a hangover from the British imperialism of the previous one and a half centuries […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Britain was the third country to support the LTTE in the Eelam war. Britain   provided a home for the LTTE   very early on in the Eelam war. Tamil Refugee Action group had got a British National Lottery grant in 1998.    LTTE had continued to openly run its offices from London even after the […]

රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් දකුණු පළාත් හිටපු ආණ්ඩුකාර   නැගෙනහිර පලාත, දෙහිඅත්තකණ්ඩිය, මහියංගනය ප්‍රදේශවල වී ගොවීන්, වල් නාශක නොමැති කමින් ඉදිරි කන්නයේ වී වගාව සඳහා බිමි සකස් කිරීමේ දැඩි අර්බුදයකට මුහුණ දී ඇත. ලංකාවේම වල් නාශක මේ වන විටත් ව්‍යාපාරිකයින් සහ මහා පරිමාණ ගොවීන් විසින් නැගෙනහිර පලාතටත්, දෙහිඅත්තකණ්ඩිය – මහියංගනය සීමාවටත් රැගෙන යමින් තිබේ. පසුගිය කන්නයේ […]

lanka C news ගබඩා තුළ සඟවා තිබියදී සොයාගත් සීනි මෙට්ට්‍රික් ටොන් 29,900ක ප්‍රමාණයක් අද (01) සිදු කෙරුණු විමර්ශන සහ මෙහෙයුම් ක්‍රියාවලියෙන් පසු රජයට පවරා ගත් බව අත්‍යාවශ්‍ය සේවා කොමසාරිස් ජනරාල් මේජර් ජෙනරාල් එන්.ඩී.එස්.පී. නිවුන්හැල්ල මහතා පවසයි. මෙම සීනි තොගය පාලන මිලක් යටතේ රාජ්‍ය සහ පෞද්ගලික වෙළෙඳ ආයතන මගින් පාරිභෝගික ජනතාව වෙත අළෙවි කිරීමට සැලසුම් කර […]

Courtesy DW Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa wants to make the country’s tea organic. But his plan comes with huge risks. Tea growers fear that their plants can’t make it without the nutrients from fertilizers. https://www.dw.com/en/organic-push-threatens-sri-lankas-tea-growers/av-59050852

Courtesy The Peninsular A jararacussu snake, whose venom is used in a study against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is seen at Butantan Institute in Sao Paulo, Brazil August 27, 2021. Picture taken August 27, 2021. REUTERS/Carla Carniel SAO PAULO – Brazilian researchers have found that a molecule in the venom of a type of snake inhibited […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම Colombo Today පසුගිය කාලයේ ආන්දෝලනයට තුඩු දුන් රජයට රුපියල් කෝටි ගණනක පාඩුවක් සිදු වූ බව කියන සීනි බදු වංචාවට සම්බන්ද බවට චෝදනා එල්ලවූ PYRAMID WILMAR සමාගම මෙරටට ආනයනය කර සඟවා තැබූ සීනි තොගයක් අද (1) රාජසන්තක කර ඇත. PYRAMID WILMAR සමාගම විසින් නීති විරෝධීව ගබඩා කර තිබූ සීනි මෙට්‍රික් ටොන් 6100ක තොගයක් මුද්‍රා […]

LAKSIRI WARNAKULA Courtesy The Island I was shocked when I saw the pictures the other day. How could they come up with such an idea? And it is an act of sacrilege, too, causing harm to an object that should be protected, and even venerated, to my mind. It is a majestic symbol showing our […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror An ancient dagoba ‘Kuda Sithulpawwa’ in the historic sacred area of Hambanthota District was broken into by a group of treasure hunters last night (31), Archaeology Department Director General Prof. Anura Manatunga said. He said the items which had archaeological value were stolen by these elements. He said a special investigation […]

Sri Lanka News What is C.1.2, the new Covid variant in South Africa, and should we be worried? Courtesy The Guardian (UK) The C.1.2 strain has scientists’ attention because it possesses mutations within the genome similar to those seen in variants of interest, like Delta A new Covid variant detected in South Africa has made headlines around […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Central Committee of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has decided to form a new alliance, says its Senior Vice-Chairman Rohana Lakshman Piyadasa. Speaking to the media in Kandy, he said that discussions would be held with all progressive political forces. We have decided what the party’s path would be, how to […]

Courtesy Adaderana Chairman of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee Li Zhanshu assured Speaker of Sri Lanka Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena that the Chinese government will do its utmost to help overcome the economic challenge as well as the COVID challenge in Sri Lanka.  Li Zhanshu stated the above at the first diplomatic meeting […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 944 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 3.828. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 444,130. As many as 376,216 recoveries have been confirmed […]