Courtesy RFI Colombo (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s government on Sunday cut taxes on female sanitary products in a bid to help women and girls unable to afford them because of the country’s economic crisis. Even before the downturn last year, many schoolgirls and women in Sri Lanka, like in other poor countries, would stay home when […]

Courtesy Adaderana Steps have been taken to provide medicines and medical supplies worth over Rs. 4,600 million (USD 12 million) with the intervention of the Sri Lankan Embassy in Washington DC, the President’s Media Division said. One consignment of medicines and medical supplies provided by the Sri Lankan Embassy in Washington DC working closely with […]

Courtesy Hiru News Today, 8 state-of-the-art CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease) Screening Vehicles (mobile labs) worth LKR 660 million donated by China entered commissioning in 8 CKDu affected areas, i.e. Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Vavuniya, Trincomalee, Ampara, Kurunagala, Matale, Badulla. SriLankan people especially in the rural area are suffering in relation to CKD, known as the “silent killer”;, […]

Courtesy Hiru News A new consignment of medicine worth 12.5 million RMB (650 million LKR) donated by China under its 500 million RMB emergency humanitarian assistance has departed Chengdu, China and is scheduled to arrive at Colombo Bandaranaike International Airport on Friday (23rd) evening via a charter flight of Sichuan Airlines. With a total volume […]

Courtesy Adaderana Americares”, one of the world’s leading non-profit organizations focused on health and development, has donated urgently needed medical supplies for the people of Sri Lanka worth more than USD 773,000 (an estimated LKR 279,476,100.28). The donation was made consequent to the request made by the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Washington D.C., and […]

By Ben Cost Courtesy New York Post A farmer tragically died of a fatal infection caused by swallowing a fish bone.B.M.Munasinghe via IJSCR MORE ON:FREAK ACCIDENTS Horrifying video shows woman cheat death as NYC crane falls on car I fell 5 feet and broke my foot on my wedding day — my groom kept partying […]

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Courtesy Hiru News Four (04) Covid-19 related deaths have been confirmed for 02 September

Courtesy Adaderana The Director General of Health Services has confirmed another three Covid-19 related deaths for yesterday (August 30), the Department of Government Information reported. The victims include one male and two females, all in the age group of 60 years and above.   Meanwhile 74 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed within today (30), […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Director General of Health Services has confirmed 05 coronavirus related deaths for yesterday (28), the Department of Government Information reported today (29). The new Covid-19 deaths include two males and three females while one of the patients is between the ages 30-59 years. The rest are aged 60 years and above. 

Courtesy Adaderana The Director General of Health Services has confirmed another two Covid-19 related deaths for yesterday (Aug. 27). Both deceased are males above the age of 60 years, according to the Government Information Department.  Meanwhile 56 new cases of coronavirus have been detected within today (28), increasing the total number of confirmed cases reported […]

Courtesy Hiru News Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry awarded letters of appointment to a group of Sri Lankan trained nurses who are scheduled to begin their employment at hospitals in the United Kingdom at a ceremony held on 25 August, 2022 at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute. This was the first batch of trained nurses […]

Courtesy Adaderana he Director General of Health Services has confirmed another six Covid-19 related deaths for yesterday (August 24). The deceased includes four males and two females with all but one in the age group of 60 yeas and above. The other is between 30-59 years of age.  Meanwhile another 114 new Covid-19 infections have […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Director General of Health Services has confirmed 06 more coronavirus related deaths for yesterday (18). According to the Govt. Information Department, the victims include 01 male and 05 females. One of them is between the ages 30-59 years. Another one was aged below 30 years while the remaining four were aged 60 […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s death toll from Covid-19 climbed to 16,635 today after the Director General of Health Services confirmed 05 more Covid-19 related deaths in the country for yesterday (Aug 16).  According to the Govt. Information Department, four victims were aged 60 years and above. The remaining one was aged between 30-59 years. Among […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Director General of Health Services has confirmed 06 more Covid-19 related deaths in the country for yesterday (Aug 15).  The Department of Government Information reported that all the victims are over 60 years of age and include three males and three females. Meanwhile another 195 new cases of coronavirus have been detected […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s death toll from Covid-19 climbed to 16,624 today after the Director General of Health Services confirmed 03 more Covid-19 related deaths in the country for yesterday (Aug 14).  Two victims were aged 60 years and above, and the remaining one was aged between 30-59 years, according to the Govt. Information Department. […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s death toll from Covid-19 climbed to 16,619 today after the Director General of Health Services confirmed 09 more Covid-19 related deaths in the country for yesterday (Aug 12).  According to the Govt. Information Department, all five victims were aged 60 years and above. Three were males and the remaining two were […]

Courtesy Adaderana Director-General of Health Services confirmed 06 new coronavirus-related deaths for August 09. This brings the country’s death toll from the pandemic to 16,603. The deaths reported today include 04 males and 05 females above the age of 60 years, according to the figures released by the Department of Government Information.  Meanwhile, 227 more […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Six new coronavirus-related deaths were confirmed for yesterday by the Director-General of Health Services bringing the country’s death toll to 16,594. Also, 214 persons tested positive for COVID-19 today. Accordingly, Covid-19 cases reported in the country since the pandemic began rose to to 6667,158

Courtesy Adaderana The Director General of Health Services has confirmed three more Covid-19 related deaths for yesterday (06 August). All three patients are males above the age of 60 years, according to the Department of Government Information.

Courtesy Adaderana The Director-General of Health Services today confirmed 04 new coronavirus-related deaths for August 04, pushing the country’s death toll from the pandemic to 16,578. The deaths reported today include 02 males and 02 females, according to the figures released by the Department of Government Information.  The two female victims and one of the […]

Lankalead මාස හතරකට වැඩි කාලයක් තිස්සේ අරගල බිමේ ඉන්න තරුණ තරුණියන් බහුතරයකට අවිවේකි බව, මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය භාවිතාව ඉතා ඉහල විම, ස්ථිර වාසස්ථාන නොමැතිව අව්වෙන් වැස්සෙන් පීඩා විඳීම, පෝෂණ ආහාර නොමැතිකම, නින්ද නොලැබීම, සනීපාරක්ෂාව නොමැතිකම, ලිංගික කටයුතු සිදු නොවීම, අභ්‍යන්තර කාන්ඩායම් අතර ගැටුම්, අපේක්ෂා බංගත්වය ආදී මානසික ආතතිය වැඩි කරන විෂාදය සඳහා වන සියලු නරක සාධක සියල්ල […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Health Ministry says that another 122 persons have tested positive for Covid-19 today, as the daily count of new cases continues to rise in the country. This brings the tally of Covid-19 cases registered in the country thus far to 666,086.  Meanwhile, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed 08 new coronavirus-related deaths […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Director General of Health Services has confirmed another 07 coronavirus-related deaths for August 01, increasing the country’s death toll due to the virus to 16,566. The deaths reported today include 03 males and 04 female patients, according to the Government Information Department. Two of the Covid-19 victims were between the ages 30-59 […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Health Ministry says that another 83 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 today, bringing the tally of Covid-19 cases registered in the country thus far to 665,526.  Following the new development, the number of patients under medical care or receiving home-based care now stands at 922. Meanwhile, the death toll moved to […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Health Ministry says that 143 more people have tested positive for Covid-19 today, as the daily count of new cases continues to rise in the country. This brings the tally of Covid-19 cases registered in the country thus far to 665,543.  Meanwhile, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed 05 new coronavirus-related deaths […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Director-General of Health Services has confirmed 5 deaths and 119 infections of Covid-19 reported yesterday (July 25). The new development brings the total number of Covid-19 related cases confirmed in the country to 665,094 and the death toll to 16,544. According to the Department of Government Information, the victims include three males […]

Courtesy Adaderana There has been a minor increase in the number of Covid-19 patients detected within Western Province and other provinces, according to the Health Ministry’s Director of Medical Technical Services and Chief Coordinator for COVID-19, Dr. Anwar Hamdani. Speaking to the media today (25), he said that the people should once again start following […]

Courtesy Adaderana Arrangements are being to dispense fuel volumes to vehicles of health sector employees every Friday at 74 filling stations island-wide, Minister of Health Keheliya Rambukwella says. In a tweet, the lawmaker posted the list of filling stations allocated for the employees of the health sector to obtain fuel. Earlier this month, the representatives […]