ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර 13. 3. 2020. (මෙම ලිපිය එම විෂය පිළිබඳවම, 2018.7.6. දින ලංකාවෙබ් පුවත් අඩවිය වෙත මා විසින් ලියන ලද ලිපියක වර්තමාන තත්වයට සරිලන පරිදි යාවත්කාලීන කරන ලද පිටපතක් බව කරුණාවෙන් සලකන්න) ගරු ලකිසුරු ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමනි,  මේ රටට හා  ජාතියට මහා වියශනයක් හා ජාතික ආර්ථිකයට සුදු අළියෙක් වූ  ඉන්දියාව විසින් බලහත්කාරයෙන් අප හිසමත […]

Stanley Gunaratne  Does India owe Sri Lanka an apology and REPARATIONS for our nation’s suffering? Absolutely yes. So when our so called leaders (everyone in Parliament) pander to India, when they dress like the Indian leader, when they say India is their brother (from the President who won the war no less as well as his deputies), […]

Chanaka Bandarage This Part is prepared basically to respond to comments made by readers in the two earlier articles about this topic. Within our country, we can say anything.  We can glorify ourselves and of course, everyone will be happy. But, the facts asserted must be 100% true. Also, the rest of the world must […]

Source:Global Times Published: 2020/3/12  Chen Xu, China’s permanent representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva, speaks during the opening ceremony of the photo exhibition “Home: Glimpse of People from Various Ethnic Groups in Xinjiang” in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 2. More than 100 pictures and videos presenting a beautiful, open, and richly-endowed Xinjiang were on […]

By Shiran Illanperuma Xinhua The island nation is facing the temporary loss of markets in the US and Europe, says Atchuthan Srirangan of First Capital Holdings COLOMBO, March 13 (Xinhua) — The Sri Lankan economy may experience external shocks due to the COVID-19 outbreak, with tourism, garment manufacturing, and tea exports to be the hardest […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia For two weeks, no visas for people coming from Europe Colombo, March 14 (newsin.asia) The Sri Lankan government has decided to study how China has been able to control the COVID-19 epidemic. This is one of the several decisions taken on by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa at a meeting […]

By Tasha Wibawa Courtesy ABC News PHOTO: The Australian Therapeutic Goods Association does not approve products to be sold as “skin lightening”. (Supplied: Krisantha Weerasuriya) A “skin lightening” product advertised as made in Australia, which is being sold in South Asian countries including Sri Lanka and Myanmar, has been slammed by experts and labelled “unethical”. Key points: The […]

Courtesy Island * Visas to Europeans suspended* Lankans coming from Europe to be quarantined* Universities closed until further notice* England cricket tour called off March 13, 2020, 10:12 pm Sri Lanka, yesterday, (13), informed airlines to immediately stop bringing in passengers from Italy, South Korea and Iran until further notice. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Army says that it has enabled two more new Quarantine Centres operational at Kahagolla and the Diyatalawa Army Base Hospital starting from yesterday (12). Issuing a statement, the Army stated that Sri Lankan expatriates and a few South Korean nationals have been accommodated at the improvised Kahagolla Quarantine Centre and the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Director-General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe confirms that three more patients who had contracted the Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been identified in Sri Lanka. One of these patients is a 41-year-old Sri Lankan male who had arrived from Germany. He has been admitted to the IDH Hospital.  The other two patients are from […]

Courtesy Adaderana Several firm decisions have been taken under the guidance of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to combat COVID -19 in the country, the President’s Media Division said.  Measures initiated by the Government since January have been instrumental in preventing the disease coming into the country. Sri Lanka is in the […]