Courtesy Ada Derana Three more confirmed cases of Coronavirus (Covid-19) have been identified in the country bringing the total number of the patients to 22. The twenty-second Coronavirus patient in the country has been identified, according to the Director General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe. He stated that a 73-year-old male who is being […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් A total number of 28 patients tested positive for Covid-19 in Sri Lankan as of now, says the Director General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe. කොවිඩ් -19 හෙවත් කොරෝනා වෛරසය වැළදුණු තවත් රෝගීන් 6 දෙනෙකු හඳුනාගෙන තිබෙනවා. සෞඛ්‍ය සේවා අධ්‍යක්ෂ ජනරාල් විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍ය අනිල් ජාසිංහ හිරු ප්‍රවෘත්ති අංශය කළ විමසීමකදී […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Government has taken several more measures to limit congregation of people in the wake of COVID – 19 outbreak in the country, the President’s Media Division said. Several decisions related to justice and prison activities will be implemented from tomorrow (17) onwards, it said issuing a statement. The Judicial Services Commission which […]

Sunil Yatalamatta Gamage  We’re living through a moment in history when the world is facing the unknown, the unknowable and the uncontrollable. If you’re worried too, I understand. It’s natural. I wanted to share a few thoughts with the Sri Lankan People, that I’ve found helpful to make the best of a challenging situation. 1.Prioritize […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE Maithreepala Sirisena is aiming to obtain 1st place in Polonnaruwa and garner over 200,000 votes at the next parliamentary elections. In 2010 election, the Alliance of Mahinda Rajapakse secured 127 seats. In 2010 election, Maithreepala secured 90,118 votes in Polonnaruwa District, at a time Maithree’s and Mahinda Rajapakse’s popularity  remained […]

නීතිඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන මාර්තු 15 දිවයින ඉරිදා සංග්‍රහය 04 වැනි පිටුවේ ඇති වෛද්‍ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර ලියා ඇති “19ට දැන් කළ යුතු දේ” ලිපිය මගින් 19යේ ව්‍යවස්ථා විරෝධීබව සම්බන්ධයෙන් වන විද්වත් සාකච්ඡාවට හොද අවස්ථාවක් සපයා දී ඇත. “19ට දැන් කළ යුතු දේ” ලිපිය ලිවීමේදී එම වෛද්‍යවරයාට පනත් කෙටුම්පතක් සම්මත කිරීම සහ පනත් කෙටුම්පතක් නීතියක් බවට […]

අන්තර් සමාගම් සේවක සංගමය ගරු ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්‍ෂ මැතිතුමා, ජනාධිපති ලේකම් කාර්යාලය, කොළඹ 01. ගරු ජනාධිපතිතුමනි, කොරෝනා වෛරසය වැළැක්වීමේ අරමුණින් රාජ්‍ය හා පෞද්ගලික අංශ සඳහා දෙනු ලබන නිවාඩුව සම්බන්ධවයි කොරෝනා වෛරසය ව්‍යාප්ත වීම වැළැක්වීමේ අරමුණින නිරෝධායන කි‍්‍රයාවලියට ජනතාවගේ සහයොගය ලබාගැනීම සඳහා 2020 මාර්තු 16 දනි නිවාඩු දනි යක් ලෙස රජය විසනි ප‍්‍රකාශයට පත කරන ලද […]

By Wang Wenwen Source:Global Times Published: The novel coronavirus epidemic has exposed the deep-seated bigotry and substandard manner of some American elites. While China has made enormous sacrifices to contain the spread of the epidemic, and when China’s successful practice has gained other countries sufficient time to be alerted and prepared, some Americans just seek […]

Analysis by James Griffiths, CNN Hong Kong (CNN)China’s Communist Party wants more gratitude for its handling of the novel coronavirus outbreak.Speaking Friday, Wang Zhonglin, party chief of Wuhan, the virus-hit capital of Hubei province, said that people in the city — much of which remains on lockdown — were not appreciative enough.It is necessary, Wang reportedly said, […]

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By Peter Singer & Paola Cavalieri courtesy Asian Tribune The apocalyptic images of the locked-down Chinese city of Wuhan have reached us all. The world is holding its breath over the spread of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, and governments are taking or preparing drastic measures that will necessarily sacrifice individual rights and freedoms for the […]

Mahinda Gunasekera  Please on the LINK below to access the video about the ordination of two young Africans at the Buddhist Centre in Uganda.  The Burmese and Thai Buddhist communities to have participated in the event. The chief monk of the Centre is Ven. Buddharakkita Thera whom we have met on two occasions on visits […]

FB CONFIRMED – FORT DETRICK, THE UNITED STATES BIOLOGICAL WARFARE LAB IS WHERE CORONAVIRUS ORIGINATED FORCED TO SHUT DOWN WHEN VIRUSES LEAKED AUGUST 2019 US SOLDIERS WERE INFECTED 300 HUNDRED CAME TO WUHAN ON PRETENSE OF TAKING PART IN THE WORLD MILITARY COMPETITION – WON NOT ONE MEDAL SPREAD OUT IN WUHAN WITH SOME VISITING […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Ayurveda Department today cautioned the public not to be deceived by various social media posts about Ayurvedic cures for COVID-19 saying there was no such remedy for the viral infection except for immune-boosting spices or herbs like ginger and coriander. Commissioner of Ayurveda K.D.C.S. Kumaratunga said it was a punishable […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) in a letter to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today has proposed drastic measures to control the COVID-19 pandemic including the shutting down of all airports and harbours with immediate effect. They also asked to extend public holidays to cover the entire week and prevent unnecessary movement […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Government of Sri Lanka has declared a special public holiday for the next three days. The declared three-day holiday is also applicable to the private sector. Accordingly, the holiday will be in effect from tomorrow (17) until Thursday (19), the government announced.  However, this special three-day holiday will be effective for departments, […]

උපුටා ගැනීම – අනව තප්ත විල ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ covid-19 රෝගීන් 21 දෙනෙක් වාර්තා වෙලා ඉන්න වෙලාවේ පොඩි දෙයක් කියන්න හිතුණා.. මේ සටහන මම පටන් ගන්නෙ “Don’t try to be like patient 31” කියලා … කවුද මේ patient 31 කියන්නෙ? දකුණු කොරියාව කියන්නෙ චීනයට පස්සෙ ඉතාම සීඝ්‍රයෙන් මේ වෛරසය මුලින්ම ව්‍යාප්ත වුන රටක්.. හැබැයි ඒ යම් […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Department of Government Information says that there will not be any changes in the already declared Public, Bank and Mercantile holiday tomorrow (16). However, the Department has requested the wholesale and retail traders to remain open. Cabinet Spokesperson, Minister Bandula Gunawardana also announced this during a special media briefing held at the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Another 7 returnees from Italy have been diagnosed positive for coronavirus bringing the total number of cases in the country to 18, stated the Director-General of Health Dr. Anil Jasinghe. They had been in quarantine at the Kandakadu quarantine facility. The identified persons are all male and are currently receiving treatment at the […]