Coronavirus does not discriminate. It treats all equally. Rich-poor-Old-young, it doesn’t care if you live in West-East, North-South, the virus doesn’t care whether you are Sinhalese Tamil Muslim or Burgher or whether you are Buddhist Hindu, Islam or Christian/Catholic/Born Again. Virtually every country in the world is affected, close to 50,000 people already dead and […]

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Lankaweb Editorial It is extremely encouraging that the Sri Lanka Administration is doing an admirable job of containing the COVID 19 virus pandemic and guiding the Nation through what appears to be dire straits and most Sri Lankans are responding through their cognitive capabilities and the coercion of Law enforcement and hopefully, the issues related […]

මාධ්‍ය නිවේදනය යුතුකම ජාතික සංවිධානය වෙනුවෙන්,   ගෙවිඳු කුමාරතුංග   සභාපති පසුගිය දින දෙකතුන ඇතුළත සොයා ගැණුනු කොරෝනා රෝගීන් සහ ඔවුන් කටයුතු කර ඇති ආකාරය සැලකිල්ලට ගැනීමේ දී මුස්ලිම් ප්‍රජාවෙහි ඇතැම් සාමාජිකයන් තමන් ගේ විදේශ ගමන්බිමන් පිළිබඳ තොරතුරු වසන් කරමින්, තමන් ගේ රෝගී තත්වයන් පිළිබඳ තොරතුරු වසන් කරමින්, තම ප්‍රජාව තුළ හා රට පුරා යමින්එමින් කටයුතු කර […]

Lahiru Pothmulla Courtesy The Daily Mirror Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said the government’s actions are invariably based on instructions of health officials, taking into consideration the wellbeing of all citizens, and added that the current situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic could create difficulties to all, including Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, Catholics and others. Speaking […]

Courtesy Adaderana The COVID-19 cases tally in Sri Lanka has risen to 159 as three more patients tested positive for the virus at of 10.10 pm today (03). Accordingly, a total of 8 coronavirus patients were found in the country during the course of the day. The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry, 131 patients […]

Courtesy Adaderana Police said that 289 individuals have been arrested for violating the curfew within six hours ending at 12 noon today (03). A total of 70 vehicles have also been taken into custody during this time period.  The Police Media Unit said that the total arrests made so far for curfew violations stands at […]

Courtesy Adaderana The International Development Association (IDA) and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) of the World Bank Group agreed to provide financing assistance amounting to United States Dollars (USD) 128.6 million to the Sri Lankan effort to battle against Covid 19 outbreak. These funds will be mobilized through the Government Budget during […]

Courtesy Adaderana DIG Ajith Rohana has appealed to the people to remember the individuals they come into contact with when they are at a public place. He stated this in a special statement on the spread of COVID-19 in the country. If you proceed to a certain public place, especially in the Western Province, Puttalam, […]

Sky News Sky News’ Special Correspondent Stuart Ramsay travels to the heart of Europe’s coronavirus pandemic. In the city of Bergamo in Northern Italy he meets doctors fighting the illness that’s changing the entire world and witnesses the impact Covid-19 is having on people, infrastructure and the economy.