Aderana The Government Information Department reports that another 137 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 increasing the total number of fresh cases identified today to 657. All new cases are close associates of patients from the Peliyagoda Covid-19 cluster. This brings the tally of cases associated with the Minuwangoda, Peliyagoda and prisons clusters to 93,157. […]

Dilrook Kannangara Information on the Easter Sunday attack tickles in slowly. Based on available information, the radical group members that carried out the attack had agreed not to attack Sinhalese, especially Buddhists when some of them had suggested otherwise. Going by this decision, they avoided Sinhalese in their attacks except on the occasion of the […]

නිපුණතා සංවර්ධන වෘත්තීය අධ්‍යාපන පර්යේෂණ හා නව නිපැයුම් රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය අතිගරු ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමාගේ අධීක්ෂණය හා මඟපෙන්වීම යටතේ නිපුණතා සංවර්ධන වෘත්තීය අධ්‍යාපන පර්යේෂණ හා නව නිපැයුම් රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශයට අනුබද්ධ අම්පාර හාර්ඩි කාර්මික විද්‍යාලය හා අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍යාංශය අනුබද්ධ  ශ්‍රි ලංකා උසස් තාක්ෂණ ආයතනය (SLIATE) යටතේ ක්‍රියාත්මක  අම්පාර හාර්ඩි උසස් තාක්ෂණ ආයතනය යන ආයතන ද්විත්වය ඒකාබද්ධ […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ගරු කථානායකතුමනි, අද අපි මීට වසර දෙකකට පෙර එනම් 2019 අප්‍රේල් 21 පාස්කු දිනයේ ලංකා ඉතිහාසයේ ඇති වූ අඳුරුතම දිනයක දෙවන අනුස්මරණය ඉතා සංවේගයෙන් සමරනවා. එදා පාස්කු ඉරු දින දේව මෙහෙයන්ට සහභාගී වූ අහිංසක ජනතාව ඇතුළු 259 ක් මරුමුවට පත්කරමින් සහ සිය ගණනකට තුවාල සිදු කරමින් එල්ලවූ මරාගෙන මැරෙන බෝම්බ මාලාව හේතුවෙන් […]

By Dr harold Gunatillake-FRCS,FICS,FIACS,AM(Sing),MB,BS (Cey) –Health editor Hoppers described as the love-child of a crepe & crumpet. It has become a very popular street food in Sri Lanka, in big towns and rural areas. It is now considered as a special ‘super staple food’ When Australia opened doors for Southern Asians in the late fifties […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, April 21 (AFP): Sri Lankan authorities on Wednesday (21) expelled an Antigua-registered ship that entered the island’s territory without declaring a radioactive cargo bound for China. The country’s Atomic Energy Regulatory Council (AERC) said the MV BBC Naples was asked to leave after it was found to be in the Chinese-run port […]

Courtesy Miami Herald The reigning Mrs. World has returned her crown of her own accord after she injured the winner of the Mrs. Sri Lanka beauty pageant over the Sri Lankan winner’s marital status, organizers said on Wednesday. The woman who ranked second in the contest, Mrs. Ireland Kate Schneider, will be granted the title […]

Courtesy RT The Sri Lankan health minister has informed parliament that the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine has led to three deaths, as well as three additional cases of non-fatal blood clotting. Speaking to the Sri Lankan parliament on April 21, Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi explained that there had been six cases of blood clotting after the […]

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press Courtesy abc news A Sri Lankan Catholic archbishop has appealed to the country’s Muslims to reject extremism and join Catholics in determining the truth behind Easter Sunday suicide bombings in 2019 that killed 269 people. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A Sri Lankan Catholic archbishop appealed to the country’s Muslims on […]

Courtesy BBC 80-year-old Tony Perry from Easton near Norwich was told he needed knee replacement surgery in July 2019. His appointment for the procedure at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital was cancelled in January 2020. His knee condition also exacerbated problems with his hip and his Sri Lankan partner suggested seeking treatment over there. […]

Sheain Fernandopulle Courtesy The Daily Mirror While the country moves back to normalcy with schools, universities and companies re-opening, COVID -19 cases are simultaneously increasing, making the next few weeks extremely crucial and challenging in controlling and preventing the virus, Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Sudath Samaraweera warned today. He told the media that people would have […]

Yoshitha Perera Courtesy The Daily Mirror President’s Counsel Romesh de Silva, appearing on behalf of President’s Secretary P.B. Jayasundara in the intervening petition on the Port City Economic Commission Bill, told the Supreme Court that the acts of the Colombo Port City Commission could be also subjected to judicial review and the aggrieved parties could […]

Yohan Perera Courtesy The Daily Mirror Archbishop of Colombo Cadinal Malclom Ranjith today urged the Muslim community in Sri Lanka to rise up against those who try to instrumentalise Islam for their own purposes. Rise up and defend yourself against those who try to instrumentalise Islam to fulfil their own purposes. Oppose Wahabism and organizations […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has decided to postpone launching the proposed travel bubble” with India, in the wake of the recent surge in Covid-19 cases in India, officials at the Indian Ministry of Tourism said. We are just postponing the bubble, this is not a cancellation. When things get better in India, we look forward […]

Courtesy Adaderana Ministry of Health on Wednesday (April 21) confirmed 217 new cases of the COVID-19 in Sri Lanka as the daily cases count reached 578. Department of Government Information said 62 arrivals from foreign countries are also among the newly-identified cases. The new development has brought the total number of COVID-19 confirmed in the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Five more persons who were infected with COVID-19 have died, as Sri Lanka’s death toll reached 630, Director-General of Health Services confirmed today (April 21). Details of the latest victims of coronavirus infection are as follows: 01. A 75-year-old man from Sewanagala area: He had been under medical care at the Embilipitiya Base […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Ministry of Health says that a decision has been taken to conduct at least 15,000 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests per day in the country. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Special Review Task Force of the Health Ministry, held under the patronage of Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi.

Courtesy Adaderana Three individuals who had received the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Sri Lanka have died of blood clotting, Minister of Health Pavithra Wanniarachchi told the Parliament today (April 21). In response to a question raised by Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, the Health Minister stated that Sri Lanka has reported a total of six cases […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS Before start work in Colombo Port City, I published several articles explaining how it positively impacts the economy of Sri Lanka. The concept of port city development has been attracted in many countries and some are successful others are not successful as expected. Sri Lanka needs to invent new strategies for its […]

Senaka Weeraratna April 21, 2019 is destined to be marked as a date which will live in infamy. Paraphrasing President Franklin D. Roosevelt when he delivered the famous infamy speech on December 08, 1941 soon after the attack on Pearl Harbour by Japan,,  posterity may well designate  April 21, 2019 as the Blackest day and […]

KNO Dharmadasa Courtesy Thuppahi’s Blog Shirley D’Alwis, the first University Architect, died in harness. He was working day and night to complete the job entrusted to him – the preparation of the buildings he had designed and started constructing – for the university to be shifted to its intended site in Peradeniya. After a long […]

චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ විසිනි. දෙවියන් අඳුරු කුටි තුල ලැග ඉන්නේ නැත.වැඩ සිටින්නේ මුළු මහත් සමාජය තුලමය. එසේ සමාජය ආවරණය කරමින් වැඩ සිටින දෙවියන් අඳුරු කුටි තුල ලැග ගෙන ඉන්නා මිනිසුන්ට සිතා බලන්න බොහෝ දේ නිර්මාණය කරමින් එලි දක්වයි. ඒත් අදුරේ අතපත ගාමින් සිටින මිනිසුන්ගෙන් කි දෙනෙකුට දෙවියන් ඉදිරිපත් කරන මේ කරුණු වැටහේද යන්න ගැටලුවක්ව ඇත. බලන්න […]

Courtesy BBC India is reeling under a severe second wave of Covid-19 and many states are struggling to cope with the rising numbers. Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state, is among the worst affected in the country and its people are suffering even as authorities insist the situation is under control, reports the BBC’s Geeta […]

Soutik Biswas  India correspondent Courtesy BBC In early March, India’s health minister Harsh Vardhan declared the country was “in the endgame” of the Covid-19 pandemic. Mr Vardhan also lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership as an “example to the world in international co-operation”. From January onwards, India had begun shipping doses to foreign countries as […]

Courtesy BBC India will be added to the government’s travel-ban red list from Friday 23 April. It came after Boris Johnson cancelled his planned trip to the country because of the Covid situation there. India has been reporting more than 200,000 cases daily since 15 April. But Pakistan and Bangladesh have both been on the […]

Courtesy BBC Civil rights leader Al Sharpton is calling the verdict a moment of “sunlight”. “Today we can wipe our tears away and fight on for another day,” he just told a news conference. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-us-canada-56721011 “We don’t find pleasure in this,” he said. “We don’t celebrate a man going to jail. We would rather have […]

Times of India NEW DELHI: The highly infectious Covid mutant causing a mass .. Sri Lanka is learnt to have indefinitely postponed commencem .. Read more at:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/82159371.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

Courtesy Nikkei Asia Yearlong talks yield $500m loan thought to carry ‘geopolitical conditions’ Signs advertise Colombo Port City: The development is said to give Beijing sweeping powers to oversee projects for the financial hub worth $1.4 billion. (Photo by Yuji Kuronuma)MUNZA MUSHTAQ, Contributing WriterApril 20, 2021 16:42 JST COLOMBO — China appears to be tightening its strategic grip […]

Courtesy The News LAHORE: A 14-member delegation comprising senior Buddhist monks from Sri Lanka arrived in the provincial metropolis Monday to undertake a week-long religious pilgrimage to various Buddhist heritage sites in the country. The Buddhist monks started their journey with a visit of the Lahore Museum which houses some of the finest remains of […]

Courtesy Adaderana India supports the call of international community for the Sri Lankan government to fulfill its commitments on devolution of political authority including through early holding of elections to provincial councils, according to S. Jaishankar, India’s External Affairs Minister. This also covers the commitment of ensuring that all the provincial councils are able to […]