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Sri Lanka COVID 19

Argentina president tests positive after getting Sputnik vaccine

Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez has tested positive for Coronavirus after getting two doses of Russia's Sputnik ...

April 4, 2021 1 min read

Restarting South Asia: The Tea industry faces up to its challenges

The coronavirus pandemic wrought havoc on almost all walks of life, and the various industries ranging from commodities,...

March 23, 2021 6 min read

Battaramulla tops the list of Sri Lanka Coronavirus cases

The highest number of 56 Coronavirus cases in the 24 hours ending 0600 on March 19, or over half the cases in Sri Lanka'...

March 19, 2021 1 min read

Thousands of Migrant workers stranded in the Gulf States

Almost a year after the COVID-19 pandemic hit, many Sri Lankan migrant workers remain stranded mostly in the Gulf States...

March 15, 2021 5 min read

Covid-related unrest in Prisons grow as escaping inmate in Kandy is shot dead

Prisoners in many jails in Sri Lanka are uneasy because of the Covid 19 spread in the institutions and the incident this...

Arjuna Ranawana
November 18, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka Covid death toll rises to 66 as 5 die in and around Colombo

The death toll from the Covid 19 pandemic in Sri Lanka has risen to 66 today after five more people succumbed to the ill...

November 17, 2020 1 min read

Opinion: Government Alone Cannot Win War Against Covid-19

A fatal trend of non-transparent decision making was set early on in the Covid crisis. At the root of the problem was th...

Dr. Jehan Perera - Executive Director National Peace Council
November 17, 2020 6 min read

Rosy wants to shut down Colombo but government unlikely to agree

The government is unlikely to accede to a request made by Colombo Mayor Rosy Senanayake to shut down the country’s com...

November 17, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka Coronavirus deaths rise to 61, new Covid-19 cases 382

Sri Lanka's Coronavirus deaths rose to 61 with three elderly persons passing away and health authorities confirmed anoth...

November 17, 2020 1 min read
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Bogambara Prison Covid infections threatening Kandy - Kiriella

Opposition MP Lakshman Kiriella is charging that said that the Prison turned quarantine centre in Bogambara Prison is po...

Imesh Ranasinghe
November 16, 2020 2 min read

Opinion: It is time to rethink how we are dealing with Covid

As the second wave of the Covid 19 pandemic continues to engulf the country, and the public is increasingly showing its ...

Arjuna Ranawana
November 16, 2020 8 min read

Opinion: Failed Government - A Year in Review

A year into President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's presidency, we are in the midst of a raging pandemic, with an ailing economy ...

By Rasika Jayakody – Samagi Jana Balavegaya
November 16, 2020 4 min read
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Sri Lanka Coronavirus deaths rise to 58, new Covid-19 cases 704

Sri Lanka's has reported five new Coronavirus deaths taking the total to 58, Director General of Health Asela Gunewarden...

November 15, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka Coronavirus isolation in Colombo tightened, EDB, BOI firms can work

Sri Lanka has expanded isolated areas in the capital Colombo from 0500hours Monday with border controls on the Western p...

November 15, 2020 3 min read
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Most of Colombo Central to be isolated from Monday  morning – Army Commander

Five more areas in the City of Colombo will be isolated from 5:00 AM on Monday, Nov 16, and they are Maradana, Fort, Pet...

November 14, 2020 1 min read

Police nab man for allegedly posting fake Covid story

Sri Lanka’s police have issued a stern warning to Social Media users who create and share fake news about the Covid 19...

November 14, 2020 2 min read
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CID probing “false” Social Media posts of people dying by the wayside of COVID

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is probing the instances where there were postings on social media showing p...

November 13, 2020 1 min read

Government imported Rapid Antigen test kits on epidemiologists’ recommendation – Jayasumana

The government chose to use an emergency tender process to import the Rapid Antigen test kits to Sri Lanka to cover the ...

Imesh Ranasinghe
November 13, 2020 2 min read

“Don’t blame the public for the second wave of Covid infections” - Kiriella

Chief Opposition Whip Lakshman Kiriella is urging the government not to blame the public for the second wave of Covid 19...

November 13, 2020 2 min read

Cricket: Lanka Premier League still on course - SLC

Sri Lanka Cricket Board (SLC) is yet to decide whether the Lanka Premier League (LPL) T20 Cricket tournament will be pla...

Imesh Ranasinghe
November 12, 2020 2 min read

Two more die of Covid 19 – DG Health Services

Two more Covid 19 patients have died bringing the total dead from the virus in Sri Lanka to 48 the Director-General of H...

November 12, 2020 1 min read

Deepavali celebrations - Government issues guidelines

The Health authorities have issued a set of guidelines to those celebrating the Hindu festival of light – Deepavali - ...

November 12, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka isolates Western Province amid Covid-19 warnings on Colombo, Coronavirus deaths rise to 46

Sri Lanka's has barred travel in and out the Western Province as daily Coronavirus cases hit 635 and Covid-19 deaths ros...

November 12, 2020 6 min read

Western Province isolated as of midnight tonight on President’s orders – Army Chief

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has ordered that all entrances and exits from the Western Province be closed from midnight ...

November 11, 2020 2 min read