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Sri Lanka COVID 19

Sri Lanka relaxes rules for inbound travelers from Boxing Day onwards

Sri Lanka has announced a further relaxation of rules for incoming passengers to the island from December 26 onwards, wi...

December 21, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka Coronavirus isolates Induruwa areas, six Covid-19 deaths takes total to 171

Sri Lanka has Coronavirus isolated areas Thenduwa West and Thenduwa East Grama Niladari Division of Induruwa in the Sou...

December 20, 2020 2 min read

Showing no compassion towards Muslim sentiments is shameful and dangerous

Sri Lanka’s continuing anti-Muslim policies are shameful as we as heirs to a civilization that goes back millennia are...

December 18, 2020 8 min read

Antigen tests on Western Provincial Borders – Health dept

Sri Lanka Health Authorities are conducting rapid antigen tests on people crossing the borders of the Western Province f...

December 18, 2020 1 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'...

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...

Opinion: Sri Lanka ruling party is ahead with 12 days to go for Parliamentary polls

Sri Lanka is nearing the end of the Parliamentary General Election campaign, and the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna ...

Arjuna Ranawana
July 25, 2020 10 min read
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COVID positive inmate from Kandakadu nabbed by Army Intelligence near National Hospital – Army

Army Intelligence officers found and arrested a COVID 19 positive inmate from the Kandakadu Rehabilitation camp who had ...

July 24, 2020 1 min read

COVID positive inmate from Kandakadu is on the loose after escaping from IDH - Police

Police are seeking public assistance to hunt down a COVID 19 positive inmate from the Kandakadu Rehabilitation camp who ...

July 24, 2020 2 min read
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No new COVID-19 cases reported yesterday – National Centre for Prevention of COVID

No new COVID-19 cases were reported during the 24- hour period that ended at 6 a.m. this morning, National Operations Ce...

July 22, 2020 1 min read

One patient from Kandakadu rehabilitation centre moved to IDH

One patient from the Medical Facility created at the Kandakadu Drug Rehabilitation and Treatment centre for COVID 19 pat...

July 22, 2020 2 min read

Teacher who gave tuition in the Gampaha area newest COVID 19 victim

Sri Lanka will quarantine around 600 people after a local Teacher in the Gampaha area was tested positive for COVID 19 t...

July 21, 2020 2 min read

Kandakadu cluster total goes up to 561 two more Navy patients are still in hospital

Sri Lanka’s latest COVID 19 cluster produced one more case last night after a family member of a staffer at the Kandak...

July 21, 2020 1 min read

The World has no trust in the Sri Lanka government's COVID story – Eran

The international community does not seem to trust all the stories, facts and narratives coming out of the government ab...

Arjuna Ranawana
July 20, 2020 3 min read
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Kandakadu cluster’s number of Coronavirus positive patients rises to 560

The number of COVID-19 positive patients from the Kandakadu cluster has risen to 560 increasing the total number of pati...

July 20, 2020 1 min read

Gazetted Health Regulations for Elections are more relaxed than what was stipulated by the Health De...

Election watchdogs are expressing alarm that the Gazetted rules the August 5 election is to be conducted under are consi...

July 19, 2020 2 min read
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Schools to re-open for Grades 11, 12 and 13 on July 27, the rest on August 10 – Education Minister

Sri Lanka’s schools will stay closed for another week although the Health Authorities are convinced that there is no c...

July 18, 2020 2 min read

Kandakadu COVID 19 toll rises to 550 with another child from Rajangana infected

Sri Lanka’s latest cluster of COVID 19 cases from the Kandakadu drug Rehabilitation and Treatment centre has risen to ...

July 18, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka's public health inspectors withdraw from pandemic work

The Public Health Inspectors’ (PHI) Union announced their withdrawal from COVID-19 related activities from today.

Imesh Ranasinghe
July 17, 2020 2 min read

WFP and Australia donate food packs to kids missing free midday meals due to school closures

Australia and the World Food Programme (WFP) have donated Rs74mn to fund take-home rations for children covered by the n...

July 17, 2020 1 min read

President says huge propaganda campaign under way to create panic about Covid-19 - Bandula

The Navy COVID cluster which appeared from the Welisara Navy Camp is three times bigger than the current Kandakadu clust...

July 16, 2020 2 min read

CEB customers need to pay only what they paid in February for March, April and May - Cabinet

Electricity consumers facing huge bills after the COVID 19 lockdown are to be given further relief at a loss of Rs 3bn t...

July 16, 2020 2 min read

Two-year-old child of Kandakadu staff member among COVID 19 infected patients as cluster total hits ...

A two-year-old child of a staff member at the Kandakadu Drug Rehabilitation and Treatment Centre is among nine new COVID...

July 16, 2020 2 min read

Deshapriya urges government to gazette health regulations to conduct a safe poll

Sri Lanka’s Chief Elections Commissioner is reiterating that the government issue regulations with regard to the Healt...

July 15, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka Docs urge government to act fast not pretend there is no Covid crisis

Sri Lanka’s medical profession is being urged by its peers to act as if there is community transmission of the COVID 1...

July 15, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka COVID-19 regulations likely to be gazetted this week - officials

Sri Lanka’s President says heads of government and private bodies will be held accountable for employees adhering to h...

July 15, 2020 2 min read