LNP - Health Ministry not comfortable with Sri Lanka’s tour of South Africa
Sri Lanka’s Health Ministry is not comfortable with the proposed tour of South Africa, according to the highly placed sources. Sri Lanka Cricket (SL...
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LNP - Mahara prison riot: How pills meant for mental patients triggered violence
A high-level investigation into the Mahara Prison riot took an unexpected turn yesterday (1) following the revelation that the prison dispensary had s...
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LNP-They jostled with no care for health precautions!
When this provincial chief assumed duties in his new office the other day, a large number of political cronies and white-collar high-ups flocked to hi...
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LNP - China grants Rs. 16.5 billion to improve medical care, education and water supply
China has extended a grant of Rs. 16.5 billion to improve medical care, education and water supply in rural areas of Sri Lanka. An Agreement on Econom...
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LNP - COVID case detected: Factory, hospital staff quarantined
A 39-year-old woman from Divulapitiya has tested positive for COVID-19, Army Commander Lt. Gen. Shavendra Silva said yesterday. The garment employeeâ€...
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LNP - SLC make fresh bid to ask Health Ministry to reconsider 14-day quarantine for Bangladesh tour
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) made a fresh attempt to convince Health Ministry officials to reconsider their position, that the Bangladesh cricket team wo...
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LNP - India’s economic growth hit by record slump following virus lockdown
(Mumbai) AFP: India’s economic growth suffered a historic 23.9 percent decline between April and June, official figures showed Monday, as manufact...
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LNP-Sports SLC to meet health authorities to get green light for LPL
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will meet the country’s health authorities on Tuesday to seek their approval and guidelines to conduct the much-awaited th...
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MR dismisses second wave of COVID-19 infections
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday dismissed fears of a second wave of COVID-19 infections sweeping the country, attributing them to statement...
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LNP - Not necessary to impose curfew: Health DG
It is not necessary to impose a lock-down in the country in a situation where the COVID-19 is not widespread, Director General of Health Services, D...
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LNP - Prez assures people protection from COVID-19 pandemic
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today assured that the people would be protected from the COVID-19 pandemic by mitigating the risk of the virus spreading...
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LNP - Kandakadu fears baseless – Health DG
Rumours being spread that Covid-19 infected persons of the Kandakadu cluster have been reported from various parts of the island are baseless, Directo...
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LNP - June vehicle registrations reach pre-pandemic levels as pent-up demand leads to heavy buying
Vehicle registrations in June picked up to pre-pandemic levels as pent-up demand kicked in with the gradual easing of lockdowns from mid May with peop...
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LNP - Coronavirus count in Sri Lanka climbs to 2,612
Five arrivals from Belarus have tested positive for COVID-19 raising the total number of cases reported in the country. Thereby the tally of virus-pos...
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LNP - PPP to boost organic agriculture in Mahaweli
An area of 3,600 hectares in the Moragahakanda-Kaluganga Mahaweli ‘F’ zone has been declared as a sustainable development area for organic agricul...
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Doctors’ attempt to steal Rs.7.9 mn OT money foiled
Police officers with the pistol used and the robbed cash at the Maradana police station yesterday. Picture by Washitha Patabendige. A doctor who stole...
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Crossing the Atlantic for eye-treatment
A story about how one of our lady envoys incurred several thousands of Euros on her eye treatment in the States some time ago when she could have go...
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Sri Lanka not downplaying COVID-19 situation, says Health Ministry
The Health Ministry, yesterday strongly rejected reports that it was downplaying the COVID-19 situation in the country, stating that all numbers repor...
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Coronavirus patients stop being infectious after 11 days: Study
Coronavirus patients can’t infect others after 11 days of being ill even if their test still comes back positive, scientists find. An i...
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Flight from Qatar cancelled after 70 COVID-19 patients found among previous arrivals
A flight with Sri Lankan passengers which was scheduled to arrive in the country tomorrow from Qatar was cancelled after more than 70 COVID-19 patient...
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Finland to spend 100 million euros on coronavirus protection
Finland’s Minister of Social Affairs and Health Aino-Kaisa Pekonen holds a news conference on the family leave reform in Helsinki, Finland February ...
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Coronavirus catastrophe unfolding in south Yemen -MSF
The main coronavirus treatment centre in southern Yemen has recorded at least 68 deaths in just over two weeks, the medical charity running the site s...
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Coronavirus may throw 60 million into extreme poverty: World Bank
The world’s progress in eliminating poverty is set to suffer a major setback due to the Covid-19 outbreak, forcing more people to survive on less th...
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