Coronavirus adds huge flywheel to Lankan banks’ digitisation drive
Sri Lanka’s banks have seen a massive upsurge in their digital transaction volumes as the COVID-19 pandemic has upended how banking should be done a...
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22 more COVID-19 patients recover
Twenty-two COVID-19 infected patients recovered and were discharged from the hospital today increasing the total number of recovered cases to 343, the...
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South Korea warns of second wave of virus infections
South Korea’s capital has ordered the closure of all clubs and bars after a burst of new cases sparked fears of a second coronavirus wave, and Presi...
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Obama calls Trump’s handling of pandemic a ‘chaotic disaster’
Former president Barack Obama has launched a scathing attack on Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, calling it an “absolute chaot...
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Three members of White House coronavirus task force quarantined
Three members of President Trump’s coronavirus task force, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, said they will self-quarantine on Saturday after coming into...
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UN warns world faces ‘mega-famines’ due to coronavirus
The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) has cautioned that the world faces famines if enough funds are not pledged to combat the effects of t...
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Coronavirus causing deadly new inflammatory fever among children: Study
Coronavirus is ‘manifesting’ as a deadly new inflammatory syndrome in some children, a British study revealed yesterday. Health Secre...
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Vesak in the time of Coronavirus
Buddhists, this year, have been restricted to celebrate Vesak staying at homes giving priority to Prathipaththi Pooja due to COVID-19 pandemic. People...
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No politics during pandemic crisis - Ranil tells party loyalists
Former Prime Minister and UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has instructed his party not to engage in politics at the time when the country is facing CO...
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Coronavirus exerts pressure on Lankan banks’ ratings
Fitch Ratings yesterday cut the ratings of three Sri Lankan banks to reflect the sovereign rating, which was downgraded a few weeks ago to ‘B-’ wi...
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Stocks advance as virus restrictions are eased
(Hong Kong) AFP: Most equities rose again yesterday as investors grew increasingly, but cautiously, hopeful that the worst of the coronavirus had pass...
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Trump ABANDONS plans to disband coronavirus taskforce
President Donald Trump ignored signs requiring a mask be worn when he toured a mask factory in Arizona and only wore safety goggles on his eyes ...
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EC to develop health manual to conduct polls
The Election Commission has initiated discussion with the health authorities to formulate a manual of guidelines to conduct the parliamentary election...
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Hambantota Port’s tank farm fully operational
With Hambantota International Port (HIP) resuming operations with Litro Gas, the port completes its full complement of energy services, positioning it...
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No evidence that coronavirus emerged from Wuhan lab
There is no evidence to substantiate the Trump administration’s claims that Covid-19 came from a Chinese laboratory, according to intelligence sourc...
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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 got ...
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China’s military budget will still rise despite coronavirus
China has made modernising its military and expanding its weaponry a priority. (Courtesy SCMP) China, (Courtesy SouthChina Morning Post) 3...
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Sri Lanka monitoring new virus which has affected children in UK, Europe
Sri Lankan Health officials yesterday said they were closely monitoring a new illness which had affected some children in the UK and Europe in recent ...
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Turkish health workers bullish at virus ‘ground zero’
ISTANBUL AFP April29, 2020 - Voices reverberate around the room in Turkey’s busiest medical emergency hotline in Istanbul, where there has been a su...
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COVID-19 patients capacity exceeds at IDH
Dr. Ananda Wijewickrama, the Consultant Physician at the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) said the capacity of the COVID-19 patients at the IDH has ...
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Number of COVID-19 patients increased to 611
The number of COVID-19 infected patients has increased to 611 in the country, along with the 12 patients who were identified a short while ago, the He...
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US now has one million coronavirus infections
The United States now has more than one million coronavirus cases across the country - accounting for a third of the global tally - as the death toll ...
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Bangladesh garment factories reopen, defying virus lockdown
(Dhaka) AFP: Hundreds of Bangladesh’s garment factories defied a nationwide coronavirus lockdown to reopen on Sunday, raising fears the industry’s...
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