News from 2020

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The King of Thailand is said to be spending the lockdown - accompanied by a harem of 20 concubines with military ranks in a German…

Director of the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital Dr Sarath Weerabandara has been transferred to the Ministry of Health with effect fro…

Despite the government stating that curfew will be relaxed for public and private sector businesses to re-open from May 11, the Da…

A Sri Lankan who returned from Dubai yesterday was among 27 Covid-19 patients reported yesterday, Director General of Health Anil …

Strict guidelines have been proposed for the tourism sector as the industry prepares to open its doors and resume operations. A dr…

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Coaches who have not even won a medal at national level or followed any international coaching courses have created a coaching maf…

The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) has cautioned that the world faces famines if enough funds are not pledged to com…

The debate over Taiwan’s place within the World Health Organisation has escalated with New Zealand’s foreign minister Winston …

Coronavirus is ‘manifesting’ as a deadly new inflammatory syndrome in some children, a British study revealed yesterday. …

The lotus tower was lit up this evening in view of Vesak Poya Day when all other Vesak celebrations across the country have been h…

Twenty six(26) more Covid-19 infected patients were reported today increasing the total cases to 823, the Health Ministry said. It…

Responding to the urgent need of Sri Lankan side fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, 30,000 Coronavirus Nucleic Acid Test Kits (PCR-Fl…

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided a guarantee for a $25 million trade loan to the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation of…

Buddhists, this year, have been restricted to celebrate Vesak staying at homes giving priority to Prathipaththi Pooja due to COVID…

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is optimistic that the economy adversely affected by the COVID – 19 pandemic could be re-built on a…

Former Prime Minister and UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has instructed his party not to engage in politics at the time when the …

Though we may lead a life divided based on religious and ethnic lines, the current COVID-19 pandemic has shown us that we are all …

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The Central Bank (CB) has categorised several new assets held by the banking sector as liquid assets, in considering the potential…

UB Finance Limited (UBF) has yet again failed to meet the extended timeline given by the Central Bank, which lapsed on March 31, 2…

Twenty one more Covid-19 infected patients were reported this evening increasing the total cases to 795, the Health Ministry said.…

Nearly 30,000 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests have been conducted in Sri Lanka as of May 5 with 1,396 tests conducted yester…

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