Three more COVID-19 related deaths have been reported in Sri Lanka, the Department of Government Information confirmed a short while ago. The post Sri Lanka confirms 3 more COVID-19 deaths appeared... Click on the headline to read the full story

The United Kingdom (UK) has noted that Sri Lanka is vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appointed the former Secretary of State for International Development, Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP, as the UK’s International Champion on Adaptation and Resilience for the COP26 Presidency. With one year to go until COP26 […] The post UK notes Sri Lanka vulner...

The Sri Lankan Government must remain committed to delivering truth, justice and reparations to thousands of victims of the country’s civil war, said Amnesty International, ahead of tomorrow’s announcement of the national budget for 2021. Following the Government’s withdrawal of support in February for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution committing the country to […] The post Sri ...

Three more coronavirus deaths have been reported today, taking the death toll in Sri Lanka to 61. The three deaths were reported in Colombo 10, Colombo 13 and Moratuwa. The Government Information Department said that one victim is an 84-year-old woman from Moratuwa. She had died in her house and the cause of death was […] The post Three more coronavirus deaths reported in Sri Lanka taking to...

The Ministry of Health confirms that 229 new cases of Covid-19 have been identified.

What lessons should Republicans learn from the 2020 elections? On one hand, Republicans gained seats in the U.S. House and potentially held control of the U.S. Senate, pending runoff elections in...

කලාපීය විස්තීර්ණ ආර්ථික හවුල්කාරිත්වය The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) නමින් රටවල් 15න් සමන්විත ලොව විශාලතම වෙළඳ සහයෝගිතා සඳහා රටවල් අත්සන් තැබීම පසුගිය දා සිදුවී තිබේ. අග්නිදිග ආසියාවේ රටවල් 10ක් ද දකුණු කොරියාව, චීනය, ජපානය, ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාව සහ නවසීලන්තය ඇතුළු රටවල් මේ සඳහා එක්ව තිබුණි. මේ අතර මෙම ගිවිසුමේ ආර්ථික ගෝලීය ආර්ථිකයෙන් තුනෙන් එකක් ආවරණය වන […] The post රටවල් 1...

කොළඹ මහ නගර සභා සේවකයන් අතරින් වාර්තාවෙන කොවිඩ් ආසාදිතයන් සංඛ්‍යාව අද පස්වරුව වන විට 200 ක් දක්වා ඉහළ ගොස් තිබේ. නාගරික ඉංජිනේරු දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවෙන් ආසාදිතයන් 170 ක්, නාගරික ජන සෞඛ්‍ය දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවෙන් ආසාදිතයන් 20 ක්, නාගරික ගිනි නිවීමේ සේවා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවෙන් ආසාදිතයන් 6 ක්, නාගරික ලේකම් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවෙන් ආසාදිතයන් 2 ක්, නාගරික මුද්‍රණාලයෙන් සහ නාගරික තක්සේරු දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවෙන් ආසාදිතයා බැගින් [R...

Unilever Sri Lanka, one of Sri Lanka’s largest fast-moving consumer goods companies, today announced that it has been awarded the coveted ISO 9001 certification for its Horana based manufacturing facility by the Sri Lanka Standards Institute (SLSI). This is in addition to simultaneously receiving the certification approval for Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP). As a result of […] The post U...

A two-year partnership, known as SheWorks Sri Lanka, has led to a 12 percent increase in the number of women employed by 15 of the country’s leading companies, equating to over 12,000 more women in the workforce. Initiated by Women in Work, a partnership between IFC—a member of the World Bank Group—and the Australian government, […] The post IFC and Australian Government Help Create and Reta...

The UK Foreign Office is resisting publishing files relating to its diplomatic support for British mercenaries in the 1980s in Sri Lanka despite the Metropolitan police launching an unprecedented inquiry into potential war crimes by those individuals, The Guardian reported.

කොරෝනා වෛරසය පාලනය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ක්‍රියාමාර්ග තීරණය ගත් තීන්දු තීරණ ගන්නා කිසිදු කමිටුවක් ආයතනයක් මෙතෙක් තමන් සමඟ සාකච්ඡා කිරීමක් හෝ උපදෙස් ලබාගැනීමක් සිදු කර නැතැයි මහාචාර්ය තිස්ස විතාරණ සඳහන් කරයි. තමන් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ජේෂ්ඨතම සහ ප්‍රධානතම වෛරස විද්‍යාඥයා බවත් තමන්ගේ ආචාර්ය උපාධිය ද සම්පූර්ණ කරන ලද්දේ වෛරසවේදය පිළිබඳව යයිද ඔහු පවසයි. මෙරට වෛරසය පාලනය කරන ආකාරයේ […] The post වෛරස පාලනයේ තියෙන ගැ...

දිවයිනේ පවතින වැසි තත්ත්වයේ තරමක වැඩිවීමක් අද (16) දිනයේ සිට ඉදිරි දින කිහිපයේදී බලාපොරොත්තුවිය හැකි බව කාලගුණ විද්‍යා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් පවසා තිබේ. ඒ අනුව උතුර, උතුරු මැද, නැගෙනහිර සහ දකුණු පළාත්වල විටින්විට වැසි හෝ ගිගුරුම් සහිත වැසි ඇති විය හැකි බව එහි සඳහන් වේ. දිවයිනේ සෙසු ප්‍රදේශ වලද තැනින් තැන සවස් කාලයේදී හෝ […] The post අද සිට වැසි තත්ත්වයේ වැඩිවීමක් appeared fir...

Election officials wearing biohazard suits, for protection against the COVID-19 infection, carry a mobile ballot box while visiting voters with mobility issues during the presidential elections in Hrusova, Moldova, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. Moldovans returned to the polls Sunday for…

An election official wearing a biohazard suit, for protection against the COVID-19 infection, carries a mobile ballot box while visiting voters with mobility issues during the presidential elections in Hrusova, Moldova, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. Moldovans returned to the polls…

Election officials wearing biohazard suits, for protection against the COVID-19 infection, register an elderly lady before before she voted in the presidential elections in Hrusova, Moldova, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. Moldovans returned to the polls Sunday for the second round…

An election official wearing a biohazard suit, for protection against the COVID-19 infection, holds a mobile ballot box as a man casts his vote in the presidential elections in Hrusova, Moldova, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. Moldovans returned to the polls…

An election official wearing a biohazard suit, for protection against the COVID-19 infection, holds a mobile ballot box as an elderly lady casts her vote in the presidential elections in Hrusova, Moldova, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. Moldovans returned to the…

කොවිඩ් ආසාදිතයින් හඳුනා ගැනීම සඳහා මුල්ලේරියාව මුලික රෝහල් රසායනාගාරයේ ස්ථාපිත කර ඇති PCR පරීක්ෂණ යන්ත්‍රයේ යළිත් දෝෂයක් හටගෙන ඇතැයි සෞඛ්‍ය සේවා අධ්‍යක්ෂ ජනරාල් විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍ය අසේල ගුණවර්ධන පවසයි. මෙම යන්ත්‍රය මෙයට පෙරද දෝෂයක් හට ගැනීම හේතුවෙන් එය යථා තත්ත්වයට පත්කිරීම සඳහා චීනයෙන් තාක්ෂණික නිළධාරියෙකු ගෙන්වා ගන්නා ලදී. අවස්ථාවේ මෙම යන්ත්‍රයේ දෝෂයක් ඇතිවීමට හේතුව ලෙස එම […] The post IDH රෝහලේ...

Sri Lanka s main opposition party, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), has decided to suspend the party membership of its National List MP Diana Gamage, who voted in favour of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution.

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Opposition candidates have won council seats and mayoral posts in Bosnia’s biggest cities, dealing a painful blow to the long-entrenched nationalists in nationwide municipal elections held amid a major surge in coronavirus infections and deaths.

Members of a mobile electoral commission prepare go to voters during local elections in the capital Sarajevo, Bosnia, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. Polls have opened at Bosnian local elections, where over 3 million voters will have the right to choose…

A woman casts her ballot for the local elections at a polling station in the capital Sarajevo, Bosnia, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. Polls have opened at Bosnian local elections, where over 3 million voters will have the right to choose…

Members of a mobile electoral commission prepare go to voters during local elections in the capital Sarajevo, Bosnia, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. Polls have opened at Bosnian local elections, where over 3 million voters will have the right to choose…

Colombo (News 1st); Education Secretary Professor Kapila Perera said the matter of reopening schools will be discussed at Monday’s (16) cabinet meeting. Professor G. L. Peiris, the Education Minister is expected to seek the view and opinions from fellow cabinet members with regard to re-opening schools in Sri Lanka, he added. The Education Ministry is in […] Cabinet to discuss re-open...

After interviewing Maine voters in 2018 about their ranked-choice voting experiences, I was left with a firm understanding of what was required for voters to embrace this reform. Nearly every voter who expressed enthusiasm for this alternative election method said…

Two female officers were commissioned as pilots for the first time in the history of the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) at the Air Force Academy, China Bay this morning, the SLAF said. The post Two... Click on the headline to read the full story