| President Decides To Grant Relief To Pubnlic |
President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has decided to grant relief to the public due to the current situation in the country with the spread of the Coronavirus.
These relief measure will be effective from today (23).
The President has issued directives to the Central Bank Governor, all ministry secretaries,... |
| 24.03.2020 - 12:03 |
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| Good News: First Sri Lankan Coronavirus patient recovers, discharged |
First Sri Lankan Coronavirus infected patient in Sri Lanka, the 52 year old tour guide, completely recovered and has been discharged from the IDH in Angoda this morning, health officials said yesterday.
The tour guide, who provided services to a group of Italian tourists, was admitted to the IDH on... |
| 24.03.2020 - 08:00 |
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| German Chancellor Angela Merkel has gone into quarantine |
Shortly after announcing new measures in Germany to curb the spread of coronavirus, Chancellor Angela Merkel has gone into quarantine after a doctor she recently had contact with tested positive for the virus.
A spokesperson for Merkel said the chancellor, who is 65, had received a precautionary vac... |
| 23.03.2020 - 02:26 |
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| Ongoing Curfew In Colombo, Gampaha And Puttalam Extended Till 6AM Tuesday 24 |
The curfew in districts of Colombo, Gampaha and Puttalam will be extended till 6.00 am on Tuesday (24). The curfew for these three districts will be re-enforced at 2.00 pm on the same day.
The curfew in other districts will be lifted at 6.00 am on Monday (23) and will come to effect again at 2.00 p... |
| 22.03.2020 - 08:57 |
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| The government imposed an island-wide curfew : Coronovirus cases gone up to 72 |
The government yesterday (20) imposed an island-wide curfew from 6.00 pm until 6.00 am on Monday (23). The curfew was enforced as a means to minimize public gatherings in order to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus within the country.
All individuals were advised to remain indoors during t... |
| 21.03.2020 - 14:01 |
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| An island-wide curfew to be imposed from 6 pm today until 6 am Monday (23), |
An island-wide curfew to be imposed from 6 pm today (20) until 6 am on Monday (23), the President’s Office announced.
In the meantime, the police curfew imposed within the Ja-Ela and Wattala Police Divisions from 10 pm yesterday (19) was lifted at 9.00 am this morning and will be in force again star... |
| 20.03.2020 - 14:20 |
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| United States in an emergency footing to combat wide-spread coronavirus |
As the coronavirus is spreading the length and breath of the United States, President Trump used his Executive Authority on Wednesday to invoke a rarely used 70-year old Defense Production Act to marshal critical medical supplies against the coronavirus pandemic.
The law allows the government to pre... |
| 19.03.2020 - 14:57 |
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United States in an emergency footing to combat wide-spread coronavirus |
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| Coronavirus top 200,000, death toll passes 8,000: President Trump signs $100 billion dollar emergency coronavirus relief bill |
The Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering's latest online tally showed 201,436 cumulative cases, with 82,032 listed as recovered; 8,0006 deaths were recorded.
The countries with the most confirmed cases were China, Italy, Iran, Spain and Germany. The countries with the most confir... |
| 19.03.2020 - 10:28 |
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| President Gotabaya Against Complete Lockdown |
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa called on all Sri Lankans to cooperate with the government to ensure that the threat posed by the COVID19 virus does not get out of hand.
Addressing the nation in Sinhala at prime time on Tuesday, the President announced a relief package for the people affected by COVID-... |
| 18.03.2020 - 11:19 |
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| Sri Lanka’s Cardinal Seeks UN Probe on China’s Coronavirus |
The head of Sri Lanka’s Roman Catholic Church Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith today called for an international probe on the cause for the spread of the coronavirus.
Speaking at a televised Catholic Sunday mass , the Archbishop said that powerful countries cannot be allowed to play with the live... |
| 16.03.2020 - 15:57 |
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| U.S. targets Army Commander Shavendra Silva in Human Rights Report |
Sri Lanka seems to be paying heavily for internationalizing domestic issues specially in the hands of the United States which itself has revoked the entry visa of the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court declaring the ICC decision to investigate U.S. alleged human rights violations a... |
| 13.03.2020 - 05:45 |
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By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune U.S. Bureau Note |
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| ICC Says: U.S. committing crimes in another country warrants probe – No Sovereignty |
Despite the Government of the United States strongly rejected the March 05 International Criminal Court (ICC) decision to allow its chief prosecutor to open an investigation into allegation of war crimes in Afghanistan by the U.S. military and the CIA declaring that the decision infringes the sovere... |
| 10.03.2020 - 16:05 |
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By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune U.S. Bureau Investigative Note |
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| U.S. says: Global War Crimes Probe on U.S. Violates Sovereignty |
The Government of the United States strongly consider the International Criminal Court ruling on Thursday, March 05 that its chief prosecutor could open an investigation into allegations of war crimes in Afghanistan by the U.S. military and the CIA as an infringement of the sovereignty of the U.S.... |
| 07.03.2020 - 11:07 |
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By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune United States Bureau |
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| Sri Lankan Tamils Urged To Solve Their Problems Within Sri Lanka – 2 |
I returned to Sri Lanka after the end of the conflict in 2010. When I took up residence in Chunnakam, I started my socio, political and economic survey of the Tamils in the North.
I found almost all the TNA’s so-called political leaders as new comers to the Tamil political arena, without any track r... |
| 05.03.2020 - 07:14 |
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By K.T.Rajasingham |
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