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  • Children play in a street of a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil despite the coronavirus crisis.
    More younger Brazilians dying of COVID-19
    BRAZIL: More young people are dying of COVID-19 in Brazil than other countries, a trend driven partly by demographics -- the overall population is younger -- but also by poverty and the need to work....
  • COVID-19 spurs innovation
    The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred domestic innovation in Sri Lanka, with state-affiliated institutions leading the way in designing and manufacturing local solutions to combat the pandemic. ...
  • Another 10 inmates leave Boossa quarantine centre
    With the completion of their quarantine process, another 10 persons left the quarantine centre established at the Boossa Naval Base yesterday.  Accordingly, 10 persons who engage in...
  • Mobile disinfectant-spraying platform in action
    A mobile disinfectant-spraying platform, skillfully crafted on conceptual and creative inputs of Major General (Retd.) Renuka Rowell, a veteran Signalman, Major General Pradeep De Silva, General...
  • Swimming pools pose no Corona threat
    Pools across the U.S. are set to reopen in the coming weeks. If recommended chlorine levels are maintained as usual, the pools themselves should pose minimal risk of spreading the coronavirus to...
  • COVID-19 impacts major sporting events
  • ‘Covid-19 epidemic opens new vistas for SL’
    The Covid-19 epidemic has opened new vistas for Sri Lanka in the Elderly Care and Medical Tourism sectors Western Health Care Founder Chairperson, Dr. Nilmini Withana said.She said that the failure...
  • WHO: Alcohol and COVID-19- what you need to know.
    Alcohol is known to be harmful to health in general, and is well understood to increase the risk of injury and violence, including intimate partner violence, and can cause alcohol poisoning. At times...
  • CHANGE FOR GOOD: THE POST-COVID-19 ‘NEW NORMAL’
    Sri Lanka’s travel and event industries have had more than their fair share of challenges in the past couple of years. While 2018/19 brought localized crises that could have been overcome with time,...
  • Minister, Dr. Bandula Gunawardena Picture by Sudath Malaweera
    Lanka’s post COVID-19 economy will boost with FDI influx - Bandula
    Sri Lanka’s post covid-19 economy will receive a major boost from foreign direct investments (FDI) due to the way the government controlled the covid-19 situation, Minister of Information &...
  • Coronaviruses cases top 4 million globally
    The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus across the globe surpassed 4 million on Sunday, according to Johns Hopkins University. The numbers come nearly 90 days after the World Health...
  • Innovations for COVID-19 battle
    Defence Secretary Maj.Gen (Retd) Kamal Gunaratne and other senior officials watch a demonstration of a Forces-made Disinfection Chamber at a special showcase event for Security Forces and school...
  • ADB provides USD 25 mn Trade Loan to SPC
    The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided a guarantee for a $25 million trade loan to the of Sri Lanka (SPC) to purchase medical supplies as part of the country’s response to the novel...
  • NCE pleads with Govt. Salvage duped exporters
    The National Chamber of Exporters ( NCE) have pleaded with the government to come to the rescue of the export community who have supplied orders to their buyers overseas who have not honoured their...
  • COVID-19: We need a Vaccine for the Mind
    Today the global media reports daily about the race to develop a vaccine against COVID-19, but what they fail to understand is that this vaccine may not help us to overcome the severe human security...