1. On 4 October Sri Lanka’s newest Covid-19 cluster spreading within the Brandix-owned factory in Minuwangoda, Gampaha came to be known by an accident....
It has been the same story since the beginning of the covid-19 outbreak—cancelled orders, production drops or halts due to the lockdowns, drying out...
The apparel industry fears job losses owing to the COVID-19 pandemic-led downturn in business will be far worse than expected, as order books beyond...
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When globalisation was the dominant concept for looking at the world, pandemics were discussed as a global security issue. The objective...
Forty Sri Lankans who had migrated abroad for employment have died of COVID-19, according to the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE).
Chairman of...
Doctors should be ‘on the lookout’ for heart complications in patients, BHF says.
Jane Kirby
More than half of heart scans among hospitalised Covid-19 patients are abnormal, suggesting the virus may have...
The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL, the Commission) observes that a large number of persons have been arrested and vehicles confiscated for...
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GENEVA (3 June 2020) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet expressed alarm at the clampdown on freedom of...
The Sri Lankan government has declared its intention to rule without parliamentary oversight for the first time in the country’s modern history, potentially sparking...
Friday Forum: AN APPEAL TO THE PRESIDENT.
Mr President, the coronavirus pandemic has been declared a national and global public health emergency by the WHO....
Image: ‘Our clinics for respiratory disease meant we could look out for community transmission’: KK Shailaja, health minister.
by Laura Spinney./The Guardian.
On 20 January, KK...
Yamini Perera.
“Life doesn’t battle you because you’re weak, it battles you because you’re strong. Growth takes place when you are challenged, not when you...
The COVID-19 Pandemic is a unique global health crisis and requires a response across national boundaries. Throughout the world, Government institutions, the private sector,...
The tragic circumstances and horrific treatment of the family of the deceased from Modara, who was misdiagnosed for COVID19, and thereafter cremated is...
On 23 March, the Secretary to the Treasury released the Pre-Election Budgetary Position report as required by law. On 30 March, further to preliminary...
It is a modern morality tale about the dangers of misusing the military, of militarising civilian tasks, of expecting generals to handle pandemics. By...
Gotabaya Rajapaksa, President of Sri Lanka at the Online Summit level Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement Contact Group in response to COVID-19 on 4...
The state intelligence services has taken full control of the Covid 19 outbreak in Sri Lanka says Acting Assistant Director of State Intelligence Service...
Authorities should understand the social responsibility of the media in the present situation - Free Media Movement.
(FMM Press Release)
The Free Media Movement stresses that...
(Adayaalam Centre for Policy Research (ACPR)- Situation Brief No. 3)
As the world struggles to deal with an unprecedented global pandemic, it is imperative that...
Amendments give Gotabaya Rajapaksa powers to sack ministers and limit oversight.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa delivers a policy speech in the Colombo parliament on 20 August...
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Public Statement on the Government management of the COVID-19 response
The COVID-19 pandemic is a global crisis, that is still evolving....
