ELECTRICITY INTERUPTIONS (OUTAGES) IN SEVERAL AREAS-OWING TO BREAKDOWN IN TRANSMISSION CABLES

Power outages in several areas Power outages are reported in several parts of the country, reports say. The ministry of Power says this is due to a breakdown in transmission cables from the Kotmale Sub Station to the Biyagama Sub…

SRI LANKA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION PREDICTS COVID-19 VARIANT OMICRON COULD BE INEVITABLE

No guarantee of new Covid variant entering SL, says SLMA   The entry of the newly detected COVID-19 variant, Omicron could be inevitable, Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) said today.SLMA President Dr. Padma Gunaratne said the authorities should take all…

NEW COVID-19 VARIANT AMICRON –CAUSES AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES PROPOSED BY EXPERTS

Dealing with the new variants Last week the entire world was given a new shock when the media reported about the latest variant of the COVID-19 called Omicron. Scientists in South Africa on Thursday identified a new Coronavirus variant of…

PB JAYASUNDERA SECRETARY TO PRESIDENT PREDICTS WORST DAYS ARE YET TO COME FOR SRI LANKA

Worst days are yet to come for Sri Lanka – PBJ While Sri Lanka’s economy is getting from bad to worse with the US dollar crisis and import restrictions tightening up severely, the country is yet to witness days that…

COVID-19 DEATHS STILL STAGGERING A NUMBER 27 MORE DEATHS REPORTED AS AT SATURDAY

27 more COVID-19 deaths 27 COVID-19 deaths were confirmed yesterday (27) by the Director-General of Health Services. Accordingly, the current COVID-19 death toll is at 14,305.

SRI LANKA VULNERABLE,AUTHORITIES CAUTIONED AGAINST NEW COVID VARIANTS

Sri Lanka vulnerable, caution authorities New COVID  VARIANTS   Due to the careless testing at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), there is a robust prospect that any novel variant of COVID-19 inflowing to the country, College of Medical Laboratory Science…

EXPERTS CONFESS THAT GAS CYLINGERS CANNOT EXPLODE-UNNATURAL ISOLATED UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT

Experts say gas cylinders don’t explode – Bandula Minister of Trade – Bandula Gunawardena says that according to the Government Analyst and other experts including university professors have stated that Gas cylinders do not explode. He  added speaking in Parliament…

LET’S ELIMINATE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN.-ORGANIZED BY SAMAGI JANA BALAWEGAYA

Let’s Eliminate Violence Against Women The Samagi Jana Balawega Women’s Coalition today staged a protest in front of the party office under the theme “Let’s Eliminate Violence Against Women and Let the World Shine in Orange’.

SRI LANKA ALERTED AS HEALTH EXPERTS RAISE SERIOUS CONCERNS OVER NEW VARIANT OF THE COVID-19

Health experts raise serious concerns over new variant, SL goes on alert Sri Lanka’s health experts, today raised serious concerns over the new variant of the COVID-19 which had been detected in South Africa and said Sri Lanka’s borders had…

SRI LANKAN AIRLINES TO ASSIST INDIAN PASSENGERS BY INCREASING FLIGHTS TO DESTINATIONS THAT WERE TEMPORARILY HALTED OWING TO THE PANDEMIC

Sri Lankan to ramp up India operations Sri Lankan Airlines yesterday assured Indian travellers that the airline is committed to increase the flights to destinations that were temporarily halted due to the pandemic, restore operations to pre-COVID-19 levels, and offer…