As Sri Lanka continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic that has overshadowed 2020, the recurring threat of dengue is still very prevalent. This mosquito-borne disease, which was first detected in Sri Lanka in the 1960s, continues to be a major public health issue—with high morbidity, high mortality and no approved vaccination in the country, it has and continues to ...
The widespread manhunt that began last evening (23) to locate a COVID-19 patient who had escaped from the National Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) culminated when the patient was apprehended by the Army this morning (24).
News that ethnicity would no longer be listed on a child’s birth certificate has been rejected as untrue by the Registrar General’s Department, even as it confirmed it would go ahead with plans to drop parent’s marital information.
The country’s largest COVID-19 patient cluster came to an end with the last three patients from the Sri Lanka Navy being discharged from hospital yesterday (20).
Come on, come on, turn the radio on It's friday night and I won't be long මේ වචන දුටු සැණින් අපේ හිතේ මැවෙන්නේ අමුතු රූපයක් සහ අමුතු හඬක්. ඒ තමයි මුහුණ වැසෙන තරම් විශාල කොණ්ඩයකින් සැරසී සිටින 'සියා'. ...
Despite calls to postpone the Parliamentary elections after a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases with the discovery of a new cluster and fears of community spread of the virus, indications are that the elections will go ahead as planned on August 5.