Army Commander of Sri Lanka Major General Shavendra Silva announced at 4 p.m. today that the government had decided to extend curfew in the Western Province after considering the prevailing situation in the Province. Accordingly, the curfew in the entire Western Province will be effective until 5 a.m. on November 9th. The same curfew is valid to Eheliyagoda police division in Ratnapura district,

Breast cancer and Cervical cancer are the most common types of cancer among women in Sri Lanka. Following breast surgery, women are reluctant to move their arm due to pain and also being frightened that the surgical site will be subject to trauma.  Ann Selle of the Botany Bay Zonta Club in Australia developed and pioneered the Post Surgery Breast Cushion. The Zonta Breast Care Cushion (shown in

The Chinese embassy tweeted "laboratory environment e.q. operation desk unstable might be the cause" for the malfunctioning of the PCR machine in Colombo East Base Hospital in Mulleriyawa. Chinese embassy further clarified that the laboratory was built in June under an urgent basis with technical support from China. The machine was used for 26,000 PCR tests before it started to malfunction.  ...

A research team led by Prof. Neelika Malavige of Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences of Sri Jayawardanepura University has reported to the Ministry of Health that the type of coronavirus spreading in the second wave of COVID-19 in Sri Lanka is different from the virus spread in the first wave in the country.A team led by the same professor identified the type A virus in Sri

Dr. Janaki Vidanapathirana, Acting Director, National Cancer Control Programme points out that around 23,000 people are diagnosed with cancer every year in Sri Lanka. "I am requesting the media, who hold immense power, curate content that will decrease the taboo, encourage early detection and drive people to access services to help save lives,” she asked recently at a ceremony held to ...

Sri Lanka's Government Medical Officers' Association (GMOA) Editor Haritha Aluthge said that there are around 20,000 PCR samples in the laboratories.As a result of the situation, the reports are delayed up to one week and during that period, some of the infected persons associate many others.Meanwhile, a PCR machine in Colombo East Base Hospital in Mulleriyawa hospital broke down and a Chinese

Sri Lanka yesterday surpassed 10,000 in terms of the number of COVID-19 cases diagnosed in the country so far.Meanwhile, 633 COVID-19 cases were diagnosed in Sri Lanka on 30th October 2020. The majority of them belonged to the Peliyagoda cluster. Brandix and Peliyagoda fish market clusters increased to more than 6,500.  The total number of COVID-19 cases were at 10,424 by the end of the day. 

Army Commander of Sri Lanka Lt. Gen. Shavendra de Silva said that the persons who are in  quarantine in star class hotels for more than two weeks after returning from foreign countries will be sent for home quarantine.Some of these persons including Minister Vidura Wickramanayaka's sister Thushara Wickramanayaka, a doctor from UK, complained publicity via social media that they are kept in

Sri Lanka Police Media Spokesman Deputy Inspector General of Police Ajith Rohana said that a group of thieves who appeared as Public Health Inspectors (PHIs) had robbed a house in Kettapahuwa, Maho in the North Western Province. The incident had taken place in the afternoon around 3.30 p.m. The robbers appearing as PHIs gave tablets to the residents of the house saying they would take samples

Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa directed the officials of Central Cultural Fund to fund for a museum for Veddah community to place the artefacts returned by the University of Edinburgh. A museum is to be built in Dambana, the home of a section of Sri Lanka's indigenous Veddah community, to exhibit the ancient skulls and other artefacts belonging to the community. The skulls taken

To control the spread of COVID-19, Sri Lanka government issued circular paving the way for the public employees work from home. The circular issued by President's Secretary P.B. Jayasundara is especially relevant to the Colombo, Gampaha and Kalutara districts of Western Province which are under travel restrictions. The circular is relevant to the other risk areas also that are identified by the

Panic buying reported in most parts of the Western Province of Sri Lanka which are not under curfew, ahead of the long weekend curfew imposed since midnight today. Friday 30th October 2020 is a full moon day and a public, bank and mercantile holiday in Sri Lanka.Large numbers of people gathered in crowded shops including liquor shops with minimal health measures to buy commodities in fear of

20th  amendment to the constitution of Sri Lanka became valid since today, 29th October 2020. Under Sri Lanka's law, a constitutional amendment is valid since the day the Speaker sign it and the Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abewardane signed the relevant document today. 20th amendment to the constitution was passed on 22nd October with two-third majority in the parliament. 

Sri Lanka's leading Sunday newspaper Sunday Times announced that the parliamentary reporter of the newspaper had been infected COVID-19 while working from home. The newspaper office has been disinfected and the publishing company said that the printing and distribution department connects with the editorial only via online.The Sunday Times is published by Wijaya Newspapers Ltd. which publishes

 Sri Lanka Government Medical Officers' Association (GMOA) complained to the Minister of Health Pavithra Wanniarachchi and Army Commander Shavendra Silva regarding the death threat against the head of Sampathnuwara District Hospital by a senior Army officer.According to the letter dated 28 October 2020, sent to the Minister of Health, Brigadier K.K.S. Parakum of Mechanized Infantry Regiment had

Addressing a press conference held in Colombo today, National Freedom Front (NPP) leader Wimal Weerawansa accused opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and People's Liberation Front (JVP) of attempting to mislead people regarding the visit of US State Secretary Mike Pompeo. Weerawansa said that Pompeo had told to the press that signing or not signing of Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC) was

Sri Lanka National Drug Control Board has informed all the pharmacies not to sell two drugs with the written prescriptions of specialist doctors. The drugs are Chloroquine and Hydroxy Cloroquine. Some people believe these two drugs will help to be safe from COVID-19. National Drug Control Board rejects the claim

Sri Lanka exceeded the first-stage capacity of hospital beds for COVID-19 patients. The country has a capacity for 5,000 COVID-19 patients and the number of patients exceeded 5,000 yesterday. The health authorities are increasing the capacity of the hospitals under the second stage to handle more cases. For example, the government announced it had converted the non-functioning Batticaloa Campus

Acting Deputy Director General of Health Services Dr. Hemantha Herath said that the COVID-19 spread in the country from Minuwangoa cluster has declined. He said that the situation would be controlled in the coming few days. However, it will take a long time to come back to normalcy, he said.He expected the cases found in Gampaha district would gradually decline.

Both US State Secretary and Sri Lankan President indicated that defence was on top of the points discussed in the bilateral talks between the two states. “We had a wide-ranging discussion on our security cooperation which helps keep some of the worlds vital sea lanes open,” the US State Secretary Mike Pompeo said adding “a strong and powerful Sri Lanka is ...