Weeratunga to report on best vaccine for SL next week-BY AANYA WIPULASENA Source:Sundayobserver The Government will hold discussions about a vaccine candidate suitable for Sri Lanka in the next few days and provide information by the end of next week, chief advisor to President, Lalith Weeratunga said. Weeratunga has been tasked with coordinating with concerned parties and countries to select a vaccine to be used in Sri Lanka. He will look into areas including countries developing vaccines, their efficacy and how safe they are, the cost to be borne by the country and most importantly how to bring the vaccines down. ...
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Peliyagoda Manning Market inaugurated-by by Waruna Wanniarachchi Source:Dailymirror The Manning Market in Peliyagoda was inaugurated by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today. It was a project started in 2013 to relocate Colombo-based wholesale veritable trading to that area. ...
Nov 24, 2020
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The Blood On Our Hands: How You Can Go Vegan To Help The Voiceless & Save The Planet In The Process – By Aadesh Wickrematunge Source:Colombo Telegraph Last month, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa submitted a proposal to ban cattle slaughter in Sri Lanka. The Parliamentary Group of the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) approved the prime minister’s proposal. The following article makes an impassioned case not just for the non-consumption of meat but brings to light the horrors of the dairy industry and why human beings should adopt a vegan lifestyle. ‘While we take care of our pets and wince at videos of animal cruelty, we also condemn innocent cows, chickens, pigs, lambs and fish to the slaughterhouse to be cut up into pieces, drained of their blood and sent to the supermarket in neat packages for us to enjoy. We may in our hearts truly believe we love animals, but what that ...
Oct 10, 2020
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Sri Lanka- Over 280 passengers arrive from Australia Source:MENAFN (MENAFN – Colombo Gazette) Over 280 passengers arrived from Australia today and were sent for mandatory quarantine. The National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) said that 288 passengers arrived in Sri Lanka today onboard SriLankan Airlines flight UL 605. NOCPCO said that another 420 passengers arrived from Dubai also this morning (Monday). ...
Sep 26, 2020
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Parents of students returned from Australia thank President Source:FT A total of 272 Sri Lankans who were stranded in various parts of Australia were brought back home to Sri Lanka on UL 605, daybreak Sunday 10 May. Amongst these passengers were 31 students following higher studies in Australia who opted to return and be in the safe custody of their parents. A family who wishes to be anonymous voluntarily offered to be the group leader on behalf of all parents and they coordinated this return with much communication between the President, the Prime Minister, Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Foreign Relations, the team of the National Operational Centre for Prevention of COVID-19, the Embassy of the Sri Lanka High Commission in Canberra, and officials of Srilankan Airlines in Colombo and Melbourne. ...
May 16, 2020
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