Finance Minister, Basil Rajapaksa has told The Financial Times (UK) in a recent interview that the country was negotiating with international bondholders for debt relief. He said that they were also ‘weighing an approach to the IMF.’ He told the FT that the government was “negotiating with everybody” and “trying all our options” to avoid […]
By Rathindra Kuruwita The country would be able to celebrate the Sinhala and Tamil New Year only if people followed health guidelines properly and behaved in a responsible manner, Deputy Director General of Health Services, Dr. Hemantha Herath told a press briefing yesterday at the Health Promotion Bureau. “Everyone has to abide by health guidelines. […]
A medical specialist yesterday urged parents not to send their children to school if they showed any symptoms of COVID-19. Paediatrician at the Lady Ridgeway Children’s Hospital Dr. Channa de Silva said that those symptoms included fever, cold, diarrhoea or vomiting. Dr. de Silva said that there had been an increase in the children who […]
Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has contracted COVID-19. Speaker Abeywardena remained at his home till last evening and thereafter was admitted to the IDH. About 40 out of 225 had contracted Covide-19 and recovered, parliamentary sources said. (AP)
By Saman Indrajith The Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) will launch it’s agriculture policy today near the Parakrama Samudraya, Polonnaruwa, with Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa attending the event. Party MP Nalin Bandara said that the policy would spell out how the SJB proposed to develop agriculture, empower farmers and apply technology. “A number of farmers and […]