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As many as 170 people were killed while over 400 others, including foreign nationals, sustained serious injuries as six near-simultaneous explosions rocked three churches and three hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday morning.

The Interpol on Monday said it is ready to offer full support to the Sri Lankan authorities in investigating the countrys deadliest terror attack that killed 290 people in a series of eight blasts that tore through churches and luxury hotels in the country.

Share: COLOMBO (News 1st): The Director-General of Health Services confirmed that ELEVEN (11) COVID-19 deaths were reported in the country on Friday (Apr. 30), raising Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 death toll to 678. The details of the deceased are as follows: 01. A 79-year-old female from Piliyandala. She died on 30.04.2021 on admission to a private hospital in Colombo. The cause of death is mentioned as Covid pneumonia. 02. A 76-year-old male from Dehiattakandiya. He died on 30.04.2021 while rece...

Share: COLOMBO (News 1st): The Director-General of Health Services confirmed that FOUR (04) COVID-19 deaths were reported in the country on Wednesday (Mar. 10), raising Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 death toll to 515. The details of the deceased are as follows: 01. A 74-year-old male from Colombo 14. He died on 08.03.2021 at his residence. The cause of death is mentioned as Covid pneumonia. 02. A 57-year-old male from Colombo 09. He died on 08.03.2021 on admission to Colombo General Hospital. The cau...

Share: COLOMBO (News 1st): The Director-General of Health Services confirmed that SEVEN (07) COVID-19 deaths were reported in the country on Tuesday (Mar. 02), raising Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 death toll to 483. The details of the deceased are as follows: 01. An 87-year-old female from Colombo 15. She died on 01.03.2021 at her residence. The cause of death is mentioned as Covid pneumonia, acute diabetes, acute kidney disease and high-blood pressure. 02. An 89-year-old female from Colombo 05. She...

Share: COLOMBO (News 1st): Sri Lanka recorded its highest number of daily COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday (Feb. 17), with 13 fatalities confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services. Thereby, the COVID-19 death toll in the country now stands at 422. The details of the deceased are as follows: 01. A 46-year-old female from Nuwara Eliya. She died on 11.02.2021 on admission to the Nuwara Eliya District Hospital. The cause of death is mentioned as Covid-19 infection and kidney disease. 02. A 6...

Share: COLOMBO (News 1st): The Director-General of Health Services confirmed that five (05) COVID-19 deaths were reported in the country on Wednesday (Feb. 10), raising Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 death toll to 375. The details of the deceased are as follows: 01. A 73-year-old female from Colombo 05. She died on the 9th of February 2021, while undergoing treatment at the Colombo General Hospital. The cause of death is mentioned as an acute Covid pneumonia, heart disease and stroke. 02. A 51-year-ol...

Academic who thought out of the box The demise of this most gracious lady left most of us in Kandy, more specifically, the Faculty of Medicine at Peradeniya, with a singular sense of loss. She not only was an academic par excellence, but imbibed as she was of eastern culture, gave the medical school values that many generations of doctors, from this institute fondly remember and treasure. Our paths crossed in 1963 -me, a medical student and she, a junior lecturer in Anatomy of a fledgling facul...