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Sri Lanka failed to carry out vital genome sequencing to identify current Covid-19 strains spreading in the island in December because of intervening holidays, the head of microbiology at the Sri Jayewardenapura University Neelika Malavige said. She said, however, there was no evidence yet of a new and more transmissible variant found in Britain and South Africa entering Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka carried out genome sequencing till the end of November, but any mutation in the December viruses could not be identified because of holidays, she said during a webinar organised by the Sri Lanka College o...

The government has held several rounds of discussions with countries where big-time Sri Lankan narcotics ringleaders live, and also issued 18 ‘red notices’ through Interpol to arrest the drug lords evading justice, Defence Secretary Gen. (Retd.) Kamal Gunaratne said. “We will ensure that there is no longer room for them to run drug operations from overseas”, he stressed. “We are optimistic of having these fugitives rounded up this year”, he told the media in Colombo last week. He said that necessary steps have been taken to thwart any form of separatism and extremism in the countr...

A total 273 Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) buses overhauled at a cost of Rs. 115 million were reintroduced for passenger transport at a ceremony under the patronage of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at Galle Face Green on Thursday. The buses were earlier taken out of service as they were in a run-down condition, but were […]

Forced Cremation Of Covid Victims – A Final Authoritative Word Prof. Asoka N.I. Ekanayaka The brilliant “Position Paper On The Debate About Compulsory Cremation Of Victims Of COVID-19” By The College Of Community Physicians Of Sri Lanka ( CCPSL) released  this week is surely the final authoritative word in the vexed debate about forced cremation of the Covid dead. The position paper is can be read here. If the government had any commitment to reason, humanity , evidence based scientific truth and natural justice along with an iota of intelligence, it would bow to the conclusions by the...