American basketball legend Kobe Bryant along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others lost their lives in a tragic helicopter crash on 26th of January, this year, when their helicopter crashed into a fog-covered hillside near Calabasas, California. Many news items published images of Kobe’s devastated wife, Vanessa Bryant, after the shocking loss of her beloved […]
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Excessive amount fertilizers used in agriculture has been a matter of concern and topic of debate in Sri Lanka since past couple of tears. We noticed that on social media, these discussions have sprung once again. The reason for this is that many posts claiming Sri Lanka has been ranked no. 1 in the world […]
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A video has gone viral on social media with a narrative that Chinese officials are shooting people infected with Corona Virus. The video has four different visuals, starting with a group of police officers wielding guns walking into a locality. In the next visual, you can hear gunshots fired at a distance while a woman […]
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Mecca is Islam’s holiest city and is believed to be the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad. Millions of Muslims throng to the holy city every year for Hajj, the annual pilgrimage. Dating from the 7th century, the central Masjid al-Haram (Sacred Mosque) surrounds the Kaaba, the cloth-covered cubic structure that’s Islam’s most sacred shrine. On […]
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Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia, or NCP, has now (as on February 11th) surpassed the total number of deaths due to the SARS virus back in 2003. As per latest reports, NCP has claimed over 1000 lives with over 40,000 confirmed cases all over the world. Wuhan city continues to be locked down with the Chinese government […]
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The WHO has declared the Novel Coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency. In Sri Lanka, there have been incidents in which the locals cornered Chinese nationals in the country on suspicion of Corona Virus infection. In this scenario, a girl recently returned from China visited a local hospital. This sent ripples across the country throwing […]
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As per the snapshots provided by the World Health Organization, the number of confirmed cases of novel Coronavirus is almost 25,000 with close to 500 deaths due to the deadly Coronavirus (2019-nCov). As recovery levels are now surpassing the number of deaths, China’s president Xi Jinping took to state TV on Wednesday (5th February) to […]
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The Monetary Board, in consultation with the Auditor General and the Attorney General, took measures to commission six forensic audits pursuant to the recommendations of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry, appointed to investigate and inquire into and report on the issuance of Treasury bonds, during the period 1 February 2015 to 31 March 2016. As […]
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A Chinese female tourist was detected as the first Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) affected person in Sri Lanka on January 27 while she was about to leave the country from the Bandaranaike International Airport. After being admitted to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) she recovered completely, as quoted by the Director General of Health […]
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Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) held a press conference few days ago on combating the global outbreak of 2019-nCoV virus. They gave a few suggestions and made a few requests to the government authorities appealing the authorities to take care of the medical staff holding vigil against the virus. GMOA appealed to the authorities to […]
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