Two bodies recovered from construction site

Coronavirus declared global health emergency by WHO

The new coronavirus has been declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization, as the outbreak continues to spread outside China. “The main reason for this declaration is not what is happening in China but what is happening in other countries,” said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The concern is that it could spread to countries with weaker health systems. Meanwhile, the US has told its citizens not to travel to China. The State Department issued a level four warning – havi

31 Jan, 2020

Sajith accepts UNP Working Committee decision

United National Party (UNP Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa has accepted the decision taken by the UNP Working Committee to make him the leader of the new alliance led by the UNP and the Prime Ministerial candidate. UNP MP Nalin Bandara said that the decisions reached by the UNP Working Committee yesterday was positive when compared to the stand taken by the UNP earlier. The UNP Working Committee had decided yesterday that party leader Ranil Wickremesinghe will remain UNP leader. Bandara said t

31 Jan, 2020

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to visit India from February 7-11

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa will visit India from February 7-11, during which he will hold extensive talks with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. Rajapaksa will arrive in India with a Sri Lankan delegation on February 7 and begin talks on 8 February. “The visit is in continuation of the tradition of high-level exchanges between India and Sri Lanka,” Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said during a media briefing today. Apart from his official engagement in De

30 Jan, 2020