Former Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa arrested

Online learning could have a negative impact

By Easwaran Rutnam Online learning could have a long-term impact on the health of children, health experts said. Dr. Miyuru Chandradasa, a specialist in child mental health and behavioral problems said that giving a child a smartphone could lead to screen addiction. He said that screen addiction can affect the mental health of children in the long term. Dr. Chandradasa said that medical research had found that children watching a lot of cartoons and playing video games lose their concentrati

05 Jan, 2021

Koggala hotel converted into military run treatment facility

By Vyshnavy Velrajh The Club Koggala Village hotel in Galle has been converted into a COVID-19 treatment facility. Army Commander General Shavendra Silva told Colombo Gazette that the hotel will operate as a paid Intermediate Care Centre for asymptomatic patients. The Club Koggala Village hotel will commence operations as a Covid treatment facility from tomorrow. The Head of the National Operations Centre for the Prevention of COVID-19 (NOCPC) said the new treatment centre will be administer

06 Jan, 2021

China continues to use mobile apps for digital fraud and espionage

The year 2020 ended with a shocking revelation about fraudulent activities being carried out through several mobile based instant loan apps available on Google Play Store. During raids in Hyderabad and Gurugram in the last week of December 2020, Hyderabad and Cyberabad Police busted the call centers of the fraudulent instant loan apps such as Cash Mama, Dhan and Loan Zone, etc. Recently, a Cyber Crime Police Station, Cyberabad, registered eight cases against these loan applications and launched

06 Jan, 2021