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Obama calls Trump’s handling of pandemic a ‘chaotic disaster’

2020-05-11 | Health

Former president Barack Obama has launched a scathing attack on Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, calling it an “absolute chaot...

Three members of White House coronavirus task force quarantined

2020-05-11 | Health

Three members of President Trump’s coronavirus task force, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, said they will self-quarantine on Saturday after coming into...

UN warns world faces ‘mega-famines’ due to coronavirus

2020-05-08 | Health

The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) has cautioned that the world faces famines if enough funds are not pledged to combat the effects of t...

Coronavirus causing deadly new inflammatory fever among children: Study

2020-05-08 | Health

Coronavirus is ‘manifesting’ as a deadly new inflammatory syndrome in some children, a British study revealed yesterday. Health Secre...

Vesak in the time of Coronavirus

2020-05-07 | Health

Buddhists, this year, have been restricted to celebrate Vesak staying at homes giving priority to Prathipaththi Pooja due to COVID-19 pandemic. People...

No politics during pandemic crisis - Ranil tells party loyalists

2020-05-07 | Health

Former Prime Minister and UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has instructed his party not to engage in politics at the time when the country is facing CO...

Coronavirus exerts pressure on Lankan banks’ ratings

2020-05-06 | Health

Fitch Ratings yesterday cut the ratings of three Sri Lankan banks to reflect the sovereign rating, which was downgraded a few weeks ago to ‘B-’ wi...

Stocks advance as virus restrictions are eased

2020-05-06 | Health

(Hong Kong) AFP: Most equities rose again yesterday as investors grew increasingly, but cautiously, hopeful that the worst of the coronavirus had pass...

Trump ABANDONS plans to disband coronavirus taskforce

2020-05-06 | Health

President Donald Trump ignored signs requiring a mask be worn when he toured a mask factory in Arizona and only wore safety goggles on his eyes ...

EC to develop health manual to conduct polls

2020-05-05 | Health

The Election Commission has initiated discussion with the health authorities to formulate a manual of guidelines to conduct the parliamentary election...