Daily FT Long Read of 3000+words Common sense deliberations together with scientific approaches are needed to effectively reach solutions for COVID-19 – Pic by Shehan Gunasekara The coronavirus – COVID-19 – which originated in December 2019 in China has now become a worldwide pandemic. No vaccine is available as of today and therefore the second … Continue reading
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“Corona” and the fall of “Global Village”
Daily Mirror Spread from Hubei in Wuhan late December 2019, took foothold in 14 countries in lesser than 30 days Now 187 countries across the world are affected, including Sri Lanka So far, the world has witnessed over 88,000 deaths due to COVID-19 Coronavirus or the COVID-19 virus travelled across the globe much faster and … Continue reading
COVID-19: Will Sri Lanka cross 100 patients?
Daily FT Just like the war, can Sri Lanka develop a new model to combat COVID-19? First 50 infected faster than US, Italy and South Korea Targeted hotspots locked down In my view Sri Lanka has never been as challenged, be it in war time with the LTTE, the Easter attack or the devastating … Continue reading
Tragedy: New Wives of their own fathers!
Triple win with double misery (Original Title) Prof Srimal Abeyaratne (Sunday Times) File picture of migrant workers at the airport. A few years ago, a University research team was engaged in a research project in a remote village located on the river bank of the “Deduru Oya” in the North Western province. While they were … Continue reading
Aung San Suu Kyi sat “expressionless” in the courtroom, as details were shared of the alleged atrocities
Aung San Suu Kyi appears at The Hague to defend Myanmar against genocide claims Myanmar leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has appeared at the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague to defend her country against accusations of atrocities committed towards its Muslims citizens. Matthew Smith ✔@matthewfsmith Journalists in The Hague gather in … Continue reading