Category: Other News
Sri Lanka inaugurates new ADB funded COVID-19 test lab
Jun 25, 2020 (LBO) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has funded the construction and equipment of a new molecular polymerase chain reaction (PCR) laboratory at the Colombo East Base Hospital to support Sri Lanka in its response against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The facility was declared open by Minister of Health and Indigenous […]
President wants media to help preserve national identity and cultural values
Jun 24, 2020 (LBO) – President Gotabaya Rajapaksa highlighted the necessity of right media practice that helps preserving Sri Lankan identity and cultural values. He made this comment during a progress review meeting with the Independent Television Network(ITN) at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday. The changes that should be made to create a new television culture […]
President Xi applauds Sri Lanka’s successful fight against COVID-19
Jun 19, 2020 (LBO) – The Acting Ambassador for China Hu Wei met with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Thursday at the Presidential Secretariat. He brought a letter from President Xi Jinping wishing President Gotabaya for his upcoming birthday on June 20. The Chinese delegation also conveyed President Xi’s deep appreciation of Sri Lanka’s successful efforts to […]
VIDEO: Milton Friedman – Stimulus and Inflation
Professor Friedman connects the dots between stimulus spending and inflation, then explains why the cure for inflation is a hard medicine.
Uber Eats provides dry rations worth Rs.8.5Mn million to low-income families
Jun 17, 2020 (LBO) – Uber Eats, in partnership with the Government of Sri Lanka and the Voice for Voiceless Foundation, is distributing LKR 8.5 million worth of dry rations across the country to support low-income communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. This initiative is being carried out as part of Uber’s global pledge to provide […]
South Asia ramps up eco-innovation to curb marine plastic pollution
Jun 15, 2020 (LBO) – The World Bank, Parley for the Oceans, and the South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme (SACEP) launched today, on World Oceans Day, a $50 million regional project to help South Asia curb its marine plastic pollution and ramp up eco-innovation to reinvent plastic use and production. The agreement was signed virtually […]
Sri Lanka Missions facilitate to regularise visa status of local in Italy
Jun 15, 2020 (LBO) – Amidst the present uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic and in the context of the strong bilateral relations that have continued over the years, the Sri Lankan community members in Italy have been provided the opportunity, to regularise their stay through the Sanatoria, declared by the Italian Government, as one of […]
VIDEO: The paradox of value
Imagine you’re on a game show and you can choose between two prizes: a diamond … or a bottle of water. It’s an easy choice – the diamonds are more valuable.But if given the same choice when you were dehydrated in the desert, after wandering for days, would you choose differently?Why? Aren’t diamonds still more […]
VIDEO: When is a pandemic over?
Explore the three strategies governments and communities can use to contain and end a pandemic, and find out which method is best. Consider the following scenario: a highly infectious, sometimes deadly respiratory virus infects humans for the first time.It spreads rapidly worldwide, and the WHO declares a pandemic.The death toll starts to rise and everyone […]
Criminal operations by underworld drug mafia from prisons must end: President
Jun 02, 2020 (LBO) – President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has emphasized that crimes operated by underworld kingpins and drug mafia from prisons must be put to an end without delay. Specific information relating to criminal activities and drug peddling operated from prisons have been received. The general public is appalled by this situation, President said. “This […]
Reducing health costs and increasing Government revenue beyond COVID-19: Raising cigarette taxes
Harini Weerasekera and Chamini Thilanka The susceptibility of smokers to contract COVID-19 has been recognised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and other medical authorities. In Sri Lanka, concerned parties have called for a temporary ban of cigarette sales as a measure to contain the spread of the virus – a commendable move. However, beyond […]
VIDEO: How do virus tests like PCR actually work?
A new virus emerges and spreads like wildfire. In order to contain it, researchers must first collect data about who’s been infected. Two main viral testing techniques are critical: one tells you if you have the virus and the other shows if you’ve already had it. So, how exactly do these tests work? Cella Wright […]