State Minister Sudrashani Fenandopulle said today, the Prime Minister’s proposal to allow the burial of COVID-19 victims would have to be implemented with the agreement of the Technical Committee of the Health Ministry. Responding to a question raised by SJB MP Mujibur Rahuman, she told Parliament that the Health Ministry was not taking decisions personally but through a technical committee. …

People who die of COVID-19 would be allowed to be buried, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said today. The Prime Minister said this in parliament in response to a question raised by SJB MP S.M. Marikkar. MP Marikkar said State Minister Sudarshani Fernandopulle, who responded to a question raised by MP Rohana Bandara, told Parliament yesterday that COVID19 is not transmitted …

The Government has requested the public to display the National Flag from February 01 to 07 at all Residences, shops, government and private offices and vehicles in view of  the 73rd Independence Day celebrations. The State Ministry of National Security, Home affairs and Disaster Management has instructed all Heads of Government Institutions to light up all government buildings on February …

Emirates has partnered with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to become one of the first airlines in the world to trial IATA Travel Pass – a mobile app to help passengers easily and securely manage their travel in line with any government requirements for COVID-19 testing or vaccine information. IATA Travel Pass enables Emirates passengers to create a ‘digital …

අවස්ථාවක් ලැබෙනකන් බලන් ඉන්න එපා,අවස්ථාවක් හොයාගෙන යන්න.. – ෂුක්රා මුනව්වර් මිලියන 20ක ආදරය දිනූ ෂුක්රා පළමු වරට හෙළි කළ අඳුරු අතීතය.

At time of a pandemic, the issue of creamation or burial is neither religious nor political, but scientific.  This is in response to the opinion expressed by Tharindu Dananjaya Weerasinghe in The Island of 13 January, on the burial issue. The writer argues that the issue of cremation, or burial, should not be decided by politics or by religion. In …