OCEANS TO BE RESTORED BY 2050
Despite being treated as humanity's rubbish dump for decades, the oceans of the world are proving remarkably resilient, says a new scientific review
HOW ARE SRI LANKAN START UPS MANAGING WITH COVID-19?
The world is resetting. With quarantines, lockdowns and travel bans, we see a sharp fall in consumers’ and businesses spending which in turn, predicts a recession in the global economy. Many countries
STRANDED SRI LANKANS TO RETURN HOME
Cabinet has granted permission to bring down 33 Sri Lankans trapped in 13 several international airports
TWITTER’S CHIEF DONATES QUARTER OF HIS FORTUNE TO THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19
Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s chief executive, has pledged to donate $1bn (£800m) to fund coronavirus research to help “disarm this pandemic”
HOW CAN SOCIETY OVERCOME COVID-19?
WHEN THE makers of the film “Contagion” in 2011 needed to vet the plausibility of the script, they turned to Larry Brilliant, one of the world’s leading epidemiologists. His reply scared them even
WHAT IS NEXT FOR SRI LANKA’S PUBLIC FINANCES?
Sri Lanka’s shaky public finances are about to receive another blow from the fallout of Covid-19. The most crucial aspect of a pandemic is always the human cost, but the spread of the virus has important
COVID-19 AND THE ECONOMY
The Economist breaks down what the future will have in store after the COVID-19 virus has been completely eradicated
BIA TO CONSTRUCT STERILISATION TUNNEL
A 20 feet long Sterilisation Tunnel to be constructed in BIA A 20 feet long…
CLIMATE CHANGE: HOW TO STOP THE CLIMATE CRISIS
NOT LONG AGO, in more innocent times, I was driving with my three sons back from trying to ski on a mountain that doesn't really have snow anymore, and we were talking about climate change
UN LAUNCHES COVID-19 PLAN
“The new coronavirus disease is attacking societies at their core, claiming lives and people’s livelihoods”, said Secretary-General António Guterres, pointing out that the potential longer-term effects
WHY IS ‘PHYSICAL DISTANCING’ BETTER THAN ‘SOCIAL DISTANCING’?
The World Health Organization (WHO) has started using the phrase "physical distancing" instead of "social distancing" as a way to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus from people to people
COVID-19 WILL HIT SOUTH ASIA HARD. WE ARE FIGHTING BACK
While my regular rounds of visits to South Asia have ground to a halt, I have never felt more connected to the region. I’m reminded every day that the unfolding COVID-19 crisis threatens to erase
World Bank Fast-Tracks $128 Million COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Support for Sri Lanka
WASHINGTON, April 2, 2020— The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved the $128.6 million Sri Lanka COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Project
COVID-19 INFECTION GROWS EXPONENTIALLY
GENEVA: The head of the World Health Organization voiced deep concern on Wednesday (Apr 1) about the rapid escalation and global spread of COVID-19 cases from the new coronavirus, which has
SOUTH ASIA SHOWS NEW SIGNS OF CAMARADERIE
The deadly COVID-19 pandemic is bringing together leaders of South Asian countries in a way rarely seen in recent years
