India and other South Asian countries including Sri Lanka are likely to record their worst growth performance in four decades this year due to the coronavirus outbreak, Reuters news agency said quoting the World Bank on Sunday.

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The 67 persons who were taken to the quarantine center at Diyatalawa Army Camp from Ratnapura and Pelmadulla were brought back to their homes as the PCR tests conducted on them found that they were not infected with COVID-19.

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Fourteen Sri Lankans among some 30 others who were stranded at several airports had arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), Katunayake last night and this morning, BIA senior officials said.

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While many countries around the world and cities in the U.S. are pointing toward positive signs that social distancing might be finally flattening the curve, the novel coronavirus death toll continues to be staggering.

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The Government has decided to reopen schools for the second term on May 11.

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A new bank account termed Special Deposit Account (SDA) has now been introduced for all Sri Lankans living in and outside the country to remit their foreign currency earnings, savings and investments to any bank of their choice in Sri Lanka. It is in the form of Term Deposits either in any designated foreign currency or in Sri Lanka Rupees, the Presidential Media Division said.

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The Education Ministry has introduced the emergency number 1377 to sort out the issues faced by the students who will sit for the G.C.E. Ordinary Level (O/L) examination this year.

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The Sri Lanka Navy has taken pertinent measures to tighten the security around the county to prevent persons from other countries from fleeing to Sri Lanka due to the rapid rise of COVID-19 cases in those countries, Navy Commander Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva said.

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The Lotus Tower would be lit up this evening to pay respect to all health workers, tri-forces and police personnel, and all other support teams in the frontline in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic, the Telecommunication Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) said.

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The seventh Archbishop of Colombo, Most Reverend Dr. Nicholas Marcus Fernando has been called to eternal rest on Friday at the age of 87. He has passed away at his residence “Emmaus House” at Tewatte, Ragama.

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A 50-year-old man and his 19-year-old daughter were killed while his wife and son were hospitalised with injuries when a fire broke out at a shop in Balangoda early this morning, the police said.

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The Navy seized a haul of narcotic substances worth over Rs. 3,270 millions during an operation in high seas,Navy Spokesman Isuru Sooriyabandara said.

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The United States has become the first country to record more than 2,000 coronavirus deaths in one day, with 2,108 fatalities recorded within the past 24 hours, foreign media reported.

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A leading tourist hotel in Mt. Lavinia, which had been occupied by a group of over hundred Chinese nationals who had enjoyed the services of its bar to date disregarding the government’s strict curfew regulations, was raided by the Excise Department officials last evening.

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The Industrial Technology Institute (ITI) has manufactured several herbal products that can be used in the fight against coronavirus, Cabinet Spokesman and Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardane told Daily Mirror yesterday.

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The Essential Food Commodities Importers and Traders Association yesterday requested the government to relax restrictions on the import of turmeric which is a vital cooking ingredient.

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Health Services Director General Dr. Anil Jasinghe yesterday instructed the country’s public health staff of the country that locking down of areas should be done in consultation with the Epidemiology Unit after careful risk analysis of the situation.

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A special flight from Shanghai, China carrying some 20,064 COVID-19 test kits (PCR-Fluorescence Probing) donated by the Alibaba Foundation in collaboration with the Jack Ma Foundation arrived in Sri Lanka this evening, official sources said.

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Four more COVID-19 infected patients have been discharged from the hospital after being recovered, increasing the total number of recovered cases to 54, the Health Ministry said.

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