The corona virus pandemic has now claimed one million lives around the world, according to the latest official death toll figures, with more than 33 million cases.
In total, 1,000,207 people have died according to Worldometer, which calculates the totals from sources including governments.
Since the first-known cases emerged at a Wuhan wet market in December 2019, the pattern of life has been drastically, perhaps in some ways irrevocably, altered the world over.
In Sri Lanka so far 3,349 persons have been infected with COVID-19 while 3,208 have recovered.
The funeral of arguably the Queen of the Sinhala cinema Malini Fonseka, will be held with state honours on Monday, May 26, 2025, at the Independence Square.
First Bishop of the Batticaloa Diocese, Retired Bishop Joseph Ponnaiya, passed away today at the age of 74, following a brief illness.
The NPP government has been at the wheel for almost 6 months now. The time to keep looking at the rear view mirror and living in the past is about over.
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