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Preparing for the worst

Six-month debt relief for tourism, apparel and affected industries

Peradeniya dons to produce ventilators

Lanka records first Covid-19 death

Curfew to continue

US provides $1.3m for Covid battle

ACJU issues guidelines for Muslim funerals

Text message to help blood donors visit centres

SPC to buy Covid-19 medicine from Japanese firm

Moves to track down those who attended Swiss pastor’s prayer service in Jaffna

Europe’s virus toll surges, Wuhan cautiously reopens

Police get tough on curfew violators

15,000 on tourist visas still here

New 50-billion-rupee refinance facility from Central Bank

Bread and pastry vendors missing from usual rounds

Covid crisis may clip 1.5 percentage points off 2020 growth rate

Robot at the beck and call of COVID-19 suspected patients at Homagama hospital

Ayurveda products keenly sought to guard against virus

Living in the times of ‘quarantine curfew’

SL seems on a good wicket but airport closure should continue to stop re-entry of virus

Elders need special protection – SLAGM

Crippling uncertainty hits the self-employed

Curfew and commotion: Ad-hocism adds chaos to growing fears

Fruit and veggies will soon rot with no one to harvest crops, say Kalpitiya farmers

224 people in self-quarantine, food programmes underway in Monaragala district

Ceylon tea embroiled in mixed bag of worries

Drop in oil prices will help lessen Sri Lanka’s import bill

To Lockdown or impose curfew—that is the question

Chaos as thousands crowd transport home for Free Trade Zone workers

Presidential pardon for former Army Sergeant Sunil Ratnayake: UN Human Rights Chief expresses concern

Trend of men deserting homes, say activists but no spike in domestic violence during curfew

First Lankan to die of Covid-19 overseas faced language difficulty to understand health advice

Pick of the Pix

Curfew brings back old-time amusements along with new toys

Drug addicts show withdrawal symptoms as curfew continues

A helping hand to those struggling to survive