Washington pushing US and China to ‘brink of Cold War: Beijing
The US is pursuing policies that risk creating a protracted conflict with Beijing, China’s foreign minister has said. There is growing friction betw...
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Sri Lanka may benefit from early buyback of US$ 1bn ISB maturing in October
Sri Lanka may benefit from an early buyback of US$1 billion dollar-denominated international sovereign bond (ISB) maturing this October, although buyi...
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Work or get out!
The heads of some persons appointed to high posts in the government since its taking office in November have now begun rolling. They had been asked to...
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Balance of COVID-19 Fund reaches Rs.1,128mn
The balance of COVID-19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund reached Rs.1,128 million today, the President's Media Division said. It said the staff of ...
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Beauty care at public expense!
Believe it or not! There is a lady in our Foreign Service with an unusual penchant for a well-groomed look and regularly takes beauty care treatment a...
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European countries rally around WHO as Trump threatens agency
The World Health Organisation (WHO) must be strengthened in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, European politicians leaders said on Tuesday after U...
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Mahinda Samarasinghe removed from SLFP
Former SLFP MP Mahinda Samarasinghe has been removed from the membership of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), SLFP General Secretary Dayasiri Jayase...
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China warns US of ‘all necessary measures’ over Huawei rules
China’s commerce ministry says it will take “all necessary measures” in response to new U.S. restrictions on Chinese tech giant Huawei’s abili...
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Geopolitics cast shadow over WHO Covid-19 conference
Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The coronavirus pandemic was supposed to be the only issue o...
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LIOC increases petrol (92 Octane) from midnight
The Lanka-IOC (LIOC) has increased the 92 Octane petrol price with effect from midnight today. Accordingly, the price of petrol (92 Octane) has ...
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Rethink plans to return unless in compelling circumstances: Foreign Secretary to overseas Sri Lankans
Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha requested the overseas Sri Lankans to rethink their plans to return to Sri Lanka unless in compelling circumstan...
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Curfew in Colombo, Gampha to continue; island-wide curfew on Sunday
The curfew in the Colombo and the Gampaha districts would continue until further notice while curfew in other districts would continue from 8 p.m. to ...
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Trump lashes out at Dr. Fauci for voicing caution about reopening schools
President Trump said he wanted American schools to be reopened because ‘our country isn’t reopened if they’re closed.’ He told re...
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India launches jets as Chinese choppers spotted near Ladakh
A man walks inside a conference room used for meetings between military commanders of China and India, at the Indian side of the Indo-China border at ...
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