Flight from Qatar cancelled after 70 COVID-19 patients found among previous arrivals
A flight with Sri Lankan passengers which was scheduled to arrive in the country tomorrow from Qatar was cancelled after more than 70 COVID-19 patient...
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A/L timetable on social media false: Examination Dept.
The Advanced Level (A/L) timetable which is circulating on social media sites is false, Examinations Commissioner General Sanath B Pujitha said. Issui...
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Tourism business weighs on Aitken Spence March performance
The well-diversified nature helped Aitken Spence PLC to weather two back-to-back crises within one financial year but its leisure sector tilt still ha...
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Olympian Dharmawardena targets Asian Games medal in judo
Judoka Chamara Nuwan Dharmawardena who won a historic gold in judo at the 13th South Asian Games (SAG) in Kathmandu and represented Sri Lanka at the 2...
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“What planet are they on?” No respite for UK’s Johnson and aide
Mr Cummings (pictured) sparked a political firestorm by travelling 260 miles from London to Durham to see his parents during lockdown (DM) LONDO...
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Finland to spend 100 million euros on coronavirus protection
Finland’s Minister of Social Affairs and Health Aino-Kaisa Pekonen holds a news conference on the family leave reform in Helsinki, Finland February ...
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India now one of 10 worst-hit Covid-19 nations
Police officers march on a street of one of Asia’s largest slums, in Mumbai (rt.com). (rt.com), 25 May, 2020 - India on Monday posted its biggest si...
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Online patient-doctor platform for Corona advice developed
As an aid to combat the COVID-19 pandemic situation in the country, an interactive computer application for patient-doctor communication platform was ...
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Inter-provincial bus services from tomorrow: Minister
Power, Energy and Transport Minister Mahinda Amaraweera yesterday instructed the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) and the National Transport Commissio...
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Outcry leads to suspension of Diyagama cricket stadium project Cricket greats urged funds to be spent on development of sport than costly infrastructure
A social media outcry triggered by the ill-timed announcement that a multi-million dollar cricket stadium was to be built in Homagama forced its suspe...
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Iranian tanker crosses into Venezuela’s economic zone
File photo: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (right) and Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (DM) The first of five Iranian...
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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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1047 Covid-19 cases in SL
Two more Navy personnel have tested positive for Covid-19 today, increasing the total number of cases in Sri Lanka to 1047, the Health Ministry said.T...
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Streamline pharmaceutical supplies leaving middlemen out: President
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said the production and supply of the pharmaceutical items should be streamlined for the benefit of the people disreg...
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Prime Group sets benchmark for real estate industry with credit rating
Prime Group has made history becoming the first institution in the Sri Lankan real estate industry to receive a prestigious issuer rating of [A-] Stab...
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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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Millions batten down as ‘super cyclone’ Amphan hits Bangladesh, India
Millions of people battened down Wednesday as the strongest cyclone in decades slammed into Bangladesh and eastern India, killing at least three and l...
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Coronavirus catastrophe unfolding in south Yemen -MSF
The main coronavirus treatment centre in southern Yemen has recorded at least 68 deaths in just over two weeks, the medical charity running the site s...
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