News from 2020

File photo: A State Department employee adjusts flags at the State Department in Washington, US March 22, 2017.(HT)   Th…

There is no evidence to substantiate the Trump administration’s claims that Covid-19 came from a Chinese laboratory, according t…

JERUSALEM AFP May5, 2020  - Israel’s parliament on Tuesday launched what it warned would be a “marathon debate” on a pr…

Nineteen (19) more persons tested positive for the Covid-19, increasing the total number of patients to 751 today, the Ministry of…

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said today that no financial aid has received from foreign countries to be utilised in the COVID-…

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Sri Lanka is among the worst-affected emerging economies by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a ranking published by the interna…

(Hong Kong) AFP: Stock markets suffered steep losses yesterday, tracking a selloff in New York after Donald Trump sparked fears of…

The islandwide curfew caused by the coronavirus pandemic has had a negative effect on the skill level of national athletes, accord…

A story about how one of our lady envoys incurred several thousands of Euros on her eye treatment in the States some time ago when…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (2nd L) visiting the completed Suchon phosphate fertilizer factory in South Pyongan Province (AFP)…

China has made modernising its military and expanding its weaponry a priority. (Courtesy SCMP)   China, (Courtesy SouthC…

A house where suspected militants were holding up is seen in flames during a gun battle with Indian security forces (Hindustan Tim…

The government yesterday announced the National Identity Card (NIC) numerical system, which had been introduced for the public to …

The government has arranged quarantine for returning Sri Lankans from abroad to spend their mandatory quarantine spell at a hotel …

Ten more persons tested positive for the Covid-19, increasing the total number of patients to 718 today, the Ministry of Health co…

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Inflation for the month of April was recorded at 5.2 percent, as the prices measured for the 12 months to April was slightly lower…

WION: China has claimed that the country is rolling out its digital currency in four cities starting next week.Owing to the COVID-…

Sri Lanka’s national level junior athletes have been deprived of winning at least 10 gold medals since the two international com…

In the midst of the battle against the Coronavirus, the cut-throat game had begun in some top government institutions, they say. …

Riot police fanned out across Hong Kong on Friday after democracy activists threatened to defy a ban on gatherings during the coro…

A woman from the High Commission for Pakistan delivered flowers to 10 Downing Street twice in one day wearing both glasses and saf…

Meghan Markle has launched a legal action against the British press after her father Thomas (pictured together) shared a letter sh…

Fifteen more Covid-19 infected patients have fully recovered and discharged from the hospital, increasing the total number of reco…