2021

A total of 912 COVID-19 positive cases were reported in Sri Lanka, stated the Epidemiology Unit. The total count of positive coronavirus cases found in Sri Lanka currently sits at 517,377.
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The Janatha Estates Development Board (JEDB) Deputy Chairman R.P.G.Seneviratne said a female employee was suspended with immediate effect for attempting to delete the date from the JEDB head office’s computer system. He added…
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The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) recorded a statement from Samagi Jana Balawegya (SJB) Parliamentarian Manusha Nanayakkara yesterday in relation to an ongoing investigation, police said. Police Spokesman SSP Nihal…
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The Court of Appeal issued an Interim Order on the Northern Province Governor’s order regarding the removal of the Mannar Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman from his post, on September 29. The Mannar Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Sahul Hameed…
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A schoolboy who had been under treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Karapitiya Hospital after being beaten by his father with a broomstick died yesterday morning, Galle Police said. The boy was identified as…
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YouTube is taking down several video channels associated with high-profile anti-vaccine activists including Joseph Mercola and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who experts say are partially responsible for helping seed the skepticism that’s…
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A Sri Lankan family that sheltered the former National Security Agency contractor Edward J. Snowden after he fled to Hong Kong in 2013 has been given asylum in Canada, an aid group supporting the family said. Supun Thilina…
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Within a day of testing positive for COVID-19 in June, Miranda Kelly was sick enough to be scared. At 44, with diabetes and high blood pressure, Kelly, a certified nursing assistant, was having trouble breathing, symptoms serious…
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Top US defence officials have said the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan can be traced back to a deal between the group and the Trump administration. The so-called Doha agreement was signed in February 2020 and set a date for the…
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At least 116 people are now known to have died in a fight between rival gangs in Ecuador’s jail, officials say, making it the worst prison violence in the country’s history. At least five inmates were decapitated in Tuesday’s…
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