2021

The sixth Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Alumni Association of Tourism Economics and Hospitality Management (Alumni ATEHM) of the Department of Economics, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo was held recently (August 24, 2021)…
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The Ceylon Motor Traders’ Association (CMTA), the most senior automotive association in South Asia welcomes the government’s view that Electric Vehicles (EVs) represent the future of mobility, not just in Sri Lanka, but around the…
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Almost six years after the deadliest attack on French soil since World War II killed 130 people and injured 416 others, the largest criminal trial in the nation’s history opened Wednesday, with more than 2,000 lawyers, witnesses and…
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The COVID vaccine being given to 106-year-old retired farmer B.H. Manial, the oldest person in the Southern Province, at his Karandeniya residence by the area MOH Dr. Nadeep Sudusinghe yesterday. Karandeniya PS Chairman Gamini…
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The Inspector General (IGP) C.D. Wickramaratne said those involved in the Easter Sunday terror attacks will be able to creep through the law’s loopholes and escape punishment, if the investigations are not done properly. Commenting on…
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Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa said that although it was the government’s responsibility to serve the people at this difficult juncture, the government was only serving its cronies. The Opposition Leader said that corruption and…
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United National Party (UNP) Chairman Vajira Abeywardena said the government should jab the Pfizer vaccine to students in Grade Eight and above to begin schools thereafter. Speaking to the media yesterday he said countries  around the…
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674 persons were arrested yesterday for not wearing face masks and failing to maintain social distancing, stated the Police Media Division. So far 67,342 suspects have been arrested for not wearing face masks and maintaining…
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At least 41 people have died in Indonesia after a fire broke out at an overcrowded prison on the outskirts of the capital Jakarta. The blaze broke out in the early hours of Wednesday morning at Tangerang jail, when most of the…
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Three warehouses which had stored 45,000 tons of paddy bags were sealed in Kandale police division, in Trincomalee, yesterday (7). Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) revealed that 45,000 tonnes of paddy was stored in three paddy…
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