2021

Eleven bus drivers have been apprehended by the Police for allowing overcrowding in public transport buses, Police Media Spokesman SDIG Ajith Rohana said. He said the Colombo City Traffic Police has commenced a special operation…
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A 48-year-old man was arrested by the Police for spitting on and obstructing the duties of a Public Health Inspector (PHI) in the Puskuladeniya area in Giriulla. Police Spokesperson Senior DIG Ajith Rohana stated that the person…
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UN: The UN General Assembly approved a resolution Monday establishing a Permanent Forum of People of African Descent to provide expert advice on addressing the challenges of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance.…
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UN: India will keep the spotlight on terrorism during its presidency of the Security Council and make a renewed push for international efforts to combat the scourge in all its manifestations, according to India’s Permanent…
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UK: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that he wanted to get the travel industry moving again with a simple user-friendly system of rules to allow for trips abroad. "We need to get people, get the travel industry…
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US: The United States has distributed more than 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses overseas, President Joe Biden said Tuesday as he touted his record on countering the Delta variant cutting a deadly swath across the planet. The…
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FRANCE: Half of the European Union’s (EU) population has now been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Agency reports showed yesterday. The highly contagious Delta variant has been driving surging infections across the world, even…
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CHINA: China has imposed massive travel restrictions, including temporary closure of airports and travel alerts for citizens to other places across the country, to contain the spread of the Delta variant. All 31 provincial-level…
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UK: Vaccines targeting the highly transmissible Delta variant may now be needed, given its ability to infect people with fading immunity and potentially increased severity, researchers leading a large English study of COVID shots said.…
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