2021

SWITZERLAND: Climate change has dramatically altered the Swiss Alp landscape -- at a quicker pace than expected -- as melting glaciers have created more than 1,000 new lakes across in the mountains, a study published Monday showed.…
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US: The wealthiest man on the planet Jeff Bezos said the “most profound” aspect of his brief journey to space was the spectacular view he saw of Earth, which left him amazed by its beauty and fragility. “Every astronaut who’s…
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US: US President Joe Biden on Monday toned down his comments about Facebook after accusing it of “killing people” by not stopping COVID vaccine misinformation, but he still urged the world’s largest social network to do more. “We…
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UK: Antibody levels remain high nine months after infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, whether symptomatic or asymptomatic, according to a study published on Monday that analysed data from an entire Italian town.…
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INDONESIA: Indonesia, Iran and France were suffering alarming surges in COVID-19 cases yesterday, as Governments raced to vaccinate populations in a bid to outpace the highly-contagious Delta variant wreaking havoc across the globe.…
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Sri Lanka Insurance held its Annual General Meeting (AGM), via zoom online platform on July 7. The Chairman and Board of Directors participated at the meeting adhering to the COVID-19 health and safety standards. During the AGM…
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CK Express Shipping Line launched NVOCC Operations focusing starts in Sri Lanka from early July 2021 onwards. M.P. Alaagu Kumar, Chairman of CK Express Shipping Line India, together with the Freight Movers Logistics Pvt Ltd, Chairman,…
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Sri Lanka’s largest retail bank, HNB PLC, achieved another important milestone in its transformation journey, after once again securing its ranking in the prestigious UK based- The Banker Magazine’s Top 1,000 World Banks for the fifth…
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SriLankan Airlines emerged victorious at the Asian Leadership Awards (ALA) 2021 by winning the award for “Best in managing health at work” in the “Asian HR Leadership Awards” category. This award recognizes and applauds the…
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The Hambantota International Port (HIP) recorded their highest discharge levels of bulk cargo recently, when a shipment of gypsum consigned to Insee Cement was unloaded at a rate of 24,000 Metric tons per day by port operations.…
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