2021

The Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) has instructed Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation to summon Litro Gas Lanka Limited and Litro Gas Terminal Lanka (Pvt) Ltd before the COPE and to conduct a government audit. The COPE gave…
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The Matara Divisional Crime Investigation Unit has arrested an employee of a leading mobile phone company for alleged online sexual exploitation of several school girls. The suspect had allegedly sexually exploited students…
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A Fundamental Rights petition filed by environmental scientist Dr.Ajantha Perera seeking an order to take immediate action to prosecute all those responsible for the X-Press Pearl disaster was yesterday fixed for support by the Supreme…
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Galle Chief Magistrate Harshana Kekunawela yesterday further remanded the three suspects, including the Sub Inspector of the South Kalutara Police, who had been remanded after being arrested with a stock of heroin worth over Rs. 50…
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More than 4 million people around the world have died of Covid-19, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. In total, three countries account for more than a third of all global deaths. The United States, which has the…
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appointed new federal ministers for health, IT and oil as part of a reshuffle aimed at refurbishing his government’s image amid fierce criticism of its handling of the coronavirus pandemic.…
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An Israeli girl receives a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine from the Magen David Adom during a campaign by the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality to encourage the vaccination of teenagers, on July 5, 2021, in Tel Aviv. - Israel is…
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Twenty four states have seen an uptick of at least 10% in Covid-19 cases over the past week as health experts and the federal government keep pressing for more people to get vaccinated. The rapid spread of the Delta variant of…
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The World Health Organization recommended that certain hospitalized Covid-19 patients be given a type of anti-inflammatory drug found to reduce the risk of death by 13% in the sickest patients when taken in combination with steroids.…
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Uganda saw an increase in deaths among health care workers last month just as COVID-19 cases increased. Sixteen doctors died of the disease, while others are in intensive care. Uganda Medical Association believes more than 100…
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