2022

WorldFrance continues to experience extreme hot weather, increasing demand for air conditioning.Tags: Print EditionFRANCE: Air-conditioned shops in France will be ordered to keep their doors closed or risk being fined, a minister said…
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WorldA man shows the popular breakfast roll ‘pandesal’ he bought at a bakery in Manila on Saturday. Tags: Print EditionTHE PHILIPPINES: As the war in Ukraine pushes up wheat prices and a weaker peso raises the cost of imported edible…
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WorldTags: Print EditionSAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Arabia has unveiled plans for a $1 trillion, 75 mile long skyscraper made of mirrored glass that will stretch across its desert and stand taller than the Empire State Building. The Mirror…
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WorldThe chess-playing robot with 7-year-old opponent Christopher at the Moscow Chess Open.Tags: Print EditionRUSSIA: A chess-playing robot broke the finger of its 7-year-old opponent during a match at a tournament in Russia. The boy…
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WorldTags: Print EditionA top US State Department official said that the foreign conspiracy allegations by former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan were “very disturbing” and asserted that there is no truth in them. The remarks were…
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WorldTags: Print Edition  Indian Army chief General Manoj Pande, who is on a three-day visit to Bangladesh, received a Guard of Honour at a convention centre of Bangladesh Armed Forces in Dhaka.   “General Manoj Pande COAS received an…
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BusinessTags: Print EditionFormer governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy says he believes it will take the Sri Lankan economy at least five years to get back to where it was provided certain tough steps are…
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BusinessJeremy Prepsius, Zahra Cader, Suresh De Mel and Moiz Rehmanjee Tags: Print EditionThe Sri Lankan apparel industry has been on a journey of transforming their factories and business, with the intention of improving their ESG…
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BusinessDenver De Zylva, Senior Vice President at Virtusa Corporation Tags: Print EditionThe Sri Lanka Association of Software Services Companies (SLASSCOM), as the catalyst for the IT/BPM industry in the country, has initiated a…
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BusinessTags: Print EditionOne of Sri Lanka’s leading dairy producer, Pelwatte who is also an active member of the Smallholder Agribusiness Partnership Programme (SAPP) which is a small scale agribusiness partnership programme…
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