2022

Protesters delay Finance Ministry Secretary’s meeting with IMF delegationLaw & OrderCamelia NathanielProtesters obstruct normal public life: Protesters obstructing the two entrances on Lotus Mawatha to the Presidential Secretariat and…
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Law & OrderNelka MedegederaTags: Print EditionProminent businessman Dhammika Perera informed the Supreme Court yesterday that he would not be sworn in as a Member of Parliament or a Minister until a decision is taken by the Court…
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Faces hung Parliament as support surges for far-left, far-rightWorldFrench President Emmanuel Macron waves as he leaves after casting his vote in the second stage of French Parliamentary elections at a polling station in Le Touquet,…
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WorldCocaine parcels found inside one of the banana crates.Tags: Print EditionCZECH REPUBLIC: Cocaine worth almost 68 million pounds has been seized by police in the Czech Republic after it was mistakenly delivered to supermarkets in…
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WorldTags: Print EditionCHINA: Chinese scientists found two genes in rice that can make the staple crop more heat-resistant, providing a new way for breeding highly thermotolerant crops. The researchers from the Shanghai Institute of…
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WorldTags: Print EditionSWITZERLAND: About one in eight people in the world live with a mental disorder, said the World Health Organisation (WHO) in a landmark report released on Friday calling for urgent action on transforming mental…
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WorldColombia's first ever leftist President-elect Gustavo Petro shows his polling card after voting in Bogota.Tags: Print EditionCOLOMBIA: Leftist Gustavo Petro, a former member of the M-19 guerrilla movement who has vowed…
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WorldThe scene of a deadly shooting on U street Washington, D.C on Sunday.Tags: Print EditionUS: A shooting at a crowded intersection of Washington, D.C., left one teenager dead and three others — including one police officer —…
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WorldTags: Print EditionUS: Nearly four dozen countries have raised interest rates in the last six months, as Central Banks in the United States, England, India and other nations push borrowing costs higher in a bid to contain the most…
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BusinessAnanda KannangaraRoshana WadugeTags: Print EditionThe Sri Lanka Trade Development Council (SLTDC) yesterday expressed serious concern over the near collapsing of business activities of one million Small and Medium Scale…
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