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WorldThe watch is believed to have been given to Hitler in 1933.Tags: Print EditionUS: A watch said to have belonged to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler sold for a whopping US$1.1 million at an auction in the US despite apprehension by…
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WorldHuman errors are accountable for 72% of rail accidents, according to Bangladesh Railway.Tags: Print EditionBANGLADESH: At least 11 people, including seven students, were killed when a minibus they were travelling in was hit by a…
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WorldSpanish PM Pedro SanchezTags: Print EditionSPAIN: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Friday called on office workers to throw sartorial caution to the wind and ditch their ties amid scorching summer temperatures. In a move…
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WorldSupporters of Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr protesting inside the Parliament building in Baghdad on Saturday.Tags: Print EditionIRAQ: Volunteers shuttled back and forth in fleets of pickups to Iraq’s normally secure Green…
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BusinessShirajiv SirimaneTags: Print EditionMaking a significant contribution towards rebuilding the Eastern province fisheries sector, the Oluvil Fisheries Port, (Ashraff Memorial Oluvil Port’) which was defunct for over a decade in a…
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BusinessTags: Print EditionThe Social Cohesion and Reconciliation (SCORE) Youth Activity (SYA) which provided life-changing internship opportunities for 280 youths from 14 districts has received positive feedback from all the partner…
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BusinessProf. H.D. Karunaratne receiving the award from Japanese Ambassador Mizukoshi Hideaki.Tags: Print EditionThe Japanese Foreign Minister’s Commendation was awarded to the eminent educationist, Vice Chancellor of University of…
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BusinessOfficials of SLSEA, UNDP, and Standard Charted Bank at the workshop. Picture by Ashraff A. Samad.Tags: Print EditionSri Lanka aims to be a nation more resilient to shocks in the energy sector by 2030. The objective is to…
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BusinessHayleys Fabric team receiving the award at the event.Tags: Print EditionHayleys Fabric set a global benchmark in sustainability, bagging the coveted Sustainability Impact Award at the recently concluded International Quality…
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BusinessTags: Print EditionIn the past two years, 80 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) proposals from countries sharing a land border with India were granted permission to invest in India, according to data provided by the Department for…
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