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WorldAn Afghan girl cries as she carries her brother near their home in Herat.Tags: Print EditionAFGHANISTAN: Afghanistan has the highest number of verified child casualties since 2005, said the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF),…
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WorldSouth Africa bade farewell on Saturday to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the last great hero of the struggle against apartheid, in a funeral stripped of pomp but freighted with tears and showered with drizzles of rain.Tags: Print…
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WorldReuters photojournalist and Pulitzer prize winner Danish Siddiqui, who was killed in clashes with Taliban in Afghanistan in 2021. - PTITags: Print EditionINDIA: A total of 45 journalists and media professionals were killed in 20…
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BusinessShirajiv SirimaneTags: Print EditionThe Ceylon Shipping Corporation plans to operate a Container Feeder Service between Colombo and Bangladesh and this will be followed by a second service between Colombo and Oman. Chairman…
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‘Sri Lanka shines’ among ‘most preferred Tourism Destinations’BusinessShirajiv Sirimane in UAEFlashback: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa with the Prime Minister of United Arab Emirates Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum viewing the Gini Raksha…
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BusinessTags: Print EditionAmbassador to Sri Lanka in China Dr. Palitha Kohona received the ‘News Person of the Year award’ from the Home and Abroad News Service, China last week. Dr. Kohona was instrumental in brining many Chinese…
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Y-o-Y inflation increases to 12.1BusinessTags: Print EditionHeadline inflation, as measured by the year-on-year (Y-o-Y) change in the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI, 2013=100)1, increased to 12.1 per cent in December 2021 from 9.9…
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BusinessAnanda KannangaraMilco Chairman Lasantha WickramasingheTags: Print EditionThe prices of locally manufactured Highland and Pelawatta milk powder brands will not be increased although the local milk powder importers made a sudden…
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BusinessRAVI LADDUWAHETTYTags: Print EditionMeasures have been taken to distribute liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in compliance with the court orders, the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA), Litro Gas Lanka Limited and Laugfs Gas PLC…
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BusinessTags: Print EditionThe Bourse ended the week on a mixed note this week with ASPI increasing by 155.33 points (or 1.29%) to close at 12,226.01 points, while the S&P SL20 Index decreased by 20.58 points (or 0.48%) to close at…
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