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Special Task Force (STF) personnel recently nabbed a suspect with a stock of counterfeit cigarettes worth over Rs. 750,000 from a house in Old York Street on a tip off. STF Commandant DIG Waruna Jayasundera led the raid . The suspect…
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Iraqis headed to the polls for an early election billed as a concession to anti-government protests but one expected to be boycotted by many voters who distrust official promises of reform. Polls opened at 7:00am (04:00 GMT) on…
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Abolhassan Banisadr, who became Iran’s first president following the country’s 1979 revolution, has died in Paris, where he lived for decades after fleeing his country. A statement by his website and reports by Iranian media on…
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Raymond T. Odierno, a four-star Army general who was an influential architect of the surge of American forces during the Iraq war that helped quell sectarian killings and increase stability in the country, died on Friday. He was 67.…
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China says it has provided more than half of all the Covid-19 vaccines manufactured globally. A video posted on social media by the Chinese Communist Party's youth league claims that over half the world's vaccines have come from…
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Moderna, whose coronavirus vaccine appears to be the world’s best defense against Covid-19, has been supplying its shots almost exclusively to wealthy nations, keeping poorer countries waiting and earning billions in profit.…
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Singapore has announced it is easing coronavirus lockdown restrictions and will allow quarantine-free travel from a number of nations, including the UK. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said it was time to press on with the…
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The man regarded as the "father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb", Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, has died aged 85 after being hospitalised with Covid-19. Dr Khan was hailed as a national hero for transforming his country into the world's first…
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Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has stepped down, after pressure triggered by a corruption scandal. He has proposed Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg as his replacement. Kurz and nine others were placed under…
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Sanasa Life Insurance (SLICL), has shown resilience and agility in adapting to the new normal while managing to post a healthy operational and financial performance, whilst achieving a record 235.1% Year-on-Year (YoY) in Gross Written…
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