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FRANCE: Health care workers in France face suspension from their jobs starting Wednesday if they haven’t been vaccinated against COVID-19. With about 300,000 workers still not vaccinated, some hospitals fear staff shortages will add to…
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TURKEY: Turkey has extended the construction of a wall on the country’s border with Iran amid a continued influx of refugees, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said. “We will add another 242 km to the 221 km we have built so far…
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, (L), and Volkan Bozkir,(R), President of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, applaud on Tuesday, September 14, as Abdulla Shahid, (C) receives the gavel as the new President…
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SWITZERLAND: The World Health Organisation (WHO) said there were about 4 million coronavirus cases reported globally last week, marking the first major drop in new infections in more than two months. In recent weeks, there have…
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Port City Colombo, the largest and most ambitious development project ever undertaken in Sri Lanka, proudly marks its 7th anniversary since the initial land reclamation work commenced in 2014. During this period, the project has…
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Colombo, September 17, 2021 - Recognising the importance to enhance Sri Lanka’s PCR testing capacity to curtail the spread of COVID-19 and to protect citizens, SLT-MOBITEL continues its support by donating yet another vital PCR machine…
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EXPO 2020 DUBAI is the latest edition of World Expos held around the world since 1851 and will be the first ever to be held in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia. Sri Lanka will participate in the mega-event which commences…
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The Seva Vanitha Unit of the Sri Lanka Army yesterday conducted a vaccination campaign where the Pfizer vaccine was offered to students going overseas for higher studies. Here Army personnel register a student’s details. (Picture by…
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A team of officers from the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) yesterday (17) found more than 6,000 PCR test kits worth around Rs.20 million imported into the country without being registered with the Authority. The…
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The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) yesterday made a complaint at Police Headquarters urging the Police to investigate the incident related to State Minister Lohan Ratwatte who allegedly entered the Anuradhapura Prison and behaved in an…
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