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AFGHANISTAN: The first international commercial flight since the end of the chaotic western airlift from Afghanistan last month took off from Kabul airport on Thursday with more than 100 passengers on board, officials said. “We…
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NIRTH KOREA: North Korea celebrated the 73rd anniversary of its foundation with a night-time military parade in the capital, state media reported on Thursday, publishing photographs of marching rows of personnel in orange hazmat suits…
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AFGHANISTAN: he Taliban have been rounding up scores of demonstrators and subjecting them to abuse in overcrowded jails, according to journalists who were present. The repression follows a Taliban announcement on Tuesday that…
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UN: As much as 97 per cent of Afghanistan’s population is at risk of sinking below the poverty line unless a response to the country’s political and economic crises is urgently launched, according to a rapid appraisal released by the…
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SWITZERLAND: The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for an extension of a global moratorium on Covid-19 booster doses, with an aim to enable every country to vaccinate at least 40 per cent of its population. “A month ago,…
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CHINA: China will donate 100 million more doses of COVID-19 vaccines to developing countries by the end of 2021, President Xi Jinping said on Thursday. Speaking at the 13th BRICS summit via video link, Xi Jinping said China has…
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Tokyo 2020 Paralympics F46 Javelin Gold Medallist Dinesh Priyantha Herath was accorded a civic reception by the people of Kagama, Anuradhapura yesterday. Here he is being escorted to the venue of the reception by Lands Minister S.M.…
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Sri Lankan Embassy and Italian officials welcome Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and Mrs. Shiranthi Rajapaksa at the Guglielmo Marconi International Airport in Bologna, Italy yesterday, at the start of the Prime Minister’s official…
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Opposition and Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) Leader Sajith Premadasa referring to the Government’s decision to appoint Monitoring MP’s to observe the development activities done by Ministers, said it is unethical at this crucial moment…
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All economic centres islandwide were open yesterday. Trading at the economic centres commenced at 4.00 a.m. for wholesale trading only despite the quarantine curfew being in effect. The decision to open these economic centres was…
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