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The CID yesterday arrested the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the private company which operated the database of National Medical Regulatory Authority (NMRA) over the recent controversy of the data loss. Epid Lanka Technology CEO was…
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The prevailing COVID-19 pandemic is not a special reason to grant bail to suspects in custody, the Court of Appeal held in a recent judgement on a suspect arrested for drug trafficking. The Court of Appeal maintained that the current…
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Customs officials at the Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake seized 4,200 Oximetres and arrested a suspect at the air cargo terminal as the stock had been smuggled in using forged documents. The stock had been brought in…
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The Police have sought public assistance to apprehend the chief suspect connected to the detection of over 288 kilogrammes of heroin in the seas off Beruwala on August 31. Police have already arrested five suspects in connection with…
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SWITZERLAND: The COVID-19 pandemic had a “devastating” impact on the fight against HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria in 2020, according to a report released by the Global Fund on Wednesday. “To mark our 20th anniversary, we had hoped…
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AFGHANISTAN: The Taliban on Tuesday announced a caretaker Government to run the affairs in Afghanistan, where they have returned to power after two decades. The group drew from its inner high echelons to fill top posts, including an…
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AFGHANISTAN: Over 300 unaccompanied Afghan children have been evacuated from Kabul since the Taliban took over on August 15, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday, adding that many more have been separated from their…
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US: More people are believed to have died from illnesses related to 9/11 than were killed on the actual day of the Al-Qaeda attacks on New York and Washington, according to a report published on Tuesday. The September 11 Victim…
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VIETNAM: Vietnam jailed a man on Monday for five years for breaking strict COVID-19 quarantine rules and spreading the virus to others, state media reported. Le Van Tri, 28, was convicted of “spreading dangerous infectious…
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INDONESIA: A fire tore through an overcrowded Indonesian prison in the early hours of Wednesday when most inmates were asleep, killing 41 people and injuring dozens of others, an official said. Firefighters extinguished the blaze…
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