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TURKEY: Dozens of villages were evacuated in tourist hotspots in southern Turkey on Sunday as wildfires that have claimed eight lives raged for a fifth day, while blazes also hit Greece, Italy and Spain. Fanned by soaring…
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AFGHANISTAN: Fighting is raging around three major cities in south and west Afghanistan, as Taliban militants seek to seize them from government forces. Herat, Lashkar Gah and Kandahar saw continued clashes on Sunday. The…
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US: A day after it recorded the most new daily cases since the start of the pandemic, Florida on Sunday broke a previous record for current hospitalizations set more than a year ago before vaccines were available. The Sunshine…
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UN: India has begun its Presidency of the UN Security Council with a generous dose of Indian grain power. T.S. Tirumurti, the Indian permanent representative (PR) to the UN who is known to his counterparts as just “Tiru”, will…
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AUSTRALIA: Troops hit the streets of Sydney, Australia on Monday to enforce its prolonged lockdown, as stay-at-home orders in Australia's third-largest city Brisbane were extended to curb a worsening outbreak. About 300…
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Avanthi Colombage, Country Manager, Sri Lanka and Maldives, VISA; Rajendra  Theagarajah, Senior Visiting Fellow, Pathfinder Foundation; Basil Rajapaksa, Finance Minister; K. Balasundaram, Director/CEO, MMBL, Pathfinder and Mamta Ameera…
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Sigiriya, considered to be one of the most valuable historical monuments in Sri Lanka, has long been renowned as an architectural wonder of urban planning and engineering, and a UNESCO world heritage site since 1982. Converted into a…
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In the journey of finding hidden talents of Sri Lankan youth and their unsung contribution to the nation, Women in Management (WIM) in partnership with Sri Lanka National Youth Services Council will host the second ‘New generation…
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Sri Lanka, which was earlier expected to be a laggard, is now among the countries with the fastest vaccination rates in the world, says ICRA Lanka in their Economic outlook for 2H 2021. Expedited vaccine rollouts in many major…
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Pan Asia Banking Corporation PLC reported an impressive performance for the six months ended 30th June 2021to report a Pre-Tax Profit of Rs. 1,822Mn and a Post-Tax Profit of Rs. 1,356Mn with growth rates of 27% and 50% respectively,…
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