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Sri Lanka has rolled over 36.24 million US dollars out of 180 million dollar denominated debt securities maturing on June 30, data from the state debt office showed. The debt office sold 29.57 million US dollars of 10 month Sri Lanka…
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Sri Lanka has hired 65,000 unemployed graduates in to the state sector over the past year and 35,000 more youth into a new Department and more will be hired, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said. “Employment opportunities for unemployed…
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BANGLADESH: Tens of thousands of migrant workers fled Bangladesh’s capital Sunday on the eve of a tightened lockdown that will curtail most economic activity and confine people to their homes as coronavirus infections soar.…
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AUSTRALIA: Australia’s COVID-19 response committee held an emergency meeting yesterday (Monday) as outbreaks of the highly contagious Delta variant across the country prompted a lockdown in Sydney and renewed restrictions elsewhere.…
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INDIA: Amid a dip in fresh cases of COVID-19 in the country on Monday, India achieved another milestone when India overtook the US in total number of vaccine doses administered so far. According to Union Health Ministry data on…
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CANADA: A “heat dome” over western Canada and the US Pacific northwest sent temperatures soaring to new highs, triggering heat warnings from Oregon to Canada’s Arctic territories on Sunday. Hotspot Lytton in British Columbia…
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MYANMAR: Myanmar authorities torched over half a billion dollars worth of narcotics across the country on Saturday, sending opium, heroin and methamphetamine up in smoke as experts warn smugglers have adapted to COVID-19 travel…
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US: Former US president Donald Trump once against teased a possible third run for the White House in 2024 while addressing his first political rally on Saturday since leaving the White House. He lashed out at his successor,…
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UK: Britain’s government will investigate how images of former health minister Matt Hancock kissing an aide found their way into the media and forced his resignation, in the latest scandal to hit Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s…
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Dehiwala Police on Sunday arrested two persons, including a Prison Sergeant for breaking and entering houses in Dehiwala and Mt. Lavinia Police Divisions and stealing cash and jewellery. The suspects are a 61-year-old resident of…
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