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PoliticalTags: Print EditionThe Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) yesterday suggested that it would be appropriate to hold the Provincial Council elections expeditiously, under the former electoral system limited to this particular…

LocalTags: CHRISTMASSri LankaThe issuance of commemorative stamp to mark the Christmas was held under the patronage of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees yesterday. Mass Media Minister Dullas Alahapperuma presented the…

WorldFire brigades and Policemen work at the site of a bomb explosion close to the main railway station in Munich on Wednesday. Tags: Print EditionGERMANY: Four people were injured when an old aircraft bomb exploded at a bridge near…

LocalTags: Sri LankaForeign Minister G.L. Peiris hosted a working dinner for the Heads of Mission of Islamic States in Colombo on 30 November. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa also joined the occasion as Guest of Honour. The Minister…

WorldA vendor sells food items along a road in Kandahar, Afghanistan on Monday. Tags: Print EditionAFGHANISTAN: Afghanistan's GDP could contract 20 per cent within a year, the UN predicted in a new report on Wednesday (Dec 1), saying…

LocalTags: Sri LankaThe Transport Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi said that a National Action Plan has been prepared to reduce the increasing number of road accidents in Sri Lanka. The Minister was speaking at a function organized by…

EU Chief calls for debate on making jabs mandatoryWorldTags: Print EditionSOUTH AFRICA: The Omicron coronavirus variant detected in southern Africa could be the most likely candidate to displace the highly contagious Delta variant, the…

LocalTags: COVID19coronavirusSri Lanka341 more individuals recovered from COVID-19 bringing the total recoveries in the country to 541,124, the Epidemiology Unit confirmed   Thursday, December 2, 2021 - 14:28…

WorldPeople wait for coronavirus checks outside Seoul Station on Tuesday.Tags: Print EditionSOUTH KOREA, DENMARK: South Korea's daily coronavirus case numbers rose to a new high on Thursday (Dec 2), as the authorities halted quarantine…

WorldTags: IndiaOmicron VariantOmicronCOVID19cornavirus Two men in the southern Indian state of Karnataka have tested positive for the Omicron coronavirus variant. The men, who are 66 years and 46 years old, are currently under…