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Only brand to win for 5 consecutive yearsBusinessTags: Print EditionMunchee, the flagship brand of Ceylon Biscuits Ltd. (CBL) clinched the prestigious ‘Brand of the Year’ title at the SLIM Brand Excellence Awards 2021 held recently at…

LocalTags: Sri LankaSri Lanka Navy took hold of an Indian trawler with 08 Indian fishermen while poaching in Sri Lankan waters. The apprehension was made in seas north of Talaimannar, during a patrol carried out on the night of 26th…

WorldTags: Print EditionUKRAINE: Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence is asking people to remove the names of streets, cities and villages from the road signs in their regions, Sky News reported. They say this is to “confuse and disorient the…

LocalLahiru FernandoFire Brigade personnel at the scene. Picture by Ranjith AsankaTags: Print EditionA fire had broken out in a vehicle spare parts store in Jampettah Street in Colombo. The fire caused damage to the adjacent buildings…

LocalPhoto Courtesy: Pakistan NavyTags: Sri LankaConcluding his formal visit to Pakistan on a successful note, Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne returned to the island yesterday. At the invitation of the Chief of…

WorldTags: Print EditionNORTH KOREA: North Korea has accused the United States of being the “root cause of the Ukraine crisis” while defending Russia, in Pyongyang’s first official response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia…

LocalC.Mahagama and Asela KuruluwansaTags: Print EditionA couple was found dead inside a hotel room in Nuwara Eliya yesterday and police suspect it was due to Carbon Monoxide poisoning as the couple had taken the barbecue grill to…

WorldTags: AfghanistanIndiaAfghanistan embassy in New Delhi expressed its gratitude to India for giving the first consignment of humanitarian aid of 50,000 tonnes of wheat to the war-ravaged nation at a time when the country is facing…

4 mn Ukrainians could flee if the situation deteriorates: UNHCRWorldUkrainian refugees walk along vehicles lining-up to cross the border from Ukraine into Moldova, at Mayaky-Udobne crossing border point near Ukraine on Saturday,…

LocalSandya KarunaratneTags: Print EditionThe strike by nurses and paramedics will resume on March 2 and 3, Federation of Health Professionals Convener Ravi Kumudesh said yesterday (27). He attributed the strike to the failure of…