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WorldTags: Print EditionSWITZERLAND: Generic drug manufacturers will make a more affordable version of Merck’s anti-COVID pill for 105 of the world’s poorer nations, a UN-backed organisation said today. The global Medicines Patent Pool…

LocalTags: Sri LankaThe Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, Park Byeong - Seug, who arrived in Sri Lanka on a four-day official visit, is scheduled to arrive in Parliament today.   The Speaker of the National…

SportsIndika WelagedaraShenal Deelaka Captain-Havies-Adeesha-Weerathunga Captain - NavyTags: Print EditionA closely fought out battle can be expected between two high riding teams Navy Sports Club and Havelock Sports Club when they…

WorldA COVID-19 patient is cared for in the ICU of the Bellvitge University Hospital in Barcelona, Spain.Tags: Print EditionSWITZERLAND, SPAIN, UK: The number of new coronavirus cases globally rose by 20 per cent last week to more than…

WorldTags: COVID19coronavirusSri LankaWHOThe head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a warning to world leaders that the coronavirus pandemic "is nowhere near over".   Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus cautioned against the…

SportsIndika WelagedaraNigel Ratwatte Kandy SC Captain-Shenal Deelaka Air Force SC CaptainTags: Print EditionA close battle for supremacy can be expected when Kandy Sports Club lock horns with giant killers Air Force Sports Club in…

WorldTags: Print EditionGHANA: At least 17 people were killed and 59 injured Thursday in a devastating explosion in a western Ghana town after a truck carrying explosives intended for a mine collided with a motorcycle, the government…

LocalTags: Sri LankaA mortar bullet has been found in a land in Hakurukumburua Bogahahena Road area in Mirigama last evening.   This was discovered on an information received from a person who saw it lying at the place.   Mirigama…

ITF Junior Circuit Week I:SportsCharthurya Nilaweera and Kiran Viravanarhan pose with their medals. Tags: Print EditionThe Sri Lankan pair Charthurya Nilaweera and Kiran Viravanarhan emerged as boys' doubles champions at ITF Junior…

WorldTags: Print EditionSINGAPORE: Surging gasoline prices are posing a tricky new problem for governments as they seek to nurse virus-hit economies back to health. In Asia, South Korea has taken steps to ensure a steady supply of the…