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LocalTags: Sri LankaThe first lion cub named ‘Dora’ born at the Ridiyagama Safari Park was displayed to the public from yesterday, said Hemantha Samarasekara, Assistant Director of the Department of National Zoological Gardens.   She…

SportsPesandu Liyanage-Osheen de Silva -Vinuda GunathilakeTags: Print Edition        Osheen De Silva of SL Navy, who performed well in the Sri Lanka National Chess Championships 2021 once again in good form with four points out of…

WorldTags: Print Edition      AUSTRALIA: A thief has made off with 42,000 much-sought Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) from a freight depot in Sydney, authorities said today. A man entered a freight depot in the suburb of Mascot on Tuesday…

LocalTags: Sri LankaThe Cabinet of Ministers has approved to construct four fly-overs in Hiripitiya, Pasyala, Negombo and Thalawathugoda junctions.   Constructing fly overs under the agreement frame entered between the Hungarian…

SportsDasun Shanka congratulating Kamindu Mendis on his maiden half-century during the second ODI against Zimbabwe. (Pic courtesy SLC)Tags: Print Edition        Sri Lankan promising player Kamindu Mendis believes the team will bounce…

WorldTags: Print EditionSWITZERLAND, CHINA, US, HONG KONG: Nearly 9.5 million children in the United States have tested positive for COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic, and child COVID-19 cases have “spiked dramatically” across…

LocalIshara MudugamuwaTags: Sri LankaCabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal made by Trade Minister Bandula Gunawardane to publish the amended Intellectual Property Act no.36 of 2003 in the government gazette and subsequently…

SportsDilwin Mendis Moratuwa Sports Special CorrespondentTags: Print EditionA hurricane 106 runs by Peshitha Pemila Wijewardane guided Prince of Wales’ College Moratuwa to beat Holy Cross College Kalutara by 79 runs in their inter…

WorldTags: Print EditionSWITZERLAND, JAPAN, US, AUSTRALIA, BRAZIL: The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, the World Health Organisation chief said yesterday, cautioning against a narrative that the fast-spreading Omicron variant is…

LocalTags: Sri LankaSenior Sri Lanka Administrative Service officer Gamini Sedara Senarath assumed duties as Secretary to the President at Presidential Secretariat this morning. He was the Prime Minister’s Secretary before being…