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Adverse weather claims 11 lives

LocalTags: Sri LankaFloodHeavy RainLandslide11 deaths were reported due to the adverse weather experienced across the country.According to the Disaster Management Center (DMC), five deaths were caused by drowning, four deaths were…

Tears, relief, long lines as US reopens borders after 20 months of COVID-19 curbs

WorldPeople wait to cross a toll bridge to cross the border into the United States at the Thousand Islands Border Crossing in Lansdowne, Ontario, Canada. Tags: Print EditionUS: Anxious travellers and their relatives rejoiced, wept and…

HNB partners Sri Lanka’s first LNG based Combined Cycle Power Plant Project

BusinessTags: Print EditionThushari Ranaweera Deputy General Manager Legal and Company Secretary, HNB Ravindra Pitigalage Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Lakdhanavi B.A.H.S. Preena Assistant General Manager Corporate and Trade,…

Navy nabs suspect with ICE worth more than Rs. 6 million

LocalTags: Sri LankaThe Navy managed to apprehend a suspect in possession of about 757g of Crystal Methamphetamine (ICE), during a special operation in Pesalai, Mannar today (09th November 2021).Sri Lanka Navy has been conducting…

Ex-diplomat says Myanmar junta ‘open’ for progress

WorldFormer US diplomat Bill Richardson speaking to journalists.Tags: Print EditionMYANMAR: Bill Richardson, the former US diplomat turned global troubleshooter, said Monday that he believed Myanmar’s junta was open to working with the…

Bank of Ceylon backs to boost MBSL in Capital Rights Issue

BusinessKanchana Ratwatte-Dammika Hapuhinna Tags: Print EditionThe Bank of Ceylon majority stake owned, public quoted Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka (MBSL) achieved a significant milestone by raising 2.1 Billion through a rights issue.…

Body found in travelling bag: Main suspect arrested

LocalTags: Sri LankaThe main suspect in connection with the female body in an abandoned travelling bag near a garbage dump in Sapugaskanda has been arrested. Police said that the man was arrested while hiding in a house in Wellampitiya…

Man wanted for attack on US Capitol seeks asylum in Belarus

WorldThe January 6,2021 attack on the US Capitol.Tags: Print EditionUS: Belarus state television says an American charged in the US Capitol riot investigation illegally crossed into the tightly controlled ex-Soviet country and is…

Korea Corner helps nurture Lanka-Korea ties – Ambassador Santhush

LocalTags: Print EditionAmbassador of the Republic of Korea Santhush Woonjin Jeong visited the Korea Corner at the Colombo Public Library as part of the Korea Week 2021 with Chief Librarian, Colombo Public Library Varuni…