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LocalTags: Sri LankaPower cutsPower cuts can be expected in parts of the island today as well, said the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) Power supply to several areas were disrupted last night (06) due to a breakdown of a generator at…

SportsDilwin Mendis -Moratuwa Sports Special CorrespondentTags: Print EditionLyceum Internatioanl Scholl Nugegoda under eleven Badminton Team “A” Division Schools Badminton Tournament 2019. Standing L/R – Dulara Samaranayake, Tharulya…

WorldTags: Print EditionSWITZERLAND: It took more than a year for the world to record the first 100 million coronavirus cases, and half that time to tally the next 100 million. The third 100 million have come even faster, in barely…

WorldTags: World Health OrganizationWHOcoronavirusVaccinesOmicron VariantCoronavirus PandemicCOVID19The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against describing the Omicron variant as mild, saying it is killing people across the…

SportsDhammika RathnaweeraTags: Print EditionMatheesha Wijesekara the 13 year old player from Royal College was adjudged most promising squash player at the recently concluded Junior National squash championship held at the SSC squash…

WorldPeople line up at a COVID-19 testing site in Times Square in the Manhattan borough of New York City.Tags: Print EditionUS: On the day US President Joe Biden was inaugurated, the Advisory Board of health experts who counselled him…

LocalTags: BoosterCOVID19coronavirusPfizerSri Lanka28,619 people have received the Pfizer booster (third) dose on Thursday.   In total 4,229,162 people have been administered the Booster dose since October, said the Epidemiology Unit…

SportsSherifdeen AmathTags: Print EditionThe oldest cricket club in Sri Lanka established in 1872, the Colombo Malay Cricket Club (CMCC) will celebrate its 150th anniversary this year with a series of sports activities throughout the…

WorldPhilippine President Rodrigo Duterte holds a Sinovac vaccine vial. Tags: Print EditionTHE PHILIPPINES: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday ordered the arrest of unvaccinated people who violate stay-at-home orders…

LocalTags: COVID19coronavirusSri LankaSri Lanka Air Force establishes a 24x7 Covid-19 vaccination centre at the Bandaranaike International Airport to administer Pfizer vaccines for Sri Lankans arriving from overseas if they have not…