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SportsBabar Azam hit a top score of 51 for PakistanTags: Print EditionAsif Ali hoisted four sixes in the penultimate over as Pakistan defeated Afghanistan by five wickets in their ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup Super 12 match played in…

Transport Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi has instructed National Transport Commission (NTC) Chairman Shashi Welgama to provide all possible relief for private bus owners to resume bus services suspended for nearly one year due to the…

SportsDilwin MendisMoratuwa Sports Special CorrespondentTags: Print EditionThe Sunday Observer Mobitel Schoolboy Cricketer Awards Ceremony 2019/20 was held at BMICH Colombo. Prabuddha Madushan Premalal posed for a photograph with the…

Health Minister Dr. Keheliya Rambukwella told EU officials yesterday (29) that 70 per cent of the country’s population has been vaccinated. The Minister also pointed out that the population over 30 years of age has been fully…

22 deaths reported due to COVID-19 within 24-hours, stated the Department of Government Information

WorldThere are currently more than 2,000 gigawatts of coal-fired power in operation across the world and that needs to be slashed by nearly half.Tags: Print EditionSCOTLAND: The world will need to shut down nearly 3,000 coal-fired…

The Deputy Inspector General (DIG) in charge of Matara and Hambantota, W. Thilakaratne has been appointed as the new Director of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). DIG Prasad Ranasinghe, who was in charge of the CID,…

WorldTags: Print EditionFRANCE: Treating high-risk COVID-19 patients with the antidepressant fluvoxamine may reduce the risk of prolonged hospitalisation by up to a third, a large-scale study showed Thursday (Oct 28). Authors said the…

A total of 540 COVID-19 positive cases were reported in Sri Lanka, stated the Department of Government Information. The total count of positive coronavirus cases found in Sri Lanka currently sits at 538,860.

WorldA man pushes a wheelbarrow as a Taliban fighter stands guard at the market in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday. Tags: Print EditionAFGHANISTAN: For Kabul day labourer Khan Ali, struggling to feed a family of six since losing his job…