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WorldSpain wants to keep face masks and distancing at schools during next academic year. Here, students playing at a school in the Navarre region, Spain. Tags: Print EditionSPAIN: Spain is dealing with the highest ever number of…

BusinessXinhua writer Tang LuTags: Print Edition(Xinhua) -- On the golden artificial beach in Colombo’s Port City, Sri Lankan Sanjeewa Alwis was earnestly “building” a sandcastle model similar to the financial centre building that will…

LocalTags: Sri LankaThe first group of the 8th Army contingent of the Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps (SLAMC), bound for the United Nations Peace-Keeping Mission in South Sudan’s Level-2 Hospital (UNMISS) to serve the SRIMED Hospital left…

WorldTags: Print EditionUS: Healthy individuals who have been vaccinated, and especially those who have been boosted, appear unlikely to develop severe infections from the Omicron variant that would land them in the hospital, say…

LocalTags: Print EditionAn earthquake of magnitude 4.1 occurred at a depth of 10 Km yesterday evening in the Bay of Bengal 302 Km north east of Batticaloa, the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau (GSMB) said. A spokesman for the GSMB…

LocalTags: Sri LankaAn earthquake of magnitude 4.3 occurred at a Depth of 10 Km this evening in the Bay of Bengal 302 Km north east of Batticaloa, Geological Survey and Mines Bureau said. A spokesman for the GSMB said there was no…

WorldTags: Print EditionSWITZERLAND: The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned Tuesday that the Omicron coronavirus variant could lead to overwhelmed healthcare systems even though early studies suggest it leads to milder disease, as…

LocalTags: Print EditionAward winning poetess Anuradha Nilmini’s latest book of poetry, ‘Nari Sutra’ will be launched today. The ‘Nari Sutra’ is the fifth book of poetry written by Nilmini. Thursday, December 30, 2021 - 01:00…

SportsYashita (left) and dineshkanthan receiving the trophy from Sujani Bogollagama (vice president SLTA)Tags: Print EditionYasith de Silva and Dineshkanthan Thangaraja won the men's doubles title beating Thehan wiijemanne and…

WorldAustralian Prime Minister Scott Morrison Tags: Print EditionAUSTRALIA: Australia recorded another record surge in COVID-19 infections on Tuesday as an outbreak of the highly infectious Omicron variant disrupted reopening of the…