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More than 50 per cent of the schools across the country were opened yesterday and the teachers’and students’ attendance was more satisfactory than expected, said Education Ministry Secretary Professor Kapila Perera yesterday (21).…

A young man, resident of Kadewatte in Weligama has created a machine, which can produce medicinal tablets used for both local and western medical treatment. The value of a machine is between 2 to 5 million. However, it has cost …

A 31-year-old mother has given birth to sextuplets (three boys and three girls) at a private hospital. The six children and the mother are in good health condition, said the hospital sources.

The construction of the first village and paddy field electric fence in Anuradhapura District was inaugurated in the Marakulama village situated in Thirappane Divisional Secretariat Division, with the participation of Solar Power, Wind…

Vaccination of schoolchildren aged 16-19 against COVID-19 will begin tomorrow (22), the Director-General of Health Services Dr. Asela Gunawardane said. He said that the students in this age group can obtain the vaccines from…

WorldHealth workers inoculate women at a COVID-19 vaccination center in New Delhi.Tags: Print EditionINDIA: Nine months into the inoculation drive, India celebrated the milestone of administering one billion COVID-19 vaccine doses on…

WorldQueen Elizabeth II believes age is just a number.Tags: Print EditionUK: Queen Elizabeth II is Britain’s longest-lived and longest-reigning monarch. But don’t call her an oldie. The 95-year-old queen has politely declined the honor…

WorldA man watches a TV screen showing an image of North Korea’s ballistic missile launched from a submarine on Tuesday, during a news programme at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. Tags: Print EditionJAPAN, KOREA: After…

WorldA woman wades through the floodwaters in Nepal’s Lalitpur District on Tuesday.Tags: Print EditionNEPAL: Incessant rains followed by flooding and landslides continuing from Sunday have created havoc in Nepal. Nepal’s Ministry of…

WorldVeiled women covered head-to-toe in accordance with strict new dress policies for education waved Taliban flags as speakers railed against the West and expressed support for the Islamists’ policies in Kabul recently. Tags: Print…