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Law & OrderLahiru FernandoTags: Print EditionTwo unidentified gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire at a person in front of a hotel near the Midigama Junction in Midigama in the Matara district on Wednesday evening, police said.…

BusinessTags: Print EditionSamsung, Sri Lanka’s a number one smartphone provider, recently unveiled their pioneer project to empower youth, the Samsung Student Ambassador Programme. Through this initiative, Samsung paved the way for…

LocalRAVI LADDUWAHETTYTags: Print EditionThe strike action initiated by the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) entered its third consecutive day yesterday (23). The GMOA said it would carry on the trade union action until…

WorldTags: COVID19coronavirusSri LankaThe United States on Wednesday authorized Pfizer Inc's (PFE.N) antiviral COVID-19 pill for people ages 12 and older at risk of severe illness, the first oral and at-home treatment as well as a new…

WorldThe drone took nine minutes to transport the vaccines from Jawhar to Zaap village in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Tags: Print EditionMAHARASHTRA: The district administration of Palghar in Maharashtra, India, carried out an…

BusinessTags: Print EditionCommercial Bank’s Eastern Regional Manager A. Jeyabalan presents the equipment to the Director of the Hospital Dr I.W.M. Jagath Wickramaratne in the presence of the Manager of the Bank’s Trincomalee Branch S.…

LocalChamikara WEERASINGHETags: Print EditionThe continuing strike by Government Medical Officers’ Association GMOA doctors holding patients to ransom is as unjust as making unfair demands from the government, Health Minister Keheliya…

LocalTags: Sri LankaICTA recently announced that two of the ‘e-Swabhimani’ – Digital Social Impact Awards nominees have been shortlisted under the ‘Young Innovators Category’, at the World Summit Awards 2021. Since 2009, over the…

WorldWHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom GhebreyesusTags: Print EditionSWITZERLAND: World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said that “no country can boost its way out” of the COVID-19…

BusinessTags: Print EditionAnura Dissanayake Chief Finance Controller, Wijaya Rodrigo Director/Engineer and Nuwan Amarasekara Director and General Manager, from Orient Constrcution. Imantha Wijekoon Chief Regional Sales Officer,…