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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa attended a special commemorative event organized in front of the Manhattan Memorial in the United States to mark the 20th anniversary of terrorist attacks in Washington and New York. The terrorist…

A total of 1,332 COVID-19 positive cases were reported in Sri Lanka, stated the Epidemiology Unit. The total count of positive coronavirus cases found in Sri Lanka currently sits at 511,372.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and First Lady Ioma Rajapaksa place floral tributes at the 9/11 Memorial in New York during a 20th anniversary commemoration ceremony organised by the UN yesterday.  (UN Photo)

Keeping the crops safe from monkeys is an exhausting task for farmers in some rural villages in Matale. They have to come up with new ways to keep the monkeys away from their crops. The farmers decided to take the matter into…

418 persons were arrested yesterday for not wearing face masks and failing to maintain social distancing, stated the Police Media Division. So far 77,543 suspects have been arrested for not wearing face masks and maintaining…

US Ambassador in Sri Lanka Alaina B Teplitz has tweeted that she enjoyed listening to the violin cover of the hit Sri Lankan song Manike Mage Hithe by Yohani and Satheeshan. The Ambassador said the violin version played by…

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa stressed that it is essential to transform global food systems to be more sustainable and that all stakeholders should work together in this regard.. The President expressed these views while…

Two men aged 60 and 44 were killed and another injured when two trap guns intended to kill wild animals were accidentally triggered in the Thirappane area.The incident had taken place close to the Muriyakalla tank in the Thirappane…

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

Specialist doctors urge the parents and adults not to be deceived by myths and superstitions and get the children vaccinated. The vaccination programme is carried out with the reommendations of the expert committees of the world…