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LocalBY RAVI LADDUWAHETTYTags: Sri LankaDr. ShafiKurunegalaThe Ministry of Health has decided to reinstate Dr. Shafi Shihabdeen of the Kurunegala Hospital who was sent on compulsory leave on allegations of performing illegal…

WorldCaroline Kennedy at the John F Kennedy Library in Boston in 2019.Tags: Print EditionUS: US President Joe Biden on Wednesday named Caroline Kennedy as the US ambassador to Australia, giving a new public role to the once reticent…

BusinessBMICH and PBSS management teams at the signing ceremony with BMICH CEO Sunil Dissanayake and PBSS Group MD Madura Gamanayake.Tags: Print EditionBMICH, Sri Lanka’s iconic landmark implements SAP Business One HANA Enterprise…

LocalTags: Water CutSri LankaColomboThe National Water Supply and Drainage Board stated that a nine-hour water cut will be imposed to several areas in Colombo from 11pm on Saturday (Dec. 18)  till Sunday (Dec. 19) 8am.   Accordingly,…

LocalTags: Sri LankaOmicronCOVID19coronavirusFour persons infected with the Omicron variant have been identified in Sri Lanka. One person was detected earlier and another three people have been detected today.   "The Omicron , as…

WorldFormer US President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy are pictured in his car in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963, moments before he was assassinated. Tags: Print EditionUS: US authorities released thousands of…

BusinessAIA team with the award.Tags: Print EditionAIA Sri Lanka wins big at the prestigious FITIS Digital Excellence Awards Ceremony 2021. FITIS is the apex body for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Sri Lanka which…

LocalIshara MudugamuwaTags: Sri LankaThe Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Health have taken steps to set up a task force to study and report on the adverse effects of the use of chemical fertilizers and chemical pesticides…

SportsTags: Print EditionEngland suffered another dispiriting day in the Ashes as David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne ground down the bowling on day one of the second Test in Adelaide. Labuschagne capitalised on two dropped catches to…

WorldTrying to be positive: A Christmas greetings billboard in Beirut's Martyrs' Square, near the Mosque of Mohammed al-Amin and the Maronite Cathedral of Saint George.Tags: Print EditionLEBANON: Beirut in December was once a…