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SportsTags: World numberAshleigh BartyTennisAustraliaWorld number one Ashleigh Barty has shocked the sporting world by announcing she will retire from professional tennis at just 25.   The Australian made the announcement on social…

WorldTags: Print EditionUKRAINE: Ukraine said it retook a strategically important suburb of Kyiv early Tuesday, as Russian forces squeezed other areas near the capital and their attack on the embattled southern port of Mariupol raged…

LocalDharma Sri AbeyratneNuland with Foreign Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris.Tags: Print EditionUnited States Under Secretary of Political Affairs Victoria Nuland yesterday welcomed the first steps taken by the government of Sri Lanka in…

LocalTags: COVID19coronavirusSri LankaDeputy Director-General of Health Services Dr. Hemantha Herath urges the public to get the booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine before end of March. A total of 281 COVID-19 positive cases were…

WorldMembers of Israeli ZAKA emergency and response team at the scene of the stabbing incident.Tags: Print EditionISRAEL: A knife-wielding man killed four people at a busy shopping center in Israel on Tuesday, according to police.…

BusinessFemale workers on the factory floor- Fabric production line at an apparel factoryTags: Print EditionSri Lanka’s apparel sector contributes 6% to the country’s GDP and accounts for almost half of all merchandise exports. The…

LocalTags: Information and Communication Technology AgencyICTASri LankaThe Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) of Sri Lanka (ICTA) announced that, a contract agreement was signed with Dialog Networks (Pvt) Ltd to…

WorldA woman wearing a face mask to help protect against the spread of COVID-19 walks by a board showing members of South Korean K-Pop group BTS to advertise a local bank’s money exchange in Seoul, South Korea.Tags: Print…

LocalTags: Print EditionPrime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for extending the Indian government’s assistance for the uplift of the Sri Lankan economy. The Prime Minister thanked the…

Local Tags: Sri Lanka Atmospheric conditions are favorable for the formation of evening thundershowers during the next few days, stated the Meteorology Department. Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in…