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WorldThe wreckage of the pickup truck which was driven by a 13-year-old which crashed into a van killing 9 people in West Texas on Tuesday night.Tags: Print EditionUS: A 13-year-old boy was driving a pickup truck that collided with a…

LocalShiromi AbeysingheTags: Print EditionUnited National Party (UNP) Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said a crisis of this magnitude would not have arisen today if the programnes initiated by the previous government had been continued. He…

LocalTags: Sri Lanka32 schoolchildren were injured when the bus in which they were travelling had crashed into a tree due to the breaks failing in Handugala, Walasmulla. The accident had taken plce whole returning from an educational…

WorldThe skull of a basilosaurus, an ancient whale, seen in Lima, Peru on March 17. Tags: Print EditionPERU: Paleontologists unveiled the fossilized remains of an ancient whale that inhabited the seas 36 million years ago, found last…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe nephrology hospital in Sri Lanka, has successfully performed a kidney transplant surgery from a living donor recently, the first since the operation of the hospital. The China-Sri Lanka Friendship National…

LocalTags: Sri LankaIndiaSix Sri Lankan fishermen were arrested on Thursday and their boat seized for allegedly fishing in Indian waters by the Coast Guard. This is second such incident this month. According to an official release, the…

WorldTags: Print EditionINDIA: Reversing a declining trend that had lasted over five weeks since late January, fresh cases of Covid-19 are surging again across the globe. Driving the rise this time is a sharp spike in infections in…

LocalTags: Print EditionLahore: An Anti-Terrorism Court on Thursday recorded statements of nine more prosecution witnesses during a jail trial in case of lynching of Sri Lankan factory manager in Sialkot over ‘blasphemy’ allegations.…

Ukraine rejects Russian neutrality proposalsWorldAnti-tank obstacles line a deserted street in the center of Odesa, Ukraine.Tags: Print EditionUKRAINE: Russia said on Wednesday there were no obstacles to a meeting between President…

Business Sithumina Jayasundara and Lasitha WimalaratneTags: Print EditionHNB Assurance PLC Group posted a Profit After Tax (PAT) of Rs 1.2 billion for FY21. The Gross Written Premium (GWP) of the Group showcased an impressive growth…