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WorldAn aerial view of a neighbourhood flooded by the Cachoeira river in Itabuna, Brazil on December 26, 2021. Tags: Print EditionBRAZIL: Two dams gave way in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia after weeks of heavy rains,…

BusinessMinister Wimal Weerawansa, Prabath De Alwis, Chairman of Agri Deshiya and other invitees at the opening. Picture by Saliya Ruapsinghe. Tags: Print EditionRaga an innovative line of organic, Kithul-based products brewing…

LocalTags: Sri LankaA private light aircraft has made an emergency landing in the Kimbulapitiya area in Negombo this afternoon, stated the Police. Four who were injured were hospitalised after the aircraft made an emergency landing.…

WorldWindsor CastleTags: Print EditionUK: A man armed with a crossbow who broke into Windsor Castle, where Queen Elizabeth II is spending Christmas, has been arrested and detained for mental health treatment, police said Sunday.…

BusinessShirajiv SirimaneTags: Print Edition  Sri Lanka can overcome the current economic constraints and would not have to seek an International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout, said Governor Central Bank Ajith Nivard Cabraal. The…

LocalTags: COVID19coronavirusSri Lanka17 deaths reported due to COVID-19 within 24-hours, stated the Department of Government Information.   Monday, December 27, 2021 - 16:50

WorldTags: Print EditionPANAMA: Panama made record drugs seizures in 2021, confiscating some 126 tonnes of contraband, chiefly cocaine, the security ministry of the Central American country said on Sunday. This year's haul compared…

LocalNuwan KodikaraTags: Print EditionPresident Gotabaya Rajapaksa is said to have accepted the letter of resignation tendered by Secretary to the President Dr.P.B.Jayasundera, according to sources from the President’s Office. Gamini…

WorldTags: Somali PresidentSomalia's president said on Monday he had suspended the prime minister for suspected corruption in the latest power struggle distracting the government from an Islamist insurgency, prompting the United States…

Taliban clamp down on women’s use of taxis WorldAn Afghan woman boarding a tuk-tuk.Tags: Print EditionAFGHANISTAN: Afghanistan's Taliban authorities said Sunday that women seeking to travel anything other than short distances should…