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PoliticalLahiru FernandoTags: Print EditionSri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Parliamentarian S.B.Dissanayake said the public should not be given concessions on consumer goods amidst an economic crisis. Dissanayake was responding to a…

WorldWorkers prepare numbered lottery balls at Madrid's Teatro Real Opera House during Spain's bumper Christmas lottery draw known as El Gordo, or The Fat One, in Madrid, Spain on Wednesday. Tags: Print EditionSPAIN:…

LocalTags: Print EditionA symbolic presentation of National Flag, Sri Lanka Army Flag and the UN Flag to the Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps personnel leaving for the UN Peace Keeping Mission in Sudan took place at the Regimental Centre…

WorldIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairing a COVID-19 review meeting on Thursday.Tags: Print EditionINDIA: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a review meeting on Thursday, directed top officials coordinating India's COVId-19…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on people to support measures put in place by countries in view of the new COVID-19 variant and the holiday season. The WHO said the overall threat posed by Omicron…

WorldOfficials show amphetamine that was hidden in punching bags bound for Australia, seized in a Thailand port, in Bangkok, Thailand on Thursday. Tags: Print EditionTHAILAND: Thai authorities have seized crystal methamphetamine with a…

LocalRAVI LADDUWAHETTYTags: Print EditionAgriculture Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage has assured that there would not be a rice shortage in 2022. He says certain statements warning about a looming shortage cannot be accepted as 90 to…

WorldTags: Print EditionBANGLADESH: At least 37 people died when a packed ferry caught fire in southern Bangladesh on Friday, police said, in the latest maritime tragedy to hit the low-lying nation. The incident happened early in the…

LocalAnanda KannangaraTags: Print EditionThe Government’s decision to increase fuel prices will affect the country’s economically important production and transport sectors, Colombo University’s Economics Department Head Prof. Sirimal…

COVAX targets 70 per cent :WorldTags: Print EditionSWITZERLAND: Amid possible need for variant-specific vaccines, changes to vaccination policies, country preference for some products over others, the programmatic complexity of…