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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…

Exports 1,000 containers of roofing sheets to South Asia :BusinessEDB Chairman Suresh De Mel presenting a token of appreciation to Rhino Director Jude Fernando while Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa looks on. Tags: Print EditionRhino…

LocalTags: Sri LankaThe Mirigama Police found a highly-decomposed body inside a house in the Kahandawa area in Mirigama, today.   The deceased has been identified as Dahanayaka Ayirangani (66-year-old).   The police said that , she had…

SportsChathurya Nilaweera in actionTags: Print EditionAll favourites in the Men’s and Women’s Singles secured their semi-final spots by winning their respective quarter-final matches in the 106th National Tennis Championships played…

WorldA child poses for a picture before the giant Christmas tree in the almost empty Manger Square outside the Church of the Nativity, traditionally belived to be the birth place of Jesus Christ, in the Biblical West Bank city of Bethelem…

PoliticalAmali MallawaarachchiTags: Print EditionThe National People’s Power is ready to cater to the people’s demand for a total paradigm shift in the country’s politics, NPP Leader Anura Dissanayake yesterday (16) said. Accordingly,…

LocalTags: Sri Lanka Kanni Wignaraja, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Assistant Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Regional Director of UNDP’s Regional Bureau of Asia and the Pacific…

SportsTags: Print EditionDue to the present COVID-19 pandemic, the Dialog Schools Rugby 7s tourney will be played behind closed doors. The tournament will be broadcast live on Dialog TV Channel 140, Dialog ViU, thepapre.com, and on the…