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Plans to implement Rs. 500 million Surakimu Ganga projects in first quarter of 2022

LocalTags: Sri LankaThe Minister of Environment Mahinda Amaraweera has instructed the officials of the Ministry of Environment to complete the Rs. 500 million projects under the Surakimu Ganga project in the first quarter of 2022. A…

Buthmi’s Arangetram

EntertainmentTags: Print EditionThe Arangetram of Buthmi Novenya Rupasinghe will be held on December 19, 2021 at 6 pm at the Bishops College under the patronage of Minister of Youth & Sports, Minister of Development Co-ordination…

An Opportunity for South and East Asia?

China’s Long March to West:BusinessAjith D. PereraTags: Print EditionIn November 2020, in midst of global pandemic, after eight years of economic and Political considerations much talked Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership…

Boy chokes on banana, dies

LocalTags: Sri Lanka A 11-month-old baby has died after reportedly choking on banana in the Ahangama Police Division yesterday (12). The child was admitted to the Gonnagahahena Hospital and later succumbed due to a piece of banana…

S. African President contracts COVID-19 as infections reach record high

“Tidal Wave” of Omicron is coming, warns UK PMUK raises COVID alert levelU.S. COVID-19 deaths top 800,000Omicron spreads to 63 countriesWorldA cyclist rides past an exhibition of white flags representing Americans who have died of COVID-19…

UNDP delegation meets Finance Minister

LocalTags: Print EditionUnited Nations Assistant Secretary General, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Assistant Administrator and Director of the UNDP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific Kanni Wignaraja met with Finance…

Eco-friendly tourist destinations for the first time in Sri Lanka

LocalTags: Sri LankaEco-Friendly tourist destinationsSigiriyaPilikuttuwaWanathawilluwa GangewadiyaEllewala WaterfallWaulpane CaveDelft IslandMadunagala Hot SpringsPanama VillageYala National ParkMihintaleSteps have been taken to…

Health costs during pandemic pushed over half a billion people into poverty

WorldThe pandemic disrupted health services globally and triggered the worst economic crisis since the 1930s. Tags: Print EditionUS: More than half a billion people globally were pushed into extreme poverty last year as they paid for…

PM hosts Foreign envoys for the season

LocalTags: Print EditionIndian High Commissioner Gopal Baglay greets Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa at a reception hosted by the Foreign Ministry for Ambassadors and High Commissioners based in Colombo in view of Chirstmas at the…