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BusinessTags: Print EditionISOBAR Sri Lanka, the digital arm of Dentsu Communications, was crowned with 3 Gold, 2 Bronze and 14 Finalist awards at the event, the single-biggest awards haul ever for any single agency at the Effies…

LocalBy Nadira GunatillekeTags: COVID19coronavirusSri LankaOver 5,689 Covid-19 patients are in hospitals, at present, and the number of Intensive Care Unit and High Dependency Unit beds by Covid-19 patients is 67, Deputy Director…

WorldPatients lie on hospital beds as they wait at a temporary makeshift treatment area outside Caritas Medical Centre in Hong Kong.Tags: Print EditionHONG KONG: Hong Kong's hospitals reached 90% capacity and quarantine facilities were…

BusinessTags: Print EditionSMR Consolidated Chairman Thishan Karunasena accepting Bronze Award for processed food and rice-based products in the Large and Medium Scale industries from Industrial Development Board Chairman Upasena…

LocalTags: Sri LankaWith the appointment of Gamini Senarath as the Secretary to the President, several structural changes are being made to make the functions of the Presidential Secretariat more efficient, the President's media…

WorldCurrently only 1 per cent of the vaccines used in Africa are produced on the continent of some 1.3 billion people.Tags: Print EditionSWITZERLAND: Six African countries have been chosen to establish their own mRNA vaccine…

LocalMahinda P. LiyangeThe Paddy harvest survey in progress. (Picture by Mahinda P.Liyanage)Tags: Print EditionA farmer from Yakgaha Mahakumbura Yaya in Walahanduwa Agrarian Services Division in Akmeemana, Galle has obtained a yield of…

LocalTags: Sri LankaThe Police have arrested four men connected to organised crime in Kaduwela. The arrested suspects have been involved in various crimes committed in Gothatuwa, Maharagama, Kaduwela and Kahathuduwa police areas. The…

WorldCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom speaking to students at a school in Burbank in Los Angeles County. Tags: Print EditionUS: California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced the first shift by a state to an “endemic” approach…

LocalSubashini SenanayakeTags: Print EditionA new set of guidelines will be issued for the use of fuel for government vehicles through a new circular. The circular issued by the Public Service, Provincial Councils and Local Government…