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BusinessNoushad Cassim and Suresh BasnayakeTags: Print EditionAmana Takaful Insurance (ATI), announces that its 2021 third quarter (Q3) results have shown record performance in comparison to the industry thus sustaining the…

LocalTags: Sri LankaFloodThe water levels in several main rivers are rising to flood stage due to the prevailing heavy showers.   The water level of the Gurugoda Oya and Kuda Ganga have reached to ‘Minor Flood Level’.   In the…

WorldA researcher in a university laboratory works on a project to develop a nasal spray vaccine against COVID-19 in France.Tags: Print EditionSWITZERLAND: The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Chief Scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan…

Improves results in all business segments due to easing of C-19 travel restrictionsBusinessTags: Print EditionGroup revenue was AED 24.7 billion (US$ 6.7 billion) for the first six months of 2021-22, up 81% from AED 13.7 billion (US$…

LocalTags: Sri LankaLandslideTwo persons have gone missing following an earthslip in Hathnagoda area in Kegalle.   According to the Disaster Management Center, a 68-year-old woman was rescued from the house and hospitalized.   The…

WorldMalala Yousafzai with husband Asser Malik. Tags: Print EditionUK: The world’s youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Malala Yousafzai, has tied the knot almost a decade after a Taliban gunman boarded her school bus and shot her…

Opens in the heart of Vienna BusinessTags: Print Edition Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka Majintha Jayesinghe, inaugurated and opened the MTC Exotic Supermarket on November 6, in Vienna.Head of Chancery and…

LocalTags: Sri LankaNavyFloodNavy relief teams engaging in rescue and relief operations in the face of adverse weather rescued 288 persons in the past 48 hours (from November 8-10) in several parts of the island. Upon rescue of those…

WorldTaliban fighters atop vehicles with Taliban flags parade along a road to celebrate after the US pulled all its troops out of Afghanistan, in Kandahar. Tags: Print EditionAfghanistan: A local offshoot of the Islamic State continues…

LocalTags: Print EditionPresident Gotabaya Rajapaksa was briefed on the progress of the investigation launched by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption into the Pandora Papers. The President informed the…