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WorldTags: Print EditionUS: A US patient with leukemia has become the first woman and the third person to date to be cured of HIV after receiving a bone marrow transplant from a donor who was naturally resistant to the virus that…

BusinessTags: Print EditionThe National Industrial Excellence Awards Ceremony was held under the patronage of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Water’s Edge Hotel, Battaramulla on February 15. The President on an invitation of…

WorldA Taliban fighter with his family watches his daughter enjoying at a park, near Kabul, Afghanistan. Tags: Print EditionAFGHANISTAN: Afghanistan has undergone a dramatic transformation in half a year of Taliban rule. The country…

BusinessShirajiv SirimaneTags: Print EditionLanka Sugar Company (Pvt.) Limited is investing Rs. 15 billion to build a new Sugar crushing and ethanol producing factory in Weli Oya. Chairman Lanka Sugar, Janaka Nimalachandra speaking to…

WorldA baby born during the pandemic, with the mother.Tags: Print EditionUS: Babies born to mothers fully vaccinated against COVID-19 during pregnancy were around 60 per cent less likely to be hospitalised with severe COVID-19, a new…

LocalTags: Print EditionA housing loan scheme was initiated at the Army Headquarters on Monday to create a conducive environment for all members of the Army to pursue their careers with dignity and for retirees to have a dignified…

WorldTags: Print EditionSWITZERLAND: Pollution by states and companies is contributing to more deaths globally than COVID-19, a UN environmental report published on Tuesday said, calling for “immediate and ambitious action” to ban some…

LocalDharmasri AbeyratneTags: Print EditionThe deaths of two girls were reported by drowning in Kurunegala Police Division on Tuesday evening. According to the Kurunegala police on the evening of February 15, several girls were seen…

WorldMembers of the self-styled Freedom Convoy walk with the Canadian flag in Ottawa.(Inset) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.Tags: Print EditionCANADA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has decided to invoke Emergency…

LocalPuttalam group corr.Tags: Print EditionTwo men travelling on a motorcycle were killed on Monday evening after it collided with a van at Arachchikattuwa. The two men who died in the accident have been identified as Jude Linus, a…