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LocalTags: Sri LankaThe Ministry of Environment has taken steps to identify ecologically sensitive areas in Sri Lanka and formulate a national policy to protect them, which according to Minister Mahinda Amaraweera is a first for the…

LocalThe Colombo-Kandy Road closed from Lower Kadugannawa.Tags: Print EditionThe Road Development Authority (RDA) yesterday announced that the Colombo-Kandy Road would be continued to be closed near the Lower Kadugannwa owing to a…

LocalTags: Sri LankaPresident Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared open the National Defence College, today (Nov 11). National Defence College (NDC) was established as the premier institute that promotes strategic thinking for the senior…

LocalBuddhika ImbulanaTags: Print EditionFormer Member of Parliament Ranjan Ramanayake, who was convicted of Contempt of Court and was serving time at the Angunakolapelessa Prison has been admitted to the Colombo National Hospital…

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…

WorldTags: Sri LankaWHOCOVID19coronavirusThere could be a shortage of one to two billion syringes needed to administer COVID-19 vaccinations in 2022 which could also impact routine immunisations and undermine needle safety, the World…

WorldTags: Print EditionUK: The pandemic’s effects on mortality have been uneven. Life expectancy dipped in most places last year, shaving 28.1 million years off the cumulative longevity in 31 countries. But residents of a handful of…

LocalSandasen MARASINGHECamelia Nathaniel and Amali MallawarachchiTags: Print EditionFinance Minister Basil Rajapaksa promised to solve the teachers’ salary anomalies issue through the Budget proposals as it was promised by President…