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SportsSherifdeen AmathTags: Print EditionAsitha Wickramatunga (second from right) receiving a gift from Vice President of the Sri Lanka Taekwondo Federation Kanchana Jayaratne (fourth from left) at awards ceremony. (From left) Director…

WorldTags: Print EditionUS: Gun violence erupted at retail outlets crowded with post-Thanksgiving holiday shoppers in North Carolina and Washington state on Friday, sending bystanders at both locations scurrying for cover and injuring…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe Sri Lanka Air Force launched a joint operation with the Sri Lanka Police utilizing a Bell 212 helicopter and drones to monitor the traffic flow in the Colombo area on Thursday and Friday. These operations…

SportsDhammika RatnaweeraTags: Print EditionSri Lanka spin bowling coach Piyal Wijetunge believes that Sri Lanka's three front-line young spinners have a great future at Test cricket. Two leg spinners Lasith Embuldeniya, Praveen…

WorldRock legend Eric Clapton playing 1968 Martin D-45 acoustic guitar.Tags: Print EditionUS: A vintage Eric Clapton guitar sold for $625,000 in New York at a weekend auction of rock memorabilia that fetched nearly $5 million in total,…

LocalMahinda P. LiyanageGalle Central Special CorrespondentTags: Print EditionAlthough the sale of pesticides should take place under a validated certificate obtained from the Registrar of Pesticides, by year 2018, out of 2,294…

Tim Southee takes 5-69SportsSouthee (centre) picked up a 13th five-wicket haul in Test cricket and has taken 319 wickets in 80 matches.Tags: Print EditionSeamer Tim Southee took 5-69 and openers Will Young and Tom Latham hit unbeaten…

WorldWomen waiting to receive cash at a money distribution point organised by the World Food Programme, in Kabul.Tags: Print EditionUN: The United Nations said on Tuesday that its flash appeal for more than $600 million to support the…

LocalRAVI LADDUWAHETTYTags: Print EditionSriLankan Airlines yesterday assured Indian travellers that the airline is committed to increase the flights to destinations that were temporarily halted due to the pandemic, restore operations…

WorldTags: Delta VariantCOVID19coronavirusSouth AfricaWe're back in familiar territory - growing concern about a new variant of coronavirus.   The latest is the most heavily mutated version discovered so far - and it has such a long…