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WorldTags: Print EditionSWITZERLAND: Global unemployment is expected to remain above pre-COVID-19 levels until at least 2023 and is estimated at 207 million this year, almost 21 million more than in 2019, according to a report from the…

LocalTags: Sri Lanka Anura Dissanayake assumed duties as Secretary to the Prime Minister at Prime Minister's Office this morning.   Friday, January 21, 2022 - 09:32

SportsDhammika RatnaweeraDushmantha Chameera, who made an early breakthrough, celebrating a wicket with his teammates. (Pic courtesy SLC)Tags: Print EditionSri Lanka made a comprehensive 184 runs win over Zimbabwe in their third and…

WorldTags: Print EditionSWITZERLAND: Generic drug manufacturers will make a more affordable version of Merck’s anti-COVID pill for 105 of the world’s poorer nations, a UN-backed organisation said today. The global Medicines Patent Pool…

LocalTags: Sri LankaThe Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, Park Byeong - Seug, who arrived in Sri Lanka on a four-day official visit, is scheduled to arrive in Parliament today.   The Speaker of the National…

SportsIndika WelagedaraShenal Deelaka Captain-Havies-Adeesha-Weerathunga Captain - NavyTags: Print EditionA closely fought out battle can be expected between two high riding teams Navy Sports Club and Havelock Sports Club when they…

WorldA COVID-19 patient is cared for in the ICU of the Bellvitge University Hospital in Barcelona, Spain.Tags: Print EditionSWITZERLAND, SPAIN, UK: The number of new coronavirus cases globally rose by 20 per cent last week to more than…

WorldTags: COVID19coronavirusSri LankaWHOThe head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a warning to world leaders that the coronavirus pandemic "is nowhere near over".   Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus cautioned against the…

SportsIndika WelagedaraNigel Ratwatte Kandy SC Captain-Shenal Deelaka Air Force SC CaptainTags: Print EditionA close battle for supremacy can be expected when Kandy Sports Club lock horns with giant killers Air Force Sports Club in…

WorldTags: Print EditionGHANA: At least 17 people were killed and 59 injured Thursday in a devastating explosion in a western Ghana town after a truck carrying explosives intended for a mine collided with a motorcycle, the government…