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LocalTags: Sri LankaThe Cabinet of Ministers has approved to import 200,000 metric tons of Nadu Rice and 100,000 metric tons of GR 11 short Grain Rice type of rice as a substitute for Samba Rice to ensure the availability of required…

Law & OrderTags: Print EditionThe Colombo Crimes Division (CID) yesterday arrested the Managing Director and the Chief Engineer of the Sakurai Aviation Ltd. over the emergency landings of two aircraft operated by them in December.…

SriLankan Airlines reported a Company Profit of USD 9.25 million and a Group Profit of USD 10.66 million for December 2021, which is the first profitable month for the airline since the onset of the pandemic in early 2020. The revenues…

WorldTags: IndiaCOVID19coronavirusSinging legend Lata Mangeshkar has been admitted to a hospital here after she tested positive for Covid, her niece said on Tuesday. The 92-year-old singer is in the ICU ward at the Breach Candy…

WorldRolls-Royce: A new sales record in 2021.Tags: Print EditionUK: Britain’s Rolls-Royce Motor Cars said Monday that it enjoyed record annual sales of its luxury status symbol vehicles, as the broader sector grappled with pandemic…

PoliticalTags: Print EditionChief Opposition Whip Lakshman Kiriella yesterday said the Opposition would continue to protest against the Speaker for not agreeing to hold a three-day debate on the President’s throne speech. Kiriella…

Law & OrderDilshan TharakaTags: Sri LankaThe Colombo High Court today temporarily lifted the travel ban imposed against Enegry Minister Udaya Gammanpila for allegedly misappropriating Rs.20 million when selling the shares of…

WorldKazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Tags: Print EditionKAZAKHSTAN: Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said on Monday that his country had weathered an attempted coup d’etat coordinated by what he called “a single centre”…

PoliticalTags: Print EditionLeader of the House and Education Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said that an Adjournment Debate will be held after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s address to the House at the commencement of Second Session of…

SportsDhammika RatnaweeraLakpriya Edirisinghe-Chaturanga Wishvanath -W.C Lakmal Tags: Print EditionThree top Sri Lankan technical officials are expected to officiate the Badminton World Federation (BWF) tournaments and they have left…