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WorldTags: Print EditionSome 28 million children ages 5 to 11 in the United States may soon be eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine, and plans are already underway to help them get it. The US Food and Drug Administration’s independent…

SportsTags: Print EditionAfghanistan will begin their ICC Twenty20 World Cup campaign with a Super 12 match against a spirited Scotland at the Sharjah Stadium today. Afghanistan have shown what they are capable of in the two-warm ups…

WorldA Saudi oil facilityTags: Print EditionOne of the world’s largest oil producers, Saudi Arabia, announced it aims to reach “net zero” greenhouse gas emissions by 2060, joining more than 100 countries in a global effort to try and…

SportsMohammad Rizwan (right) and Babar Azam steered PakistanTags: Print EditionHalf-centuries from openers Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam steered Pakistan to a comprehensive 10-wicket victory over arch rivals India in their ICC…

The Prisons Department has decided not to recommend any inmate, who engage in rooftop protests or behaves violently or disturbs the prison administration, for consideration for release under any pardon. Prisons Commissioner General…

SportsUpananda Jayasundera Kandy Sports Special CorrespondentAkeesa Demindi Herath of Girls’ High School, Kandy Picture by Upananda JayasunderaTags: Print EditionThirteen year old, Akeesa Demindi Herath, a Grade Eight student of Girls’…

An inquiry should be conducted immediately into the import of Nano Nitrogen liquid fertilizer, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said. He was participating in another round of ‘Govi Hadagasma’ programme held in Bandagiriya,…

SportsDilwin Menids Moratuwa Sports Special CorrespondentMatale District Under 19 Cricket Squad 2021- Sandun Ajith Ratnayake Seated in the Front row extreme right (Picture by Dilwin Mendis Moratuwa Sports Special Correspondent )…

The idea that receiving International Monetary Fund (IMF) assistance to bail out the economy would lead to drastic cuts of public welfare measures is untrue, UNP Leader MP Ranil Wickremesinghe said. Speaking at a meeting with a group…

The Committee on Parliamentary Business chaired by Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has approved the provision of simultaneous sign language interpretation during the 2022 Budget debate in consideration of the hearing-impaired…