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WorldThe January 6, 2021 attack on Capitol Hill.Tags: Print EditionUS: Former President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit on Monday against the US congressional committee investigating the deadly January 6 attack on the Capitol, alleging it…

WorldRelatives carry the body of a female judge shot dead by unknown gunmen in Kabul recently.Tags: Print EditionAFGHANISTAN: Hundreds of female judges in Afghanistan live in fear and anonymity after the Taliban took control of the…

WorldTags: Print EditionBELGIUM: The European Union (EU) has exported "over one billion" doses of Covid-19 vaccines in the past 10 months, the bloc's chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday. "Very clearly, the European Union is the…

WorldCanSinoBIO's vaccineTags: Print EditionCHINA: An inhalable COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s CanSino Biologics has shown an increase of 250- to 300-fold in neutralising antibody levels as a booster shot, the media…

Bandula Warnapura, Sri Lanka's first Test Cricket Captain has passed away. He was 68 at the time of his demise. He captained Sri Lanka's first Test match, and also faced the first delivery and scored the first run for his team.…

The ‘Sacred Pinnacle’ and the ‘Crest-Gem’ of Sandahiru Stupa will arrive at Somawathi Rajamaha Viharaya tomorrow (Oct 19). The procession carrying the revered Stupa articles left Mahaoya Bollegama Rajamaha Viharaya today morning…

The government has successfully resolved 10 of the 11 proposals put forward by the teachers' unions - there is enough time to resolve the salary issue. But there is no time to delay children's education.- Says the Minister of…

The outgoing Egyptian Ambassador to Sri Lanka Hussein El Saharty called on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat this morning (18). Mr. Saharty, who has been newly appointed as a Coordinator for Egyptian…

The Prison authorities has decided to prohibit inmates to use hand sanitizer. Instead of hand sanitizer the inmates will be provided soap. Prisons Commissioner and Spokesperson Chandana Ekanayake said that the decision has been…

The ocean area from Mannar to Rameshwaram in India should be immediately designated as a High Sensitive Marine Ecological Zone in our country, according to a report prepared by the Ministry of Environment to inform the Cabinet of…