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LocalTags: Sri LankaLandslideTwo persons have gone missing following an earthslip in Hathnagoda area in Kegalle.   According to the Disaster Management Center, a 68-year-old woman was rescued from the house and hospitalized.   The…

WorldMalala Yousafzai with husband Asser Malik. Tags: Print EditionUK: The world’s youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Malala Yousafzai, has tied the knot almost a decade after a Taliban gunman boarded her school bus and shot her…

Opens in the heart of Vienna BusinessTags: Print Edition Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka Majintha Jayesinghe, inaugurated and opened the MTC Exotic Supermarket on November 6, in Vienna.Head of Chancery and…

LocalTags: Sri LankaNavyFloodNavy relief teams engaging in rescue and relief operations in the face of adverse weather rescued 288 persons in the past 48 hours (from November 8-10) in several parts of the island. Upon rescue of those…

WorldTaliban fighters atop vehicles with Taliban flags parade along a road to celebrate after the US pulled all its troops out of Afghanistan, in Kandahar. Tags: Print EditionAfghanistan: A local offshoot of the Islamic State continues…

LocalTags: Print EditionPresident Gotabaya Rajapaksa was briefed on the progress of the investigation launched by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption into the Pandora Papers. The President informed the…

WorldTags: Sri LankaWHOCOVID19coronavirusThere could be a shortage of one to two billion syringes needed to administer COVID-19 vaccinations in 2022 which could also impact routine immunisations and undermine needle safety, the World…

WorldTags: Print EditionUK: The pandemic’s effects on mortality have been uneven. Life expectancy dipped in most places last year, shaving 28.1 million years off the cumulative longevity in 31 countries. But residents of a handful of…

LocalSandasen MARASINGHECamelia Nathaniel and Amali MallawarachchiTags: Print EditionFinance Minister Basil Rajapaksa promised to solve the teachers’ salary anomalies issue through the Budget proposals as it was promised by President…

LocalTags: COVID19coronavirusSri Lanka333 more individuals recovered from COVID-19 bringing the total recoveries in the country to 522,517, the Epidemiology Unit confirmed.   Wednesday, November 10, 2021 - 15:06…