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578 persons were arrested yesterday for not wearing face masks and failing to maintain social distancing, stated the Police Media Division. So far 75,636 suspects have been arrested for not wearing face masks and maintaining…

WorldTags: Print EditionUS: A team of scientists has mapped a galactic wind for the first time, a finding that may help to reveal where some of the universe’s missing matter is located and to observe the formation of a nebula around a…

Another stock of the Pfizer COVID vaccine arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake this morning. The vaccine consignment consists of 73,000 doses.

WorldAn armed Taliban gunman surrounded by children peers into the aquarium and reptile house at the Kabul zoo. Tags: Print EditionAFGHANISTAN: Taliban soldiers cradling AK-47s and M16 assault rifles mingle among families at Kabul Zoo,…

The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has told President Gotabaya Rajapaksa that the UN will provide its full support to Sri Lanka in moving forward to promote unity among different communities. The UN Secretary-General…

WorldPeople cast their ballots during the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament and Local Parliaments Elections at a polling station situated in an old palace in St. Petersburg, Russia on Saturday.Tags: Print…

A 19-year-old son, in the Valaichchenai Police area, has gouged one eye of his father following an altercation between them. Son has attacked his father asking for money to have liquor and drugs yesterday. Ater the 67–year-old…

Series of explosions in Jalalabad, Taliban officials among deadRelatives of Afghan family killed in US strike want face-to-face apologyWorldAimal Ahmadi (R), brother of Ezmarai Ahmadi, who was one of 10 people killed in a US drone strike in…

1,055 more individuals recovered from COVID-19 bringing the total recoveries in the country to 433,093, the Epidemiology Unit confirmed.

World‘Mu’ is classified as a Variant of Intrest (VOI) by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Tags: Print EditionFINLAND: Finland has reported the very first case of the ‘Mu’ variant of the coronavirus, which was classified as a…