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BusinessTags: Print EditionThe palmyra palm tree with its wide fan leaves is a distinctive and common sight across Jaffna, northern Sri Lanka, thriving in the arid conditions. Kutty, who goes by only one name, is a “toddy tapper”.…

SportsAlthaf NawazAction from a Super League match.Tags: Print EditionThe match between Colombo FC and Up Country Lions on 29th of this month (Wednesday) will be the pick of the matches in this week’s fixtures, which is to commence at…

Omicron variant now in 22 African nationsUS monitoring COVID-hit holiday cruise shipsNew York sees increase in hospitalised childrenWorldA man has a swab taken at a drive-through COVID-19 testing clinic at Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia…

Black, White and Grey Markets: BusinessForeign Exchange Buying Rates in Sri Lanka (Sources: Author’s compilation based on CBSL data and rates obtained by authorised money exchangers and media articles.) Tags: Print EditionDespite the…

106th National Tennis Championships 2021SportsWomen's doubles champs and runner-ups: Neyara Weeraesnsa and Tuwini De Alwis (left), Savini Jayasuriya and Janali Manamperi (right - with trophy in hand)Tags: Print EditionJanali…

WorldFace mask wearing Parisians taking a stroll near the Eiffel Tower.Tags: Print EditionFRANCE: France has recorded more than 100,000 COVID-19 infections in a single day for the first time in the pandemic and COVID-19…

BusinessTags: Print EditionThe ‘Mandarin Institute of Sri Lanka’, the country’s premier institute focusing on exclusively teaching the Chinese language has strengthened education pool with high profile foreign and local tutors. The…

SportsDhammika RatnaweeraMajor General Palitha Fernando and Suresh SubramaniamTags: Print EditionThe National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL) elections to select the new set of office-bearers for the period of 2021 to 2024…

WorldTags: Print EditionUK: The world’s economic output will exceed $100 trillion for the first time next year and it will take China a little longer than previously thought to overtake the United States as the No.1 economy, a report…

Law & OrderCamelia NathanielTags: Print EditionThe Kegalle Divisional Crime Investigation Unit arrested a suspect for stealing and selling a taxi after drugging its driver. Police said that the suspect had given drugs to two…