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WorldTags: GhanaGhana BlastAt least 17 people have been killed in a huge explosion near a mining town in south-western Ghana, officials say.   Police say a truck carrying explosives to a gold mine collided with a motorcycle near the…

WorldA woman searching through shoes at the entrance of a field where 29 persons died after they were trampled upon in a stampede at a Christian crusade in New Kru Town, Monrovia, Liberia on Wednesday.Tags: Print EditionLIBERIA: At…

LocalLahiru Fernando and T.K. MahindaTags: Print EditionA 46-year-old individual was reported shot dead in the Turkish Village in Midigama around 8 p.m. on Thursday. The deceased, Jayasekara Newson Kumara, a father of three, has been…

LocalTags: COVID19coronavirusSri Lanka26,796 people have received the Pfizer booster (third) dose on Thursday. In total 4,861,472 people have been administered the Booster dose since October, said the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry…

LocalTags: Sri LankaThe delegation led by Park Byeong-Seug, Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea made a special visit to Parliament today (21) morning to make a courtesy call on Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana, Speaker of…

WorldTags: Print EditionSWITZERLAND: Global unemployment is expected to remain above pre-COVID-19 levels until at least 2023 and is estimated at 207 million this year, almost 21 million more than in 2019, according to a report from the…

LocalTags: Sri Lanka Anura Dissanayake assumed duties as Secretary to the Prime Minister at Prime Minister's Office this morning.   Friday, January 21, 2022 - 09:32

SportsDhammika RatnaweeraDushmantha Chameera, who made an early breakthrough, celebrating a wicket with his teammates. (Pic courtesy SLC)Tags: Print EditionSri Lanka made a comprehensive 184 runs win over Zimbabwe in their third and…

WorldTags: Print EditionSWITZERLAND: Generic drug manufacturers will make a more affordable version of Merck’s anti-COVID pill for 105 of the world’s poorer nations, a UN-backed organisation said today. The global Medicines Patent Pool…

LocalTags: Sri LankaThe Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, Park Byeong - Seug, who arrived in Sri Lanka on a four-day official visit, is scheduled to arrive in Parliament today.   The Speaker of the National…