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WorldTags: LockdownNetherlandsCHRISTMASThe Netherlands has announced a strict lockdown over Christmas amid concerns over the Omicron coronavirus variant. Non-essential shops, bars, gyms hairdressers and other public venues will be…

WorldA money changer counts Afghani banknotes at the currency exchange market along a street in Kandahar.Tags: Print EditionAFGHANISTAN: Afghanistan’s Finance Ministry under the Taliban Government has prepared a draft National Budget…

No viable local alternatives by next yearBusinessAnanda KannangaraTags: Print EditionThe unresolved imported milk powder issue which has been dragging for the last several months without a proper solution has become a serious matter…

A special operation conducted by the Navy in seas Southeast of the Delft Island, Jaffna on the night of 18th December 2021, led to seizure of 06 Indian fishing trawlers poaching in Sri Lankan waters, with 43 Indian fishermen aboard.…

WorldTags: Print EditionIn this photo released by the Russian Defence Ministry Press Service, a view of the joint strategic exercise of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus Zapad-2021 at the Mulino…

Dollar liquidity hurting operationsBusinessDinesh PereraNCE President Ravi Jayawardena, Jayantha Karunaratne, Kaushal Rajapaksa, and Shiham Marikar launching the new Detailed Check Out System. Picture by Dinesh Perera.Tags: Print…

The COVID-19 vaccination card will be compulsory when entering public places from January 1, Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said. He said the Health Ministry is in the process of taking relevant steps to implement that…

WorldResidents pick through the wreckage of their homes in Talisay, Philippines on Saturday after the devastation caused by Super Typhoon Rai. Tags: Print EditionTHE PHILIPPINES: At least 100 people are now known to have died after a…

Creating many industry firstsBusinessShirajiv SirimaneTags: Print EditionLanka yet to tap global horticulture market The global greenhouse horticulture market reached a value of US$ 25.2 Billion in 2020 and looking forward, it is…

Police in the Indian city of Amritsar say a man suspected of trying to commit a sacrilegious act at Sikhism's holiest shrine has been beaten to death. The incident took place during a prayer service at the city's Golden Temple on…