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WorldTags: Print EditionINDIA: The first aluminium-body metro train in India, to be deployed by Pune Metro, was flagged off at an event held at Uttarpara, Kolkata on Saturday, Maha Metro said in a release in Nagpur. The train was…

LocalShiromi AbeysingheTags: Print EditionUNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has requested an immediate debate on the IMF report on Sri Lanka’s economic situation in Parliament. Wickremesinghe has made a written request in that regard…

WorldPeople wearing face masks walk past the Colosseum in Italy.Tags: Print EditionCOVID-19coronavirusFRANCE: French health authorities said the number of patients hospitalised for COVID-19 were down by over the last 24 hours to…

LocalTags: Sri LankaSri Lanka will host the fifth Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Summit in Colombo from March 28-30 in hybrid mode. Senior officials and the Foreign Ministers of…

Misinformation has become ‘WWIII’, says Ukraine officialWorldRussian President Vladimir Putin and Harry Potter author JK RowlingTags: Print EditionRUSSIA,UKRAINE: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday accused the West of trying to…

LocalTags: COVID19coronavirusSri Lanka8,740 people have received the Pfizer booster (third) dose on Saturday. In total 7,799,118 people have been administered the Booster dose since October, said the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry…

* ‘Not for Biden to decide, we decide our own President’: Kremlin* Russia fuelling nuclear arms race, says ZelenskyWorldA Ukrainian serviceman guards his position in Mariupol, Ukraine on Saturday.Tags: Print EditionPOLAND, RUSSIA,…

WorldTags: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly The third edition of India-Uzbekistan Joint Military Exercise- 'Dustlik' commenced with an impressive opening ceremony at Yangiarik, Uzbekistan. The ceremony was marked by the unfurling of…

BusinessTags: Print EditionWith the Government indicating that it is seeking a closer engagement with the IMF, the Central Bank says that the CBSL stands ready to cooperate in such an engagement. Meanwhile, the CBSL has continued to…

Nippon Paint ‘A’ Division League RugbySportsIndika WelagedaraKandy centre Kavindu Perera (with the ball) jumping over Police scrum-half Primesh Danushka (blue no.9). Picture by Wasitha PatabendigeTags: Print EditionKandy Sports Club…