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WorldThe UN Headquarters in New York.Tags: Print EditionUN: World leaders are returning to the United Nations in New York this week with a focus on boosting efforts to fight both climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, which last…

Several police teams have been deployed to arrest the main suspect involved in the shooting of a 14-year-old boy in the Gajanayakagama area in Weeraketiya, on Sunday (19), Police Spokesman SSP Nihal Thalduwa said. He said that…

The Ratnapura Maha Saman Devalaya Perahera concluded last night after parading the streets of Ratnapura. (Picture by S. Rajadurai, Ratnapura Special Correspondent)

Steps have been taken by the Anuradhapura District Consumer Affairs Authority to hand over 900,000 kilos of paddy from unregistered warehouses to the Paddy Marketing Board (PMB). The raids conducted to search for hoarded stocks…

JVP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said that it is puzzling as to who sanctioned the opening of liquor stores despite the quarantine curfew. He alleged that distilleries belong to ministers and bars are owned by MPs and perhaps the…

WorldTags: Print EditionThe United Nations warned Friday that based on the most recent action plans submitted by 191 countries to curb greenhouse gas emissions, the planet is on track to warm by more than 2.7 degrees Celsius by the end…

WorldTags: Print EditionThe Taliban have excluded girls from Afghan secondary schools, with only boys and male teachers allowed back into classrooms. Schoolgirls told the BBC they were devastated not to be returning. “Everything looks…

WorldTags: Print EditionAfter three days in orbit, a physician assistant, a community college professor, a data engineer and the billionaire who financed their trip arrived back on Earth, heralding a new era of space travel with a…

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrived in New York to attend the 76th United Nations’ General Assembly (UNGA) Session.The President and the delegation were welcomed by Mohan Peiris, Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United…

Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP M.A.Sumanthiran urged the government to remove Lohan Ratwatte from all his posts and take immediate legal action to arrest him. Sumanthiran in a media statement said that everyone else who…