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Swiss International Airlines has planned to resume their services on November 4, 2021 to Sri Lanka, Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) (Private) Limited (AASL) said. The airline will operate a twice weekly winter schedule…
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The Central Bank will launch Road Map 2021 for Sri Lanka on October 1, new Governor of CBSL Ajith Nivard Cabraal said yesterday upon taking office as the 16th governor. He said these new strategies would be spelt out towards…
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SWITZERLAND: Variants that can eventually evade COVID vaccines are increasingly likely with vast parts of the world unprotected, and rich countries should hold back on booster doses until others catch up, according to a special envoy…
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UN: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Joe Biden will be among 109 Heads of State and Government that will arrive in New York to address the UN General Debate in person, which had gone virtual in 2020 due to the…
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Africa has been “left behind by the rest of the world” as only two percent of the more than 5.7 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses administered globally have been administered there, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said,…
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  AFGHANISTAN: At least 153 Afghan media outlets have stopped operations in 20 provinces following the Taliban takeover of the war-torn nation last month, a media report citing organisations supporting free media said. The TOLO…
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NEPAL: Nepal’s Government sounded an alert against the possible spread of Nipah virus, found in neighbouring India. Early this month, a 12-year-old boy in Kerala succumbed to the infection. Nepal’s Ministry of Health and…
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US: The Joe Biden administration came in for a second round of withering criticism in Congress on Tuesday over its handling of the withdrawal from Afghanistan, this time with a top Democrat joining Republicans in accusing officials of…
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AFGHANISTAN: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Deputy Prime Minister of the Taliban Government in Afghanistan, in an audio message confirmed he was alive and said he was not injured. The message, tweeted by Taliban spokesperson Mohammad…
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Colombo Crimes Division has arrested a 26-year-old suspect from Uppuveli, Trincomalee over the incident where a grenade was found yesterday in a private hospital in Narahenpita area, said the Police Media Spokesperson.
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