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The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is to review whether cannabis should remain a banned substance. The move follows American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson missing the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for the substance in…
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Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba set a new 2,000m world record at the Continental Tour Gold meeting in Zagreb on Tuesday. Her time of five minutes 21.56s was two seconds faster than the record set by Genzebe Dibaba indoors in 2017.…
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A total of 2,314 COVID-19 positive cases were reported in Sri Lanka, stated the Epidemiology Unit. The total count of positive coronavirus cases found in Sri Lanka currently sits at 496,423.
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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. Further…
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Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella today stated that 120,000 Sputnik-V vaccines required to administer the second dose will be received in Sri Lanka next Monday (20). The doses of vaccines will be used to administer the second…
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Jaffna-born Kamsajini Gunaratnam (33), was elected to the Norwegian Parliament on Monday (13). She had migrated to Norway at the age of three as a Tamil refugee. She won the seat after contesting the General Election from the…
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Cases of ‘black fungus’ infections have been reported from the Colombo National Hospital, and the Kurunegala and Ratnapura areas and some of them are COVID-19 infected persons, Health Services Deputy Director General Dr. Hemanth Herath…
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700 computers worth 21 million rupees and internet facilities were donated to uplift the facilities for online education of children in all child development centres in the country. This donation was made to 397 child development…
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Sri Lankan novelist Anuk Arudpragasam’s "A Passage North" has been shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize. The final shortlist of six novels has been revealed for this year’s Booker Prize. The final six includes debut novelist…
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11,605 more individuals recovered from COVID-19 bringing the total recoveries in the country to 427,254, the Epidemiology Unit confirmed
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