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WhatsApp is testing a new feature that will let people message without using their phone for the first time. At present, WhatsApp is linked to a user's phone. Its desktop and web apps need that device to be connected and…
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The Tokyo Olympics has registered its first COVID-19 case in the Olympic Village six days before the Games open, the organisers have said. Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto confirmed on Saturday that a visitor from abroad who is…
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The Natural Hazards Early Warning Center has issued a warning of severe lightning to several provinces, which is valid until 10:30 p.m. today. According to the warning, "thundershowers accompanied by lightning are likely to occur…
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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa briefed the Maha Sangha on the measures taken by the Government to control the spread of COVID-19 including its vaccination drive, and the Kotelawala Defence University Bill. The President expressed…
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(Reuters) - The Philippines has recorded the country's first locally acquired cases of the more infectious Delta variant, prompting authorities to reimpose stricter coronavirus measures in some areas as health experts sought bans on…
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The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and the US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alaina B Teplitz had a lengthy and fruitful discussion on the Sri Lankan Government’s commitment to the international community to resolve the Tamil issue and the…
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A majority of the Sri Lankan Muslims has urged the Wakfs Board to reconsider the ban on the slaughter of Qurbani animals inside the mosques in Sri Lanka during the forthcoming Haj festival. Early this week, the Wakfs Board of Sri…
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Sixteen Trade Union activists including Ceylon Teachers Union Secretary Joseph Stalin who were placed under quarantine at a Quarantine Centre in Mullaitivu have been released. They were to be taken to Colombo in buses yesterday…
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UNP Chairman Vajira Abeywardena yesterday said that the country will have a formidable UNP Government by end of 2023 under the leadership of former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. He said that preliminary arrangements are…
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