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Y-o-Y inflation increases to 12.1BusinessTags: Print EditionHeadline inflation, as measured by the year-on-year (Y-o-Y) change in the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI, 2013=100)1, increased to 12.1 per cent in December 2021 from 9.9…
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BusinessTags: Print EditionAmbassador to Sri Lanka in China Dr. Palitha Kohona received the ‘News Person of the Year award’ from the Home and Abroad News Service, China last week. Dr. Kohona was instrumental in brining many Chinese…
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‘Sri Lanka shines’ among ‘most preferred Tourism Destinations’BusinessShirajiv Sirimane in UAEFlashback: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa with the Prime Minister of United Arab Emirates Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum viewing the Gini Raksha…
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BusinessShirajiv SirimaneTags: Print EditionThe Ceylon Shipping Corporation plans to operate a Container Feeder Service between Colombo and Bangladesh and this will be followed by a second service between Colombo and Oman. Chairman…
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WorldReuters photojournalist and Pulitzer prize winner Danish Siddiqui, who was killed in clashes with Taliban in Afghanistan in 2021. - PTITags: Print EditionINDIA: A total of 45 journalists and media professionals were killed in 20…
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WorldSouth Africa bade farewell on Saturday to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the last great hero of the struggle against apartheid, in a funeral stripped of pomp but freighted with tears and showered with drizzles of rain.Tags: Print…
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WorldAn Afghan girl cries as she carries her brother near their home in Herat.Tags: Print EditionAFGHANISTAN: Afghanistan has the highest number of verified child casualties since 2005, said the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF),…
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WorldTags: Print EditionUS: The world's population is projected to be 7.8 billion people on New Year's Day 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That represents an increase of 74 million people, or a 0.9% growth rate from New…
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WorldFormer British Prime Minister Tony Blair, tennis star Emma Raducanu (C) and James Bond actor Daniel Craig (L) are among others who will receive Knighthoods from the Queen.Tags: Print EditionUK: Queen Elizabeth II on Friday…
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WorldEuro banknotes are "here to stay", says European Central Bank Chief Christine Lagarde.Tags: Print EditionFRANCE: The euro on Saturday marks 20 years since people began to use the single European currency, overcoming…
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