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No entry to Negombo lagoon; fishing from Panadura to Negombo halted with immediate effect
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No entry to Negombo lagoon; fishing from Panadura to Negombo halted with immediate effect

Vessels will not be granted passage to Negombo lagoon while fishing from Panadura to Negombo had been stopped with immediate…

byAyman Ameer02/06/202102/06/2021
Veteran Sri Lankan journalist Qadri Ismail waives goodbye
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Veteran Sri Lankan journalist Qadri Ismail waives goodbye

Veteran Sri Lankan journalist and author of the new Galle Fort Cookery book, Professor Qadri Ismail passed away at the…

byAyman Ameer02/06/2021
MP Bandula: Government has sufficient stocks of salt for 02 years
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MP Bandula: Government has sufficient stocks of salt for 02 years

The government has sufficient stocks of salt for two years, MP Bandula Gunawardana alledges. An unnecessary demand for salt was…

byAyman Ameer01/06/2021
Pictures: MV Xpress Pearl inferno extinguished
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Pictures: MV Xpress Pearl inferno extinguished

byAyman Ameer01/06/2021
Dubai: Children 12 and older get Pfizer Covid-19 jab
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Dubai: Children 12 and older get Pfizer Covid-19 jab

Emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for children aged 12 -15 received approval from the UAE’s Ministry of Health…

byAyman Ameer01/06/2021
Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds tie the knot in secretly planned wedding
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Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds tie the knot in secretly planned wedding

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson (56) and his fiancee Carrie Symonds (33) got married in a secretly planned wedding at…

byAdmin31/05/2021
The return of Ranil Wickremesinghe
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The return of Ranil Wickremesinghe

The United National Party (UNP) Working Committee has unanimously decided to appoint Party Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe to the Parliament through…

byAyman Ameer31/05/2021
Bus carrying 48 taken into custody
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Bus carrying 48 taken into custody

A bus traveling from Akkaraipattu to Colombo has been taken into police custody. Police seized the vehicle in Namal-Oya at…

byAyman Ameer31/05/202131/05/2021
55-year-old marriage registrar arrested for aiding Zahran
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55-year-old marriage registrar arrested for aiding Zahran

A 55-year-old resident and marriage registrar from Oluvil, Ahamadu Lebbe Zubairdeen was arrested yesterday (30) for aiding Zahran Hashim and…

byAdmin31/05/2021
Panduwasnuwara PS Chairman succumbs to Covid-19
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Panduwasnuwara PS Chairman succumbs to Covid-19

Sunil Jayaweera (60), the Chairman of the Panduwasnuwara Pradeshiya Sabha passed away while receiving treatment for Covid-19 at the IDH…

byAyman Ameer30/05/2021

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