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Israeli Police storm Al-Aqsa Mosque despite the ceasefire
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Israeli Police storm Al-Aqsa Mosque despite the ceasefire

Despite the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Palestinian armed groups, Israeli Police stormed the Al-Aqsa Masjid and fired tear gas…

byAyman Ameer21/05/202121/05/2021
29-year-old arrested for conducing classes on extremist ideologies
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29-year-old arrested for conducing classes on extremist ideologies

A 29-year-old resident from Hemmathagama, Mawanella has been arrested by the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) for propagating extremist ideologies, a…

byAyman Ameer21/05/2021
Temporary pause on passenger train operations
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Temporary pause on passenger train operations

  Due to the travel restrictions to be imposed across the country from 11.00 pm today (21), all passenger trains…

byAyman Ameer21/05/2021
June lockdown: Army Commander clarifies fake social media rumours
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June lockdown: Army Commander clarifies fake social media rumours

Army Commander General Shavendra Silva says the rumours about a two-week lockdown in June are false and requested the public…

byAyman Ameer21/05/2021
Tires of MP Tissakutti Arachchi’s car slashed
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Tires of MP Tissakutti Arachchi’s car slashed

Two tires of a car belonging to Parliamentarian Tissakutti Arachchi had been slashed last night (20) while the car was…

byAyman Ameer20/05/2021
WHO authorized Covid-19 effective against all variants
The WorldTOP STORY

WHO authorized Covid-19 effective against all variants

All Covid-19 vaccines authorized by the World Health Organisation are effective against all known variants, including the current wave in…

byAyman Ameer20/05/2021
Riyaj Bathiudeen files FR petition with SC
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Riyaj Bathiudeen files FR petition with SC

Riyaj Bathiudeen filed a Fundamental Rights (FR) petition with the Supreme Court challenging his arrest and detention over alleged links…

byAyman Ameer20/05/2021
14mn doses of Sinopharm vaccines purchases from China
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14mn doses of Sinopharm vaccines purchases from China

State Pharmaceutical Corporation (SPC) has purchased 14 million doses of the Sinopharm vaccine from China. 03 million doses of the…

byAyman Ameer20/05/2021
Special notice from Army Commander to those over 55
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Special notice from Army Commander to those over 55

byAyman Ameer20/05/2021
Sri Lanka’s daily CV-19 infections exceed 3,500
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Sri Lanka’s daily CV-19 infections exceed 3,500

Sri Lanka records the highest number of daily Covid-19 infections as 3,591 Covid-19 patients were reported today (19).

byAyman Ameer19/05/2021

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