Courtesy NewsIn.Asia COLOMBO, April 1 (Xinhua) — A batch of Sinopharm vaccines arrived in Sri Lanka from China on Wednesday as part of a donation by the Chinese government to the island nation. The vaccines arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport on Wednesday where it was officially handed over to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa by China’s […]

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Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, April 1 (newsin.asia): The High Commission of India, Colombo, invites applications for the following ICCR scholarships for 2021-2022 academic sessions:  Nehru Memorial Scholarship Scheme:  This scheme covers all Undergraduate courses (except Medical/Paramedical& Fashion Design course) including Engineering, Science, Business, Economics, Commerce, Humanities and Arts. Maulana Azad Scholarship Scheme: Masters Degrees courses (except […]

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ASANGA ABEYAGOONASEKERA courtesy orfonline.org Sri Lanka’s foreign policy posture is to balance the US and China, being part of both BRI and the Indo-Pacific. In Geneva, a tough resolution on promoting reconciliation, accountability, and human rights in Sri Lanka was passed with 22 votes out of 47 countries supporting the resolution. The current resolution gives […]

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by SONIA PAUL Courtesy The San Francisco Public Press With food insecurity predating COVID-19, nonprofit groups see opportunity in subsidizing hybrid business models during the crisis Some restaurants have altered their business model to help feed the poor in the face of coronavirus restrictions. Tilly Tsang, former owner of Washington Bakery, prepares dinner plates of pumpkin […]

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Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya Courtesy The Daily Mirror The officers of the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) had arrested four suspects in connection with the offences of spreading extremist ideologies and Wahabism with the help of social media platforms, police spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said. He said the two suspects, a 31-year-old man from Wellampitiya and a […]

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Courtesy The Daily Mirror A male teacher from Ananda College in Colombo has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, Public Health Inspectors’ (PHI) Union Secretary M. Balasuriya said. He told the Daily Mirror that the teacher had tested positive yesterday after being subjected to a PCR test. Balasuriya said the teacher was attached to the […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has reported 03 more coronavirus-related deaths, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed today (April 01). The new deaths bring the number of COVID-19 related deaths witnessed in Sri Lanka to 571 in total. https://adaderana-english-polly.s3.amazonaws.com/adaengmp3-01-04-2021-1617299459.mp3 01. The deceased is an 80-year-old female resident from Katugasthota. She died on 31.03.2021 while undergoing treatments […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has registered 72 more positive cases of Covid-19 today (April 01), the Ministry of Health confirmed. Thereby, Sri Lanka has detected 197 new positive cases of COVID-19 within the day. As per statistics, the total number of Covid-19 infections confirmed so far in the country now stands at 92,917. Recoveries from […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Trade Bandula Gunawardena says that a new gazette will be issued prohibiting the mixing of any edible oils with imported coconut oil. This new gazette will cancel the earlier gazette issued in 2016, which allowed to do the same.

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