Courtesy RT China’s medical regulator has approved Brii Biosciences’ antibody combination Covid-19 treatment for adults and adolescents, making it the first therapy of this kind given the green light in the country. The BRII-196/BRII-198 combination is intended to treat mild Covid-19 and common types” of the disease in patients with high risk of developing severe […]

Courtesy BBC News Pfizer and BioNTech have said a booster jab of their coronavirus vaccine promises to be an effective defence against the new Omicron variant. Three doses provide a similar level of antibodies against Omicron to that of two doses against other variants, the companies said after a small study. The World Health Organization […]

MD Pathik Hasan It is Bangladesh that paved the way to build a peaceful North East India. As a regional state, Assam is benefitting from that. Bangladesh has played a vital role in curbing terrorism for the region. Bangladesh’s handing over Alpha militants to India has freed Assam from separatism and extremism. Bangladesh wants Peace […]

By P.K.Balachandran/Daily Mirror Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Princeton University Social Anthropologist Prof. Gananath Obeysekere has said that Theosophists led by Col. Henry Steel Olcott introduced a protestant” and purified” form of Buddhism in Ceylon when Buddhists in the island were demoralized” by the disestablishment” of their religion by the British rulers. But Obeysekere’s view is challenged by […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ඉන්දීය රජය විසින් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට ඩොලර් බිලියන එක හමාරක ණය පහසුකමක් ලබාදීමට එකඟතාව පළකර තිබේ. පිරිපහදු කළ ඉන්ධන, ඖෂධ අත්‍යවශ්‍ය ආහාර මිලදී ගැනීම සඳහා මෙම ණය පහසුකම් හිමි වන බව මුදල් අමාත්‍යාංශය සඳහන් කරයි. ඉන් ඇමෙරිකානු ඩොලර් මිලියන 500 ක ණය පහසුකම ලබාදෙන්නේ පිරිපහදු කළ ඉන්ධන මිලදී ගැනීම සඳහාය. ඉතිරි […]

Zahid Hussain Courtesy Dawn THE attackers were all young. Many of those who watched the gruesome spectacle were teenagers. No one showed any sense of shock at the bestiality that was taking place. Several were busy filming the ghastly scene rather approvingly. There was not even a feeble voice of protest when the attackers set […]

Courtesy Pakistan Observer RAWALPINDI – Taking note of the heinous lynching of a Sri Lankan citizen at Sialkot, the Corps Commanders Conference unequivocally affirmed zero tolerance for such elements so as to eradicate extremism & terrorism from the country. Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa chaired the meeting where global, regional and […]

By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid, a Pakistan-based journalist and a correspondent for The Diplomat. Courtesy foreignpolicy.com If Imran Khan cares about foreign investment and economic growth, he must abolish the country’s blasphemy law. A member of the Human Rights Council of Pakistan places an earthen oil lamp to pay tribute to late Sri Lankan factory manager Priyantha […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A ship loaded with 20,000 tons of fertilizer from Shandong-based producer Seawin Biotech meant for export to Sri Lanka is on its way back after failing to reach any constructive agreement with Sri Lanka, despite relentless efforts to solve the dispute, sources close to the matter told the Chinese Global Times […]

Courtesy Adaderana The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 757 today (December 08) as 185 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit said. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 569,928. As many as 543,467 recoveries and 14,533 […]