Shenali D Waduge The world faced 2 World Wars that killed over 70million people. Annually an estimated 60million deaths occur globally while global population is now close to 8billion. Global youth account for 1.2billion people (age 15-24) while global senior citizens stand at around 771million. Global extreme poverty has risen from 8.4% in 2019 to […]

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Sasanka De Silva Pannipitiya. Children’s Day is around the corner, and celebrating it in a non-conventional way can be a fun and memorable experience for kids. Here are some ideas to consider perhaps for 2024.Outdoor Adventure Day: Organize an outdoor adventure day where kids can explore nature, learn survival skills, and have fun in the […]

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By P.K.Balachandran/Daily Mirror Colombo, September 28: Events leading to the controversial takeover of the Kandyan kingdom by the British in 1815 and the aftermath have been written about both from the British and the Sri Lankan viewpoint. The British view is vividly presented in Ceylon Ancient and Modern published by Chapman and Hall of London in 1876. […]

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By P.K.Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, September 27: China’s State Council Information Office has released the country’s blueprint for a better world entitled Global Community of Shared Future: China’s Proposals and Actions”. Presented on September 26, the document projects a benign, accommodative and progressive image of China, contrasting it with its adversaries which are dubbed hegemonic […]

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උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ණය පොලී අනුපාත ඉතා ඉහළ අගයක් ගැනීම, විදුලි – ජල බිල්පත්, ගෑස් මිල ඇතුළු බලශක්ති ප්‍රභවයන්ගේ මිල ඉහළ යෑම, සුළු හා මධ්‍ය පරිමාණ කර්මාන්ත සඳහා වන බදු ඉහළ දැමීම හා දේශපාලන ස්ථාවරත්වය පිළිබඳ වන ගැටලුකාරී තත්ත්වය යන කරුණු හතර හේතුවෙන් මෙරට දේශීය කර්මාන්ත පද්ධතිය බිඳ වැටී ඇති බවත් එවැනි මොහොතක […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka has been found not guilty of sexual intercourse without consent following an accusation of stealthing” involving a Tinder date in Sydney. The 32-year-old was arrested in November while in Australia for the T-20 World Cup, after he went for drinks with a woman near the Opera House. He […]

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Courtesy Investing.com Sri Lanka’s agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the next tranche of funds under a $3 billion lending program has been stalled, threatening to slow down the island nation’s recovery from its worst economic crisis in history. The IMF team concluded a two-week visit to Sri Lanka on Wednesday without securing […]

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Courtesy The Daily News Today is World Heart Day. Shereen Balasingham, a community medicine expert at the Directorate of Non-Communicable Diseases Division of the Health Ministry, said that the number of deaths and hospitalizations due to heart failure has increased significantly. She stated that 52 percent of deaths in government hospitals in 2020 were due […]

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