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Argentina Beat All Blacks For First Time In Sydney Stunner

Argentina served up one of the biggest upsets in test rugby history when they stunned New Zealand 25-15 in the Tri-Nations on Saturday, beating the three-times world champions for the first time in 30 attempts going back 35 years.

HIP's Aggressive Marketing On RORO Operations Pays Dividends

Hambantota International Port’s ( HIP ) RORO operations in the last two months have seen a rapid increase in numbers.

Softlogic Opens New 25,000 Sq. Ft. Mall In Mount Lavinia

The Softlogic group opened a new 25,105 square feet mall in Mount Lavinia last week, which is part of its long-term retail strategy to build malls where consumers can enjoy retail experiences on par with developed markets, the company said.

NDB Conducts Investor Earnings Call On Its Financial Results For 3Q 2020

National Development Bank PLC (NDB) hosted the bank’s quarterly online Investor Earnings Call on November 13, 2020, to discuss the bank’s financial results from the bank’s head office premises in Colombo, subsequent to the release of its financial results for 3Q 2020, ended on September 30, 2020, to the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE).

Sri Lankan Cares Helps Needy Children Of Andiambalama

To commemorate International Children’s Day, Sri Lankan Cares, the CSR arm of Sri Lankan Airlines donated a braille writer to a visually impaired student and gift vouchers to a group of needy children attending Andiambalama Mahavidyalaya.

‘NO EVIDENCE' OF COMPROMISED VOTES: US ELECTION OFFICIALS

There is no evidence of compromised ballots or corrupt voting systems in the US election, officials said Thursday, as a top Democrat accused Republicans who refuse to accept President-elect Joe Biden’s win of “poisoning” democracy.

Rapid Antigen testing to be done only with Health Ministry sanction

TO BE DONE ONLY WITH HEALTH MINISTRY SANCTION

NO BORDER RESTRICTIONS

ON WESTERN PROVINCE FROM NOV. 15

Max Verstappen on top in slippery Turkish practice

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was fastest in both practice sessions yesterday as Formula One returned to Turkey for the first time in nine years.

FIGHTING COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION IN THE DARK

Last week, health authorities conceded that Sri Lanka has reached the community transmission level of the covid-19 pandemic.

Telemedicine services during the pandemic

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic many have second thoughts about visiting hospitals for checkups.

Restrict movements across district as well: Army Commander

No Decision to impose curfew during weekend. Decision to prohibit people in the Western Province from travelling outside the Province was taken to avoid the spread of COVID-19 to other areas

DRONE CAMERAS TO MONITOR PUBLIC MOVEMENTS IN ISOLATED AREAS

ARMY ESTABLISHES DRONE REGIMENT. Monitoring public movements will continue until the restrictions in isolated areas are lifted. STF and Police will be deployed to arrest the suspects based on information obtained by drones. People in isolated areas are not staying in their homes despite travel restrictions being imposed. No one should leave their home unless it is an emergency. The Army hopes to enlist the assistance of this drone regiment to monitor the activities on the ground to safeguard the people and the country

BALAPITIYA FISHERS STRIKE GOLD

HAPPY FISHERMEN FROM BALAPITIYA

14-day quarantine for those who left Western Province

Legal action would also be taken against them after the completion of quarantine for violating the quarantine order. Police stations outside the Western Province have been informed to check all hotels and other lodging places

Pfizer's CEO sold US $ 5.6mn in stock on same day of vaccine news

BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine showed 90 percent effectiveness in preliminary results

CICT named as Best Container Terminal for 4th consecutive year

Beats terminals in South Korea, China and Indonesia to win prestigious AFLAS award in Under 4Mn TEUs category

Operations of Manning Market at Peliyagoda will commence next week

People living in lockdown areas can obtain the service in an emergency through the hotline 011 3422558. Civil Security personnel to assist operations at the market

MOVEMENTS BETWEEN WP TO OTHER PROVINCES RESTRICTED

People with heart ailments, diabetes, kidney problems and cancer are more vulnerable to infect with the virus. Most of the deaths have occurred without displaying symptoms of COVID, and subsequent PCR tests confirmed that they were COVID infected. Medical experts point out that 93% of the COVID-19 deaths reported in the past few days in Sri Lanka, as well as in other countries were due to the infection by coronavirus of people suffering from non-communicable diseases.

Festive shopping in hill country despite COVID-19 risk

Deepavali festival shopping increases COVID-19

Brazil Halts Trials Of Chinese Covid-19 Vaccine

A doctor shows the box of a COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine produced by Chinese company Sinovac Biotech (AFP).

Georgia Wins With Her Sri Lankan Feast

Junior MasterChef Australia 2020.

When A Cluster Expands, It Can Lead To Community Transmission

Community transmission takes place when cases are reported with no connection to the existing cluster. Though cases were reported from different parts of the country, it did not mean that it had gone to a community transmission

WHO To Provide 20 Percent Requirement Of Covid-19 Vaccine To SL

Technical team appointed to identify priority groups to be vaccinated.

New International Economic Order Under Covid-19 – Whither Sri Lanka

This concept termed ‘new international economic order’ is not a new one – it’s a 50-year-old concept to promote the interests of developing countries vis-à-vis developed countries in early 70s.

‘Pandemoniac' Yankees; Lost In An Archaic E-College

Pandemic deaths averaged 1200 with over 120,000 new cases added each day, while election hanged on swing states for four days.

‘Pride Of Our Village': Tiruvarur Celebrates Victory Of Kamala Harris

There were congratulatory rangoli messages in front of houses, soon after her first speech as the Vice President elect

SWEDEN-‘Chill Donald, Chill', Greta Thunberg settles score with Trump

Environment activist Greta Thunberg has clearly not forgotten how US President Donald Trump took a potshot at her by asking her to ‘chill’.

Paris Masters Medvedev beats Schwartzman to reach semis

Russia’s third seed Daniil Medvedev eased past Diego Schwartzman 6-3 6-1 to reach the Paris Masters semi-finals on Friday, leaving the Argentine facing a nervous wait to see whether he will qualify for the ATP Tour Finals.

FRANCE-Coronavirus: Latest global developments

The coronavirus virus has so far claimed 1,235,148 lives worldwide, with 48,707,787 registered cases since it first emerged in China late last year, according to an AFP tally on Friday at 1100 GMT based on official sources.