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Huawei P40 Pro Released In Sri Lanka With Incredible Features

Huawei, the innovative smartphone manufacturer recently launched the feature packed Huawei P40 Pro in Sri Lanka taking the smartphone photography a step further.

Borrowed Notions In Disguise

Maritime Doctrine of Sri Lanka

Coronavirus Outbreak Could Force Postponement Of NZ Elections: PM

AUCKLAND AFP AUG12, 2020- New Zealand locked down nursing homes nationwide Wednesday after a 102-day streak without the coronavirus ended, as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the outbreak could force her to postpone next month’s general election.

Over Half Of Beirut Health Facilities ‘Non-Functional': WHO

More than half of Beirut ’s health care facilities evaluated by the World Health Organisation are “non-functional” following last week’s deadly portside explosion, the organisation said Wednesday.

When Political Power Dwarfs Everything Around

Sri Lanka gets little praise from the rest of the world for anything these days. But there was praise showered on the nation by Japan for conducting a fair and peaceful election. This is a good start for a country which is trying to be counted among the world’s performing nations; at least going on the promises made by the incumbent President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

BCB May Host 21-Day Residential Camp In Sri Lanka

The Bangladesh cricket team is likely to arrive for their tour of Sri Lanka earlier than expected, the Daily Mirror learns. According to highly placed sources in Dhaka, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is planning to send its players in the month of September and also host a 21-day residential training camp in Sri Lanka.

How Political Campaigns Use Your Personal Information

Social Media observers question the legal framework for online election campaigns

HSBC Sri Lanka Named As International Retail Bank Of The Year For 4th Time

HSBC has been named as the International Retail Bank of the Year in the Asian Banking & Finance Retail Banking Awards 2020. This is the fourth time HSBC Sri Lanka has won the award, since 2016.

Lanka Premier League Postponed To November

The Lanka Premier League (LPL) Twenty20 Cricket Tournament has been postponed to November, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said yesterday, after Health Ministry officials were adamant that the foreign contingent participating in the tournament undergo two weeks of quarantine.

Motherhood Wonderland

You are never right nor are you ever wrong. Sleeping all night uninterrupted is an experience that everyone else in the world enjoys but you. Making pizza costumes at midnight because your daughter suddenly remembered it’s assembly day at school tomorrow. Always looking for missing socks, hoping you’ll find your sanity as well in the pile of never ending laundry. The fights, the standoffs, the ardent proclamations of your unfairness because you favoured one child over the other. The verification that you could be the world’s worst mother, as the spurned child reinforces your darkest fears. Your days are never your own, you have a diary not for your own appointments but filled with the children’s commitments, soccer matches, piano recitals, birthday parties, endless.

Cartography's Links With War And Conflict

Maps have been linked to war and conflict from the earliest times. According to S.J.Schuler (360. here.com), the oldest is a Chinese “Garrison map” dated 180 BC which was discovered in a cave in Hunan in 1973. The Arabs and the Ottoman Turks used maps in their military campaigns in Europe. In 1539, as England faced the threat of invasion from France, Henry VIII’s minister Thomas Cromwell ordered (in English of his time): “Expert men of every shire in Ingland beyng nere the see” to draw up maps “of all the places… where any danger of invasions ys like to be and to certifie the said daungers and also best advises for the fortificacion thereof.”

America Reaches Bleak Milestone In Battle Against The Virus

US, (DAILY MAIL), 9 AUGUST 2020 - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the US surpassed five million Sunday morning, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally.

Dubai Desert Conservation

As Dubai begins welcoming international visitors, the Emirates Group is celebrating 20 years of partnership with the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve (DDCR) and the release of the first DDCR annual report.

Melbourne's Lockdown Labelled The Worst Ever Breach Of Freedom

A group of researchers is campaigning to end Melbourne’s draconian lockdown because it is pushing up to 400,000 people out of work and taking away the basic right to liberty of millions of Australians.

NDB Lends Over Rs.4bn Worth Funds, Over Rs.6.5bn Approvals Under Saubhagya Scheme

NDB Bank has successfully registered over Rs .6 .5 billion worth of funds with over 1, 000 applications with the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) under the ‘COVID-19 Saubhagya Loan Scheme’ at the rate of 4 percent p.a in a continuing demonstration of the bank’s commitment in supporting the economic recovery of the country during this post pandemic era.

Beirut Explosion August 4, 2020 Explosions; Accidental And Man-made - 75, 100 Years Ago

Two atom bombs, ‘Little Boy’ and the 11-foot ‘Fat Man’ was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki respectively on August 6 and 9, 1945. On the eve of marking the 75th anniversary of the man-made disaster by Americans, an enormous explosion rocked the Lebanese capital of Beirut at 6:07 p.m. local time on August 4, leaving at least 137 people dead and thousands wounded, with about 20 Sri Lankans among them. The explosion near Beirut’s port close to many highly-populated areas and tourist sites had caused in an estimated US$3 to US$5 billion loss. Investigations were centered on a probable 2,750 MT of Ammonium Nitrate stored at a warehouse has led to the arrest of 16 employees of Beirut’s port. The explosion created a crater of roughly 405 feet in diameter, bigger than a football field, according to satellite images.

Generation Z Cyber Crime In The 21st Century

I was, as I am most certain others of my generation are, convinced that I knew enough about the internet to stay safe, and that I was less vulnerable to cyber criminals than my parents or my grandparents are. It was therefore shocking for me to discover that Gen Zs (Generation Z, born 1997-2012) and millennial (1981-1996) pose - as well as face - the greatest cyber risk, not only to themselves but to the companies and institutions they work for and interact with, and also to the people they associate with.

New Land Rover Defender Makes Debut In Sri Lanka

Jaguar Land Rover last Friday debuted its all new Land Rover Defender in Sri Lanka and in eleven other key Asian markets with a special online broadcast.

Urgent Economic Action Plan For New Cabinet

Now that the parliamentary elections are concluded, the focus of the new government should shift to the serious business of fixing the economy. COVID-19 has hit Sri Lanka’s economic outlook harder than expected.

Constitutional changes only after much thought: SLPP

Says some amendments are essentialNo abolishing of independent commissionsCan’t come up with excuses now since we have a two-thirds majority

SLPP WINS RECORD-BREAKING 145 SEATS

The UNP was relegated to fifth place in terms of the number of seats. It secured only one seat on the National List suffering the worst ever defeat

Opening of New Office Complex of the Amarapura Maha Nikaya Sangha Sabha

This administrative building will be declared open by Hon.Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa as the Chief Guest.

Not satisfied with election result: NPP

''We can play a bigger role outside Parliament. If the issues faced by farmers are not resolved and issues of the unemployed are not resolved, we have a role to play with them''

FFSL PRESIDENT'S CUP 2020 SET FOR KICK-OFF TOMORROW

Major league football resumes in Sri Lanka after a hiatus of six months when the Vantage FFSL President’s Cup 2020 begins tomorrow with four matches being played in two venues. This is the first time a major football competition is being held after the coronavirus outbreak.

Germany To Enforce Virus Tests For Travellers From High-Risk Areas

BERLIN (DPA), 6 AUG, 2020 - Germany on Thursday said it would enforce compulsory tests for travellers from high-risk areas as the country recorded its highest number of new daily coronavirus infections in three months.

Landslide Victory For SLPP

The SLPP percentage in the sinhala majority electorates stood above 70 percent and in some constituencies it was high as 76 percent. The unp’s performance was found to be dismal. It was unlikely to win a seat even from the colombo district its leader former prime minister ranil wickremesinghe was a contestant

Life After A Liver Transplant

A team of doctors at the Colombo North Teaching Hospital was able to carry out the first successful paediatric liver transplant last week. However, according to Gastro-Intestinal Surgeon Dr. Suchintha Tillakaratne from Ragama Teaching Hospital, Liver Transplant surgery is a very complex surgery.

Taking A Zero Tolerance Approach To Sexual Bribery

When a State Official demands money or a favour in exchange for a service the word ‘bribery’ comes to mind. What if this demand wasn’t monetary? What would you call a favour that was sexual instead?

Yogas Conferring Wealth And Prosperity

Great Indian sages Gargi and Varahamihira have said that benefits placed in the 1st, 2nd, and the 11th Houses confer wealth without the native making an effort to acquire it.

Central Bank Liquidity Facility Extended To Pharmaceutical Suppliers

The Central Bank (CB) has decided to expand its liquidity facility for the construction sector to include the government contractors and suppliers in the pharmaceutical sector, to let them borrow at concessionary rates against the unsettled bills from the government.