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Can Covid-19 Transmit Through Food?

These days people harbour some fear of getting infected with the coronavirus through food.

Lebanon's Premier, 3 Ex-Ministers Charged Over Beirut Blast

A Lebanese judge on Thursday filed charges against caretaker premier Hassan Diab and three former ministers for negligence and causing the death of more than 190 people in the Beirut port blast, a judicial source and Lebanon’s state news agency NNA said.

Indian Air Force Objects To Netflix Film Scenes, Asks For Them To Be Withdrawn

India's Air Force asked Netflix to withdraw scenes from a film on Wednesday in which a veteran Bollywood actor wearing a military uniform uses offensive language, in the latest controversy for the streaming platform in the country.

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British Regulator Issues Allergy Warning Over Covid-19 Vaccine

The British medicines regulator has advised people with a “significant” history of allergies not to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine after two front-line health workers suffered allergic reactions to the shot.

Lankan Tech Entrepreneur Shapes Digital Landscape In Bhutan

Lankan tech investor and entrepreneur Sesiri Pathirane has embarked on an initiative to revolutionise the digital landscape in Bhutan by establishing a tech facility, the Bhutan Education & Technology Academy Part (BETA Park).

Struggle For Justice Against Enforced Disappearances

Family members of the disappeared vow that they will continue their struggle to seek the truth despite a multitude of challenges

Ideal Automobiles Strengthens Navil Enterprises Fleet With Daf Prime Mover Trucks

Ideal Automobiles (Pvt)Ltd, recognised as the premier importer for European vehicles strengthened the Navil Enterprises (Pvt )Ltd transportation fleet, supplying six DAF Prime Mover trucks recently.

Sterling Automobiles Opens Sixth Branch Of Aftercare Centre

One of Sri Lanka’s most renowned automobile aftercare service providers – Sterling Automobiles Lanka (Pvt) Ltd opened its newest branch at Maligawa Road, Ratmalana recently.

People's Bank ranked among the

People's Bank was recently ranked among the coveted top 10' Most Admired Companies of Sri Lanka’ for the 2019/20 financial year, organised by the International Chamber of Commerce of Srilanka(ICCSL), the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and the Daily FT.

Blue Water Honoured As 2020 World Luxury Hotel Awards Winner

The Blue Water has once again been awarded for excellence as a 2020 World Luxury Hotel Awards Winner

Regular Coconut Auctions Abandoned Until Next Year

Sri Lanka’s Coconut Development Authority (CDA) has abandoned its regular coconut auctions since late September, amid the second wave of the COVID-19 virus and soaring farm gate prices of coconuts, due to shortages.

UL604 Becomes First Int'l Flight To Land In Melbourne Since July

Australia’s second largest city welcomed its first international passenger flight in five months yesterday, after SriLankan Airlines flight UL604 from Colombo landed just before 8:00 a.m. on Monday, carrying 253 travellers.

Could Port City-Related FDI Bailout Sri Lanka?

A recent press release by the Finance Ministry in response to the downgrade of Sri Lanka’s sovereign rating by Fitch Ratings expresses the government confidence in overcoming Sri Lanka’s short-term economic challenges.

Labour Minister To Initiate Talks To Increase Plantation Workers' Wages To Rs.1000

Labour Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva has said that a programme will be implemented to ensure the plantation sector workers will receive the daily wage of Rs.1,000 as promised in budget 2021.

Wijeya Partners With Viber To Introduce First Ever Localised Horoscope Bot

Sri Lanka’s premier media publishers Wijeya Newspapers recently partnered with Rakuten Viber, the popular instant messaging platform to launch Sri Lanka’s firstever Horoscope Chatbot.

Trump Keeps Up False Claims Of Widespread Fraud At Georgia Rally

US President Donald Trump campaigned in Georgia on Saturday for two Republican senators at a rally that some in his party feared could end up hurting, not helping, their chances by focusing on his efforts to reverse his own election defeat.

Decathlon Colombo's largest sports store now at Union Place

Decathlon, the world’s largest sporting goods retailer, recently celebrated the opening of their second-biggest sports store in the heart of Colombo City, continuing its commitment to convert people to adopt healthy lifestyles through fitness and sports.

Asian markets mixed as virus cases cloud vaccine optimism

HONG KONG (AFP) - Investors pushed Asian markets higher yesterday on continued optimism over vaccines and on signs of progress on a new US stimulus, though surging infections and deaths highlighted the painful, immediate reality of the coronavirus crisis.

World food prices jump to six-year high: UN

ROME (AFP) - Global food commodity prices rose sharply in November to their highest level in nearly six years, the UN food agency said this week, due in part to adverse weather conditions.

Batsmen should have freedom to play any shot, says Muttiah Muralitharan

The world’s highest Test-wicket taker Muttiah Muralitharan begs to differ with former Australian captain and commentator Ian Chappell, who recently had expressed his reservations regarding the switch hit and said, “(Switch-hitting) is amazingly skillful, but it’s not fair,”

Abans launches iPhone 12 series

As the authorized reseller and service provider for Apple products in Sri Lanka, Abans is proud to introduce the iPhone 12 series, featuring the models of iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12, and iPhone 12 Mini.

Iran Passes Law Halting UN Nuclear Inspections

A protestor at the killing of Iran’s top nuclear scientist holds his picture aloft.

Shoaib Promises To Bring His Indian Wife To SL For Next LPL

Pakistan all-rounder, Shoaib Malik is hoping to bring his Indian wife, Sania Mirza to Sri Lanka next year when he arrives to play in the second year of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) T20 Cricket Tournament.

Covid Through The Lens Of Disability

Dr Dilum Palliyaguruge Consultant Neurologist, MD, MRCP( UK), MRCP Neuro(UK), Teaching Hospital,

First Sri Lankan Born New Zealand MP Makes Captivating Speech

There is still so much to be done for human rights protection in many countries around the world because human rights belong to all

Covid-19 Present In US Prior To Confirmation In China: Study

The Coronavirus had been infecting people in the US even before China reported its first cases on December 31, 2019, research by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Red Cross has revealed.

SLPA Comes On Board NCCSL's From SriLanka.com

The Sri Lanka Association of Printers (SLAP) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka (NCCSL) to facilitate the promotion of the NCCSL initiative, from SriLanka. com online platform, among SLAP member companies.

SL Tourism Has Lot To Get Right, Says Expert

The local tourism sector yesterday was presented with the harsh reality that it simply isn’t doing enough to reach its aspirations as planned and to make any real progress it is essential for the authorities to smartly relook at the industry’s marketing mix.

Daraz MD Appointed As Habitat For Humanity Goodwill Ambassador

Habitat for Humanity Sri Lanka, an international non-profit organization dedicated towards providing every family in Sri Lanka with a safe and stable place to call home, appointed Rakhil Fernando, the Managing Director of Daraz as its Goodwill Ambassador.