Underlining the threat posed by the new COVID-19 variant Omicron, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Saturday called upon nations that have the wherewithal to support the vaccination drive of less wealthy countries more effectively.

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The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) said that it has decided to release domestic gas cylinders to the market from tomorrow (05) under three conditions.

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New Zealand’s Ajaz Patel became the third bowler in history to take 10 wickets in a Test innings - but India seized control of the second Test.

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After the lynching of a Sri Lankan man in Pakistan’s Sialkot over alleged blasphemy, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said he would personally oversee an investigation into ’’the horrific vigilante attack’’ which he also called ’’a day of shame for Pakistan’’.

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The Public Health Inspectors Union (PHIU) claimed that the Health Ministry had not officially informed them about the woman who was infected with the Omicron COVID variant enabling them to direct her contacts for quarantine or PCR tests.

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Both Government and Opposition MPs today condemned the killing of a Sri Lankan national by an extremist mob in Pakistan.

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SJB MPs walked out of Parliament after a clash between MP Kanchana Wijesekara and Manusha Nanayakkara at the Parliament lobby.

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The police have arrested a prime suspect and booked over 800 people under the Anti-Terrorism Act a day after a mob tortured a Sri Lankan man, employed as a manager in a factory on Wazirabad Road, Sialkot, to death and set his body on fire.

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The power supply to several parts of the country will be suspended for around one hour for few days from today (4), the Ministry of Power and Energy said.

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A bus transporting garment workers had been hijacked along with the driver, by a group of persons in a van at Aluth Oya in Horowpothana yesterday.

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Veteran actor Sarath Chandrasiri has passed away while under treatment at the National Hospital in Colombo.

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With the exporters grappling with the skyrocketing freight charges and container shortages, the International Chamber of Commerce Sri Lanka (ICCSL) seeks urgent state intervention to charter a subsidised feeder vessel between the shipping hubs and bring the empty containers to the Port of Colombo, in order to ease the burden on the exporters and for the survival of the export sector at large.

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The EU General Court dismissed an application brought by the European Political Subdivision of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to annul the 2019 and 2020 acts maintaining the inclusion of the LTTE on the EU’s terrorist sanctions list.

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Minister of Public Security Sarath Weerasekera and SJB MP Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka were engaged in heated verbal exchange, throwing allegations against each other in Parliament today.

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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa left the country today (03) to attend the Indian Ocean Conference (IOC) to be held in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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Punjab government spokesperson Hassan Khawar on Friday said that at least 50 people allegedly involved in killing of a Sri Lankan national over blasphemy allegations in Sialkot have been detained thus far.

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Sri Lanka today said it expects that the Pakistan authorities will take required action to investigate and ensure justice over an alleged incident of torture and burning of body of a Sri Lankan in Sialkot,Pakistan earlier today(3).

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A mob in Sialkot brutally murdered a Sri Lankan man and set his body on fire over blasphemy allegations. Priyantha Kumara, the export manager of a private factory, was attacked by workers of the factory on Wazirabad road in Sialkot, Pakistan.

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Two MPs were stuck inside an elevator at the Parliamentary complex during the power cut today.

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The Government today requested the Speaker to hand over investigations to the CID into the power outage in Parliament during the debate on the Defence Ministry and Public Security Ministry was in progress.

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The total power transmission system has been restored and islandwide power distribution will take place soon, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) said.

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The islandwide power outage is not the result of sabotage but of natural occurrences, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) Workers’ Union said.

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The Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) commenced an investigation with the assistance of electrical engineers in connection with the power failure to determine whether it was an act of sabotage.

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General Manager of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), M.R. Ranatunga told Daily Mirror a short while ago that he suspects the islandwide power failure maybe an act of sabotage by the Trade Unions.

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The Supreme Court was today informed that former Gampaha district Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake is currently reading a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree while behind bars.

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All train services operating from Colombo Fort will be delayed due to the islanswide power distruption, the Railway Control room said.

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The water supply in Colombo and suburbs has been also distrupted due to the prevailing power outage.

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All Government and private schools will be closed from December 23 to January 2, 2022, the Education Ministry has announced

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