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New Chairman and Board Members Appointed to 1990 Suwa Seriya Foundation
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has appointed a new Chairman and Board Members to the 1990 Suwa Seriya Foundation. The appointment letters were presented by Secretary to the President Dr. Nandika ...
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China Faces New Virus Outbreak Five Years After Covid Crisis
China is dealing with an outbreak of the human metapneumovirus (HMPV), five years after the Covid-19 pandemic. Reports and social media posts suggest that the virus is spreading rapidly ...
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5 years after it appeared, things we know and still don’t know about COVID
But this theory has not been proven for the virus that causes COVID-19. Wuhan is home to several research labs involved in collecting and studying coronaviruses, fueling debate over whether the ...
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Policy framework to address challenges in economic system – President
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday emphasised that a comprehensive economic policy framework aimed at addressing the deeper structural issues within the economy will be implemented this year ...
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Everyone should commit themselves to fulfilling the services that the government is responsible for providing to the people."- PM
The Prime Minister made these remarks while inaugurating the operations of the Prime Minister’s Office in conjunction with the Clean Sri Lanka initiative, launched today under the patronage of ...
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After a long lull, Covid-19 levels are surging in the US
After a relatively slow start to the respiratory virus season, Covid-19 levels in the United States began ramping up just ahead of the winter holidays. In previous years, Covid-19 levels have ...
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WHO urges China to share Covid origins data, five years on from pandemic’s emergence
The World Health Organization has urged China to share data to help understand the origins of Covid-19, five years on from the start of the pandemic in the Chinese city of Wuhan. On December 31 ...
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‘Moral imperative’: WHO presses China to share COVID origins data
The World Health Organization (WHO) called on China to share information on how COVID-19 emerged five years ago. The coronavirus killed millions of people, locked down billions in their homes ...
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Lanka seeks BRICS membership
President Anura Dissanayake has expressed his country’s interest in joining BRICS in a letter to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Lankan ambassador to Moscow Pakir Amsa told RIA Novosti. “Sri Lanka has ...
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New Sri Lankan president visits India on his first overseas trip
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna-led (JVP) National People’s Power (NPP), elected on September 21, visited India from December 15 to 17.
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Tennessee has a new lethal injection method, 2.5 years after last scheduled execution was abruptly halted
The Tennessee Department of Correction announced in a brief statement Friday it had "completed its revision of the lethal injection protocol, which will utilize the single drug pentobarbital." ...
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President Dissanayake expresses interest in joining BRICS
Sri Lankan President Anura Dissanayake expressed interest in joining BRICS in a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the republic's ambassador to Moscow Pakir Amza told RIA Novosti.