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Medical fraternity welcomes new service category

Srilanka, Aug. 28 -- Specialist doctors yesterday welcomed the Government's move to establish a new service category called "Specialist Physicians' and Specialist Dental Physicians' Service" within th... Read More


Nepal Flash floods

Srilanka, Aug. 28 -- More than 1,300 people are missing, including at least 700 foreigners, after catastrophic flash flooding hit China and Nepal on Wednesday. The death toll in Nepal has climbed to m... Read More


Online processing of Police Clearance Certificates up and running

Srilanka, Aug. 28 -- Police Media Division yesterday said that the computerised data system used to process Police Clearance Certificates has been restored following a temporary system failure and app... Read More


Friend robs his pal's credit card.

Sri Lanka, Aug. 27 -- Police in Wattala have uncovered a case where one friend, working at the same workplace as another, stole his colleague's Lanka Bank credit card and used it to buy goods worth Rs... Read More


Brazilian data protection regulator fines TikTok's owner nearly $30 million over safety of minors

Sri Lanka, Aug. 27 -- Sao Paulo - Brazil's data protection regulator on Tuesday fined TikTok parent company ByteDance more than 153 million reais (nearly $30 million) because of alleged failures in th... Read More


India set to surpass China in affluent consumers by 2036 - Report.

Sri Lanka, Aug. 27 -- Bengalauru:India is projected to have 10.8 crore affluent consumers by 2036, marginally surpassing China's 10.3 crore, according to the latest report by NielsenIQ (NIQ) and World... Read More


India set to surpass China in affluent consumers by 2036 - Report

Sri Lanka, Aug. 27 -- Bengalauru:India is projected to have 10.8 crore affluent consumers by 2036, marginally surpassing China's 10.3 crore, according to the latest report by NielsenIQ (NIQ) and World... Read More


Pakistan hospital's maternity ward fire kills 14 babies

Sri Lanka, Aug. 27 -- At least 14 newborn babies have died in a fire that broke out in the maternity ward at one of Pakistan's most prominent state hospitals. The blaze began in the early hours of We... Read More


US halts all immigrant visa applications amid tightening restrictions

Sri Lanka, Aug. 27 -- The State Department has been working on updated guidance and training since early this year, "to ensure all consular officers are fully equipped to evaluate every visa applicant... Read More


Kremlin reveals why CIA chief visited Moscow

Sri Lanka, Aug. 27 -- CIA Director John Ratcliffe's unannounced trip to Moscow on Tuesday was for contact between the US and Russian security services, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. A US ... Read More