- Russia’s Putin declares unilateral Easter ceasefire in Ukraine
- Fairly heavy showers expected in parts of the island
- Easter Sunday: A Day Of Faith And Remembrance For Sri Lanka
- Special security and traffic plan in place for Sacred Tooth Relic exposition in Kandy
- VAT exempted on locally produced milk and yogurt; digital services and traders face new tax changes
- Nearly 40 schools in Kandy to remain closed next week
- Ranil warns of over 100,000 job losses in Sri Lanka due to US tariff impact
- New access routes introduced for Sacred Tooth Relic exposition
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Investment Promotion Minister Dhammika Perera says that Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe should resign from the post of Finance Minister immediately.Minister Dhammika Perera points out that the Finance Minister of Sri Lanka has prepared plans for a disaster and that the Finance Minister has no plan to solve the current dollar crisis.Investment Promotion Minister Dhammika Perera further states that all the economic challenges in Sri Lanka are related to the dollar crisis and the Finance Minister has delayed all matters related to dollar earnings, borrowing, existing lines of credit and essential commodities.
Before ancient Roman gladiators fought grisly battles in rowdy public arenas like the Colosseum, they squared off in much more solemn venues: funerals.Early gladiator fights began in the 3rd century B.C.E. as ritual blood offerings to the spirits of recently departed nobles. That changed around 27 B.C.E., when Augustus took power in Rome, says Michael J. Carter, a classics professor at Brock University in Ontario: “He detaches gladiatorial combat from its purely funerary context and makes it into a regular part of the entertainment cycle in Rome.” The shift gave rise to some of the most famous gladiators today: Spartacus,…
Railway Deputy General Manager Gamini Senevirattha says that it is not possible to run trains as usual today (06).He says that only 22 trains out of the total 48 office trains are running today due to the inability of employees to report to work due to the fuel crisis.
The action plan of the Galle face People’s protestors has been publicized yesterday (05) at the protest ground in front of the President’s Office under the title “The Day of Struggle”.This plan consists of 06 phases, and it is presented with the agreement of all the fighters to achieve the ultimate goal of the protest.Gotabaya Rajapaksa should immediately resign as Executive President.Ranil Wickramasinghe, the Rajapaksa regime and the government should resign immediately.After the departure of the Gota-Ranil government, there should be an interim administration consistent with the economic, social and political goals and intentions of the people’s struggle.After removing the…
Stranger Things has established new watching records, breaking all the previous records in becoming the most viewed series on Netflix and hitting top 10 series of all time.The latest season of Netflix Inc’s “Stranger Things” has pushed total viewership for the series to more than 1.15 billion hours, the streaming service said on Tuesday.Stranger Things is a Netflix original science fiction horror drama television series developed by the Duffer Brothers. Along with Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen, the brothers act as showrunners and executive producers. The series’ first season premiered on Netflix on July 15, 2016, with the second, third,…
Heatwaves are predicted to sweep through northern China in the next two weeks, with more than 250 million people expected to grapple with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in some regions.For four to six days, the regions of Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and Ningxia, and the provinces of Hebei, Henan, Gansu and Shaanxi, will see temperatures of more than 40°C, said Fang Xiang, deputy head of the National Meteorological Center (NMC).the meteorological centre had issued 184 heatwave alerts across northern, northwestern and southwestern China.China has faced extreme weather contrasts this summer, with heatwaves in the north and heavy…
China is expected to launch its next generation of heavy-duty rockets in 2028 powerful enough to send a crewed spacecraft to the moon, the country’s main space contractor said on Wednesday.The new heavy-lift launch vehicle would be capable of putting a 15- to 50-tonne spacecraft on a trajectory to the moon, said Liu Bing, deputy designer at the China Aerospace Science and Technology.It would also be powerful enough to place a probe weighing 12 to 44 tonnes on a trajectory to Mars, Liu told reporters at a major airshow in the southern city of Zhuhai, without naming the rocket.
South Korea approved its first domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine, manufactured by SK bioscience Co Ltd (302440.KS), for general public use following positive clinical data, authorities said on Wednesday.The SKYCovione vaccine was authorised for a two-dose regimen on people aged 18 or older, with shots given four weeks apart, according to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.In a phase III clinical trial of 4,037 adults, SKYCovione induced neutralizing antibody responses against the SARS-CoV-2 parental strain, SK bioscience said in a statement.
England’s women are enjoying a moment of unprecedented attention ahead of the start of Euro 2022 but skipper Leah Williamson says they have to get down to earth for Wednesday’s opener against Austria at Old Trafford.The Lionesses have never won a major title but are among the favourites for the tournament they are hosting and the players have featured in commercial advertisements and campaigns across the country.”It’s not normal is it? But it means the visibility of us as a team and the women’s game has been recognised and recognised as it should be. I think it is a good…
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February dramatically worsened the outlook for already inflated global food prices.The halt in Ukrainian exports following the outbreak of the conflict pushed the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) food price index, which tracks international prices of the most globally traded food commodities, to its highest point in March since records began in 1990.Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a move Russia calls a “special operation” to demilitarise its neighbour, is the latest development in a growing global food crisis.While post-pandemic global demand, extreme weather, tightening food stocks, high energy prices, supply chain bottlenecks and export restrictions…