The Board of Management of the Kollupitiya Jumma Mosque successfully carried out its first-ever free Medical Camp at Kollupitiya Mosque premises on Thursday October 17. It was held under the patronage of the Chairman of the Mosque Haji A.R.M.Haroon. More than ten doctors and hospital staff were present and 600 residents of the Kollupitiya area benefited from the free medical …

Palestinian health officials have called for a humanitarian corridor to three hospitals in northern Gaza that have come close to collapse after Israeli troops have cut off the area during almost two weeks of a renewed ground assault. Doctors at the Kamal Adwan, al-Awda and Indonesian hospitals have refused to leave their patients despite evacuation orders issued by the Israeli …

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Palestinian karate practitioner Mariam Bsharat (File photo)   Palestinian karateka Mariam Bsharat has featured impressive athletic skills during the 2024 World Cadet, Junior & U21 Championships in Italy, and ranked first at the prestigious international tournament. Bsharat showed a commendable display of vim and vigor in her march to the final competition of cadet kumite female over 61-kilogram category at the Palazzo …

CNN – Striking images from the Sahara Desert show large lakes etched into rolling sand dunes after one of the most arid, barren places in the world was hit with its first floods in decades. The Sahara does experience rain, but usually just a few inches a year and rarely in late summer. Over two days in September, however, intense rain …

A township of 500 houses with other facilities such as a hospital and a recreation hall built with assistance from Saudi Arabia way back in 2009 is to be vested with recipients only now. The houses were built for the benefit of tsunami victims in 2009. The then Saudi ambassador to Sri Lanka handed over the completed project to the …