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Saudi Arabia expands travel ban to 12 more countries including SL

Saudi Arabia on Thursday temporarily stopped all travel to and from almost all of Europe and 12 more countries including Sri Lanka as the number of coronavirus cases in the Kingdom jumped to 45, Arab News reported.The Ministry of Health on Wednesday said the latest cases include a man and a woman who were tested and placed in quarantine when …

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Address by His Excellency Gotabaya Rajapaksa, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka at the 72nd Independence Day celebrations

Address by His Excellency Gotabaya Rajapaksa, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka at the 72nd Independence Day celebrationsMost Venerable Maha Sangha,Other Religious DignitariesHon. Prime MinisterHon. SpeakerHon. Chief JusticeHon. Ministers, Ministers of State and Members of ParliamentHon. GovernorsH. E. the Ambassadors and High CommissionersSecretary to the President and all State OfficialsChief of Defence Staff and Commander of the …

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Congratulations to our New President Gotabaya Rajapaksa

Sailan Muslim Foundation congratulates President Gotabhaya Rajapakse on his Victory to become the Seventh President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.  We hope that President Rajapakse will pursue his cherished goal of developing Sri Lanka to be nation to be reckoned with in the world map and join hands with all the people of Sri Lanka in fulfilling this …

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Last Test Star from the 1990s, Hearth to retire in Galle

Rangana Herath celebrates a wicket with his team-mates AFPRangana Herath to retire after first England TestRangana Herath, the most-successful left-arm bowler in Test history, will retire after the first Test in Galle, having told the selectors that he is reluctant to play through an entire three-Test series.Galle is a sentimental venue for Herath – not only did he make his Test …

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From Parliamentarians of intellectual giants To those accused of corruption, crime, fraud and hooliganism

From Parliamentarians of intellectual giants To those accused of corruption, crime, fraud and hooliganism By Latheef Farook During the second half of 1960s when I started my journalistic career with the now defunct Independent Newspapers, I was sent to cover parliamentary proceedings. Within weeks I realized that here was a place where one could learn a lot. Those were the …

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Local electric three-wheelers to storm local market in Jan

An electric three -wheeler has been manufactured by a local entrepreneur for the first time in the Sri Lankan automobile history. The inventor M. S. M. Rifkhan (Managing Director Sri Lanka Mobility (Pvt.) Ltd, has already built one three wheeler, powered a rechargeable battery c ells and has already completed 80% of the test run. The test which was very …

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