After UK, South Africa identifies new #Covid19 strain causing surge in cases
Johannesburg: South Africa has identified a new variant of the coronavirus that is driving a second wave of infections, theContinue Reading
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Khabib Nurmagomedov crowned as BBC Sports Personality’s World Sport Star of 2020
Khabib Nurmagomedov, who announced his retirement from mixed martial arts after defending his UFC lightweight title in October, has scoopedContinue Reading
Strategic Victory For #China? US Drops Key Project Amid #Sri Lanka’s unrelenting Security Concerns
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo paid a visit to Sri Lanka in October to coax the Gotabaya Rajapksa governmentContinue Reading
Slaven Bilic sacked by West Brom with Sam Allardyce lined up as replacement
Slaven Bilic has been sacked by West Bromwich Albion after guiding the Baggies to just one win from their 13Continue Reading
Sri Lanka faces worst economic slump as debt crisis looms & concern grows over ability to repay foreign debt
AFP- Tue, December 15, 2020 Sri Lanka Tuesday announced its worst economic slump with second quarter GDP plunging 16.3 percentContinue Reading
#Maldives at crossroads over #SriLanka Muslim COVID19 victims burial proposal
Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has voiced his opposition towards the burial of Muslim COVID-19 victims from Sri Lanka inContinue Reading
Forced cremations of unclaimed Muslim coronavirus victims in suspended
The forced cremations of unclaimed Muslim coronavirus victims has been suspended, Public Health Inspectors said. The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC)Continue Reading
Concrete graves to be proposed to end forced cremation of Sri Lanka Muslims
The Health Ministry is to propose concrete graves to end the forced cremation of Muslim coronavirus victims, Colombo Gazette reports.Continue Reading
#SriLanka cremates Muslim Covid-19 victims against religious wishes
AFP- Wed, December 9, 2020 Sri Lanka said Wednesday it would cremate the bodies of 19 Muslim coronavirus victims, overridingContinue Reading
#COVID19: Canada approves Pfizer’s vaccine – and says it is ‘safe, effective and of good quality’
Canada has become the latest country to approve Pfizer and BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine – describing it as “safe, effective andContinue Reading
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