Sunday, 10 Sep 2023
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By Tharaka Wickramasekera
On July 1, a rarely seen train captured the attention of onlookers at the Colombo Fort Railway Station. Arriving at platform 3, the Viceroy Special, reminiscent of the early years of Sri Lanka Railways (SLR), paused as it eagerly awaited a gathering of enthusiastic diplomats, including US Ambassador Julie Chung, Japanese Ambassador Mizukoshi Hideaki, and many others...
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Celebrating the beginning of the New Year, not only Government departments, corporations, and other institutions, but also private institutions, open a table of milk-rice and sweets. In this meeting, the main goals are discussed, such as how to successfully run the company’s activities in the New Year, correct previous deficiencies, and strengthen employee-employee bonds...
The government is geared to contain the spread of the killer virus but it also needs the support of all people to achieve this goal, Head of the National Centre for the Prevention of Covid-19 Army Commander Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva in an interview with the Sunday Observer last week said.
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Q. How did the second wave spread this fast during a short period...