Afghanistan: Taliban take 10th provincial capital as Ghazni falls
The Taliban have taken the strategically important city of Ghazni, the 10th provincial capital to fall to the militants in less than a week.
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The European Union, Habitat for Humanity Sri Lanka and partners help more than 2,370...
COLOMBO (August 10, 2021) – Habitat for Humanity Sri Lanka and its partners successfully concluded the European Union funded "Homes not Houses Project" in the...
Annual Report 2020: 123 million rural people reached as IFAD steps up fight against...
Rome, 29 July 2021:
As the COVID-19 pandemic raged around the world pushing millions more people into hunger and poverty, the UN’s International Fund for...
Statement by Dr. Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia:
‘The WHO South-East Asia Region is intensifying action to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030. Globally, an estimated 296 million...
Tokyo Olympics: A Games in a pandemic, new sports, British medal hopes and global...
BBC News- The Tokyo Olympic Games are upon us. They look and feel different to any other Games of times gone by, but they...
Olympics: Tokyo 2020 chief to have an eye on infection numbers
BBC News- Toshiro Muto said he would keep an eye on infection numbers and hold "discussions" if necessary.
More than 70 people associated with the Games...
Covid-19: India excess deaths cross four million, says study
BBC News - The Covid-19 pandemic has caused excess deaths in India to cross more than four million, a new study has found.
Excess deaths...
Covid: How Delta exposed Australia’s pandemic weaknesses
BBC News- For the past year, Australia has been coasting along almost blissfully detached from the global pandemic. It had achieved a "Covid normal"...
Outbreaks emerge across Australia in ‘new phase’ of pandemic
BBC News- Australian leaders will hold an emergency meeting on Monday after a spike in Covid infections.
An outbreak in Sydney linked to the highly...
Chinese Communist Party marks 100th anniversary
July 1, 2021 is a special day for China. The day marks the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) which led...
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Large-scale renovations of the Parliament
After four decades, large-scale renovations of the Parliament of Sri Lanka commence.
The large-scale renovations of the Parliament of...
Sri Lanka U19 Tour of West Indies
The Sri Lanka U19 team will tour the West Indies during the August–September months totake part in a Youth ODI series vs....