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Sunday, 25 April 2021 - 16:04 It is reported that a Sri Lankan representative will not be appointed to the Sri Lanka Human Rights Monitoring Committee appointed under the latest resolution on Sri Lanka adopted by the UN Human Rights Council. The commitee will operate from Geneva and would be made up of international professionals. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has decided not to nominate a representative of the Sri Lankan government for this purpose. However, when we inquired about this, Cabinet Spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella stated that he was opposed to this ...

Sunday, 25 April 2021 - 9:25 A Lebanon-made electric car has made its debut, the first time the Mediterranean country has manufactured an automobile, despite struggling amid a dire economic crisis with frequent power cuts. The red sports car – named “Quds Rise”, using the Arabic name of Jerusalem – is the project of Lebanese-born Palestinian businessman Jihad Mohammad. It’s the “first automobile to be made locally,” Mohammad told reporters on Saturday, at the unveiling in a parking lot south of Beirut. It was built in Lebanon “from start to finish”, he said of the prototype,...

Editorial: More secrecy, governor? FacebookTwitterEmail THE ISSUE: Gov. Andrew Cuomo has at least four law firms working on his behalf but won’t reveal how they’re being paid. THE STAKES: ---- Gov. Andrew Cuomo has an ever-growing need for lawyers. New evidence of that arrived Monday, when we learned state Attorney General Letitia James, acting on a referral from Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, will be investigating the governor’s possibly criminal use of state employees for his coronavirus book — the one he got a huge but still secret advance for. In turn, Richard Azzopardi, a spokesman...

Tuesday, 20 April 2021 - 8:53 SriLankan Airlines in a bid to recommence Indian tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka under the proposed bio-bubble tourist arrival concept successfully completed a familiarization tour for Indian media and travel trade professionals recently. A delegation of tour operators, agents, and senior editors representing influential media institutions concluded a familiarization tour in Sri Lanka. The delegation spent six nights and seven days touring the country while being subjected to mandatory PCR testing and other health guidelines imposed by the Ministry of Health. Upon...

Sunday, 18 April 2021 - 19:35 Dilanka Isuru Kumara of Sri Lanka won the Men's 55kg Bronze medal & Clean & Jerk Silver medal at Asian Weightlifting Championships 2021 held in Uzbekistan. Dilanka Isuru Kumara won the bronze medal at the last 2019 Asian championships in China in the 55kg was expected to do well in the same weight category this time. Four Sri Lankan weightlifters are at Uzbekistan to compete in the Asian Weightlifting Championship which is scheduled to be held from April 18 to 26 as the first international competition in 16 months. The team includes Commonwealth Games Silver meda...