November 15, 2024
Pakistan protests over Indian firing in Sialkot sector
August 13, 2014Firing left one civilian dead and three injured.
The Deputy High Commissioner of India was summoned to the Foreign Office on Monday to lodge Pakistan’s protest over unprovoked Indian firing across the Working Boundary in Sialkot sector on 10-11 August 2014 which resulted in one civilian casualty and injuries to three others.
Rural bridges will benefit 300,000 people in Badulla
August 13, 2014Work on a number of rural bridges out of a total of 10 under construction in the Badulla District are already nearing completion under the programme to build 1,210 bridges country-wide for linking villages with towns and cities. The project was launched under Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa’s direction.
Barriers to rapid containment of the Ebola outbreak
August 12, 2014The outbreak of Ebola virus disease in west Africa continues to evolve in alarming ways, with no immediate end in sight. Many barriers stand in the way of rapid containment.
Global Ebola death toll tops 1,000: WHO
August 12, 2014The Ebola virus has killed 1,013 people and infected another 1,848, latest World Health Organisation data showed.
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