Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) - 2021-02-18

• We are willing to forgive those who staged the attacks - Cardinal
• Women shouldn’t be deprived of earning the recognitio­n they deserve
• “Shut down nightclubs, or call the police’’ - CMC
• Resolution against SL at 46th UNHRC session Minister Weerasekar­a hopeful that UNHRC would not go for a vote
• 32 Male SSPS against one female DIG
• Sri Lanka Press Associatio­n conducts 65th AGM
• WHY THAI PONGAL IS SPECIAL FOR SAIVAITES
• FACT FILE: DOES SRI LANKA POLICE HAVE A GENDER PROBLEM?
• GDL NO MORE
• CANADA SUPPORTS SCHOOL MEAL PROGRAMME, HELPS LOCAL FARMING
• LET’S CALL THE BLUFF OF INDIA AND THE INDOPHILES
• COVID-DEATHS: YES TO BURIALS CREMATED AGAIN
• 800 National Schools for Sri Lanka within three years
• IS IT A GIANT LEAP BACKWARDS IN THE NAME OF PATRIARCHY?
• MODI’S REMARKS ON TAMILS SET THE CAT AMONG THE PIGEONS
• Concerns of a nation before UNHRC sessions
• MYANMAR COUP PROTESTERS MASS TO REJECT ARMY CLAIM OF SUPPORT
• Iran vows cooperatio­n with UN nuclear agency despite inspection curbs
• A MILLION RUPEES UP FOR GRABS AT AIR FORCE COMMANDER’S CUP RUGBY SEVENS
• NOCSL launch programme for Youth Olympic Games
• SOP for local assembly of vehicles and component manufactur­ing to be launched
• Aitken Spence launches SL’S first waste-to-energy power plant
• CB projects current account surplus for 2021
• Corporates less vulnerable to possible sovereign default than financial institutio­ns: Fitch
• Softlogic closes in pre-pandemic sales amid local consumer strength
• Cigarette sales fall in December quarter
• Windforce plans Rs.3.2bn IPO on CSE
• Micro Electric wins ‘SME Brand of the Year’ award
• SLIC emerges as General Insurance market leader...
• Trinity College Kandy OBA signs exclusive partnershi­p with HNB
• Investment risks rise for local insurers due to weaker sovereign credit profile: Fitch
• NTB-AMEX back with ‘Pump Fuel and Win’ campaign for card members
• NDBIB and Alpen Capital arrange US$ 35mn loan for NSB
• DFCC reaffirms continued support to CBSL’S Rata Puraama QR payment initiative
• IPS invites proposals for Saman Kelegama Memorial Research Grant
• CNCI to hold webinar on stock market investment opportunit­ies
• Kantar to offer media monitoring service in Sri Lanka acquiring Nielsen’s biz
• Crepe Runner wins award
• Dioni’s Delights Quarantine Home Bakers
• Country-style curries to try at home

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