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Global Covid caseload tops 400 mn

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 77,051,222 and 908,816, according to the CSSE. The second worst-hit country in terms of cases is India (42,339,611 infections and 504,062 deaths), followed by Brazil (26,793,497 infections and 634,118 deaths).

Sri Lanka to import 400,000 metric tonnes of rice

As many as 300,000 metric tons of rice are expected to be imported from India, and a further 100,000 tonnes from Myanmar in order to bring down the rice prices artificially inflated by several large rice millers, Gilma Dahanayake, additional secretary of the ministry of trade, was quoted as saying by the state-owned Daily News newspaper on Tuesday.