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We received a signal from Mangala (Samaraweera) that the time was opportune for us to make a move (out of the UNP).

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Veronica Beagle is the managing editor for Education at Forbes Advisor. She completed her master’s in English at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Before coming to Forbes Advisor she worked on ...

Dec 17 : Online education platform Coursera said on Wednesday it would buy rival Udemy in an all-stock deal, valuing the combined company at $2.5 billion, as the industry consolidates after a ...

There are many small celebrity women who appear on screen to be much taller than they are, and Kristen Bell is one. She’s only 5 feet 1 inch tall, making for over a foot of height difference between ...