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A walk “empowering schoolchildren to champion healthy living and become change agents in society” was held last morning from Green Path to Royal College with the participation of President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. Pic by Amila Gamage.

President’s car also stuck in the mud

Urgent bid to save tea industry

Maldives in political maelstrom; Vice President arrested over plot to kill President

Increase in liquor licences last year despite

Legal action to recover loans from local councils

Heavy fines coming for Indian poachers: Amendments soon

Red Cross case in Police Chief’s hands

More rains to come, warns Met. Department

Two more Customs officials under investigation for soliciting a Rs. 125 mn bribe

Motorcyclists told only SLSI approved helmets from next year

Mobitel hierarchy at loggerheads within

UN’s role in SL ensures better living standards for its citizens: MS

Late Minister Gamini Dissanayake dedicated his life, political career for this country: MS

Call to appoint Special Commissioner to run KMC

Robert Blake pushed for US resolution against Lanka at UNHRC

Demarcation headache brings in new committee

Suspected dengue patients in hospitals must have nets to prevent spread of disease

Conclusions raise more questions on killings than answer their ‘whodunit’

LTTE principally responsible for civilian deaths in final phase of war

Action plan to combat COPD an urgent need

EU recommendations fulfilled, lifting fisheries ban awaited

Fatalities mount in road accidents

Trade deficit widens perilously as Chinese loans, vote-buying handouts take their toll

Off with unauthorised structures as battle to reclaim beaches begins

President’s tree-planting programme hopes to avoid mistakes of past

Medicines sans storage

Expressway contract default claims denied

Pera and Costa Rica Universities join to set up reptile anti-venom plant

Remember the past and correct the future