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The controversial multimillion dollar Mattala International Airport virtually closed during the past year with its hangars being used to store paddy came alive again last Thursday when three international flights, unable to land at the BIA due to a heavy mist, were diverted to Mattala.  Pic by Rahul Samantha Hettiarachchi

 

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Lankan tycoon’s Lycamobile given 14 days to submit accounts

Joint Commission minutes: Only passing reference to fishing crisis

Passport left in toilet: Dark moon for Lankan MPs

Controversy over 65,000 houses; Cabinet appoints sub committee

Hospitals instal extra protection to cope with dengue surge

Water levels drop and fears rise for crops

Unattended lands prime source of dengue breeding grounds, says PHI’s Union

Principal on the mat for inviting convicted PC minister as a chief guest

Midwives to take hypertension message to villages

Mini hydros: Clean energy comes at high cost to Nature

Trap guns taking heavy toll on human and animal life

Moved by victims’ tales, Prince Zeid hits out at failed judicial system

A paddy glut of 200,000 tons prompts Govt. to seek overseas markets

India aids 4,000 estate workers get roofs over their heads

N’Eliya DS rejects request to fell 3,700 trees

Thousands of e-mails in CD titled as mail backup have to be investigated, FCID tells Court

Don’t make Lanka an Indian colony: Protest in London

Magistrate refuses to revoke warrant on ex-LTTEer Emil Kanthan

Photo focus: Colombo’s derelict Lighthouse Clock Tower

‘Extinct’ shark spotted in Menik Ganga

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Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka enters Parliament

Adding meaningfulness and truth to life

‘Professional’ agitation pushes Govt. into discussing ETCA

Biometric digital transaction card to stamp out fraud in state, private institutes

Screens to alert passengers of medical aid at airport

A portrait of former President D.B.Wijetunga unvailed

Jayantha Jayasuriya P.C. 29th Attorney General of Sri Lanka

Suspected child molester attempts suicide

Police investigate kidney racket on Health Ministry tip-off

PNB tracking group enticing children to take to drugs

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