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President Maithripala Sirisena who celebrated his 65th birthday yesterday seen in a happy mood at the 150th anniversary celebrations  of the Sri Lanka Police held at the Police Field Force Headquarters. Speaker Karu Jayasuriya and Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundara are seen with the President. Pic by  Gayan Amarasekera.

SL Army contingent invited for UN Peacekeeping in Mali

Frantic talks at Finance Ministry but issue of mass resignations unresolved

Ban’s bombshell compares Lanka with Rwanda and Srebrenica

UN Chief gives top post to his IPKF son-in-law

Beira project: S’pore firm may get huge contract sans tender

Insight: CMC’s slow; men at work at theatre district

Keep foreign companies out of the local gem mining industry- President

Bedecked in jewels

NLB suspends contract of lottery ticket printer found wanting

Electronic NICs: Individual consent required to share personal data

Crucial SLFP convention today as split looms

Sri Lanka should exploit its potential ‘Soft Power’- Foreign Sec.

Onion farmers’ protest

Lankans 71 years and above are the most suicidal: Police

Merchant Shipping Secretariat opens in North to regulate coastal passengers traffic

SLCJ awards its diplomas for 12th successive year

Riders oppose action against unsafe helmets

Web hackers’ den Yakadaya hosted and facilitated attackers

Canny engineer turned moonshine into duty-free scotch

Fears coffin could open Pandora’s box of deadly virus

Chance find of water plant by Lankan honours Free Education father

10 deadly accidents in the past two weeks

Focus on expectant mothers at Asia Pacific Conference in Colombo

Mawanella rail track disaster warning from logging

Plastic rubbish highest in north and east

Four months after floods, Kaduwela victims still languish in tents

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Maternal deaths during pregnancy on the rise: Family Health Bureau

Photo focus: Drought a blessing in disguise