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In an important event to mark International Women’s Day, some Sri Lankan women reached great heights when they operated gantry cranes at the Colombo Port. Here a female crane operator is seen handling the work as skillfully as any male counterpart. Pic. by Indika Handuwala.

Hambantota Port deal prohibits military activity

Protesting Indian fishermen stop Kachchativu pilgrims

Plenty of paddy in stores, but Govt. goes for foreign donations and imports

NPPD raises red flag over Ruwanpura and Central Expressways

Remembering First US Consul to Ceylon, John Black

Indian experts blame Tamil Nadu fishermen for Bristo’s death

Kandy gets digital parking meters

Three-months RI, Rs 495,000 fine for lab technicians

Birth control implant on sexually abused minor; probe ordered

Consumers boiling over reckless utility billing

Police swoop on 1246 suspects in island-wide special op

CIDA alleges forceful eviction by Tower Hall Foundation

Special guards unit to protect ‘travelling’ inmates

AG to CID: Investigate CB Gov.’s complaint on Bond issue

Sugar prices rise

Aviation Ministry re-calls tenders for 2 BIA duty free shops, after cancelling earlier tender

Remembering First US Consul to Ceylon, John Black

eNIC tender runs into a storm

Govt. decides to freeze foreign loans for at least 3 years

SAITM dissected in Parliament; calls grow for solution

Child labour: Kudos for Lanka, but 43,000 yet to be rescued

Royal College OBU meets PM and Education Minister to battle out the charges against it

High spirited opposition to alcohol distillery in Kalkudah

SLN, church reps prepare for Kachchativu feast

CMC insists on Meethotamulla dumping, but lawmaker told of alternative

Govt. allegedly in bed with millers to rig rice market

PMB stores overflowing with paddy: NE officials

In just 10 weeks dengue infections rocket past 19,400

Drug trafficking on a high despite major detections in the recent past

Populism versus prosperity

Bond Commission warns MP, expresses concern over false reports

Stop landfilling and building on reservation land: Farmers in Kataragama

German Embassy seeks help to trace missing tourist

AG’s assistance sought regarding bogus fuel efficiency claims

Maldivian Opposition against Govt. selling island to Saudi

Probe into birth control procedures at Dambulla hospital

CIDA alleges forceful eviction by ‘landlord’ THTF

Fishermen playing deadly games with dolphins

Wildlife officers, conservationists honoured for their commitment

Pick of the Pix

Mysterious deaths of sea turtle

Land demarcation in Mannar villages halted after complaints

Investigation into forced birth control procedures at Dambulla Hospital