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Midwives enjoyed a rare day off from their hectic work to enjoy a meal at the Viharamaha Devi Park in Colombo this week.  They were in Colombo for celebrations associated with International Midwives Day that fell on Friday

 

Vesak 2561 goes international

Anti-corruption body faces closure

Top contender flies away; SriLankan Airlines rescue bid grounded

Hambantota deal: More major changes, 70-year lease on offer

Action against Customs officer for leaking info to media

Shortcomings in national carrier’s engineering unit

Annual Bakthi gee event held at the Police grounds

Shiranthi’s three nights in Paris cost the country Rs. 25 mn, charges Mangala

May Day Sirikotha shooting: Armed suspect had a self-drafted ‘constitution’

GMOA, other unions will meet next week to decide on further TU action

Ranjan pooh-poohs GMOA chief’s account; Padeniya blames hospital

Students affected: Ruhunu professors call on Govt. to solve SAITM issue

Where we must vaccinate

Asthma awareness walk

Coal power here to stay, who says otherwise: CEBEU

GSP Plus: Four votes added to Lanka’s 436

CBK derides MR for bellyaching on reducing his security

Abducted child found with uncle in Batti

South Asia satellite to facilitate communications in the SAARC region

AG requests CJ for 3-member High Court Trial-at-Bar

All set to celebrate Lanka’s first UN Vesak Day

Local engineers don’t need foreign assistance: Ex-GM Railways

Tragedy instils trash consciousness

Heartache for poor patients

Rail commuters vent fury against politicians and unions

Millions of mouths run dry in drought without end

Fading fortunes of the native Vesak flower

CBSL Deputy Governor criticises Mahendran’s directives

Six policemen to be charged for murder of torture victim

Experts warn of e-waste being dumped together with garbage

Experts flash red over Rubik’s cube’s reds, blues and yellows

CEB powerless, bends national grid backwards to deliver

Photo focus: In Galle the Morris Minor lives on

Geetha disqualified for ‘double acting’ in the House

Pick of the Pix

Declining loris populations risk lives on power lines