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An old party stalwart came through security barriers to greet Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe when he visited Ampara yesterday to open an economic centre there. The Premier also attended
a ceremony to launch the handing over of Samurdhi benefits to thousands of families.

Presidential poll: NEC at variance with Sirisena over date

Lottery sham: You don’t win big because DLB plays ball with probability games

Fasting monk dehydrated, but physically stable

Batticaloa private campus project put on hold

Dress code circular suspended

Tests show Lakvijaya plant spews out dust 16 times over the limit

Khashoggi awarded 2019 Golden Pen of Freedom

Heartbreak hotel all over Lanka

Japan lends US$ 500mn for 2nd phase of East Container Terminal

IGP’s FR petition claims SIS requested suspension of investigations into extremist Muslim factions

Medical fraternity divided over alleged unethical sterilizations at Kurunegala

Kurunegala doc also investigated for switching newborn

HRC calls out BASL for unethical behaviour of some lawyers

FR petitions against IGP and former Defence Secretary: AG seeks fuller SC Bench

Parliamentary committee to recommend Batti Campus be brought under Eastern University

Dismissive stance on serious intelligence warning on impending terror attacks

Bureaucracy denies church bomb victims medicine, payouts

Nuwara Eliya’s parks do not have qualified supervisors

Is human-elephant conflict ‘mitigation’ whacking elephants?

Government must wake up before it is too late

Air Marshal Sumangala Dias assumes duties as Commander of SLAF

New SDIG in charge of Southern and Sabaragamuwa Provinces

Unplanned land use and elephant encroachment

Famed beaches could disappear

Shortage of technical officers impedes work in Nuwara Eliya District

LRH doctor ordered to appear for inquiry into child’s death

Two women poisoned then robbed in Thalpawila, Matara

Soldier killed clearing mines

Pick of the Pix

Police hope lane law blitz will help traffic flow