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Amid the ongoing storm over plans to give to an Indian company-led consortium 49 percent of the Colombo Port’s Eastern Container Terminal, port union members are seen here protesting against any such move which they say is a sellout of national assets. Pic by M.A. Pushpakumara

 

UNHRC Chief warns of asset freezes and travel bans for Sri Lankans

India to gift 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Sri Lanka before Feb. 4

Lanka tightlipped over Indian protest over deaths of fishermen

ECT crisis: Port unions present their own management proposals

14,000 liquor-serving outlets exempted from licence fee

Health Minister and husband afflicted by COVID-19: Contact tracing of top health officials

Court of Appeal ceremonial sitting postponed over COVID fears

Call for a Special Presidential Com: CoI on political victimisation

Cement carrier runs aground on Little Basses Reef; Navy, SLAF teams rush to the spot

Many a river to cross

State patronage for Dr. Edwin Ariyadasa’s final rites

Preparations begin for Western Province schools reopening

Election Commission backpedals on fate of Ranjan’s seat

Smoke over BOC loan to stockpile cigarettes; and heat over Ramanayake’s seat in Parliament

Devis and Menikes are hustling and bustling again

Virus beats dodgy spice ‘juice’ and ensnares politicians

Cardamom scarcity sees prices hit the ceiling

Time to end IUU fishing in Sri Lankan waters

An oasis for terminally ill patients and their kith and kin too

Northern farmers unable to shed ‘tax’ imposed by separatists

New SC judges stress the need for people-friendly laws, quality judgments and adherence to noble principles

Orchids snatched from forests to satisfy shutdown-driven craze

Is Sri Lanka not inviting trouble with open arms, asks expert

Pick of the Pix

Political, civil salvoes target youth ‘discipline’ via ‘military training’ idea

Who knows what to do with 1m kilos of smuggled turmeric?