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Three main religious festivals in the country got underway  this week. These were the Kandy Perahera, the Kataragama Perahera and the Nallur Festival, Jaffna.

‘Help me today, show me the way’

PC powers to vest in House during dissolution

New Revenue Bill to accommodate SC amendments

10 percent cuts of ministry budgets to give drought and flood relief

Shangri-La gets another mixed mega development project

Swiss girl allegedly raped in A’pura shrub, no female JMO to support her case

Different views expressed by coalition partners

SriLankan chief admits need to trim fat, but won’t say how

Norwegian expert says Uma Oya project can proceed, but recommends use of special machinery

Worldwide tenders for power plants to boost national grid: CEB

Dalada Maligawa gets new Rs 140m Elephant shelter

Navy’s first AOPV

British High Commission issued a ‘separate joint statement’

GMOA to meet other TUs for further anti-SAITM action

Govt scours, scrambles for potable water for the drought-affected

PUCSL sheds light on power dispute with CEB

All must wage war against dengue

Ravi denies lying under oath but says he cannot remember most things

Waste officials draw fine line on city garbage

Measures in the bag to cut vast polythene waste at supermarkets

Nuwara Eliya Municipal Council employs new garbage system

Police raise alarm over shadow of terrorism in re-emergence of Jaffna violence

Betel tobacco ban: Campaigners tell youths to spit out deadly mouthful

Use of polythene still continues

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