News

 

Shipments turned away; Govt. pushes ahead with chemical fertiliser ban

Hotels permitted to accept dollar payments from Sri Lankans

CEB engineers pull switch off US company’s bid for Kerawalapitiya

S’pore slaps ban on travellers from Lanka

COVID-19 UK variant spreading countrywide

Vaccine talks with other countries as hopes fade for Indian supplies

May Day: No big rallies, but small meetings streamed online

Arrest of Bathiudeen brothers: Family lawyers mull fundamental rights petition

Where is the pragmatic strategy, ask Specialists

COVID-19: No co-morbidities but requiring oxygen

Frontline Samurdhi officers face flak over relief omissions

Elephants kill more farmers in fightback for land

New soursop wine claims to beat killer diseases: University

Centre for Society and Religion refuses to give Easter attack report to CID

Anamaduwa hospital gets ready for COVID-19 patients

Final journey of ex-IGP Balasuriya

Crucial questions as third wave rampages through country

Now it’s the UK variant, 50% more transmissible and causing 55% more deaths

Genetic sequencing results were needed as a large number of contacts from Boralesgamuwa remained negative

Pandemic or no pandemic, it’s business as usual for drug smugglers despite arrests and detection

Lockdown fears and empty shelves: Food price hikes choke consumers

‘We will fight this corrupt ring of rogues even if we are killed on the streets’

Pick of the Pix

Unmasked perpetrators

Only handful of mask-makers legit: Hundreds selling dodgy products

SLPI joins hands with Hilton to launch the Press Club

Special “quarantine packages” on sale for Indian workers as travel bubble continues amidst concerns

Coconut and palm oil crisis continues; bakers, confectioners warn of shortages

Jaw-bomb success story shines as Wild Lanka treasures

Nature protectors battle with Army to save rehab home elephant calf