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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s address to the nation on Friday night was recorded at Anuradhapura. He is seen watching the telecast from his Mirihana residence.

Govt. officials to take over purchase of Litro gas

Sinovac wants price kept secret; any disclosure and deal is off

Lanka issuing coin to mark Chinese Communist Party’s centenary

Rice fine to be raised to boiling point

Dollar crisis: CB shuts door for commercial banks; importers badly hit

Pardon for Duminda: Other death row prisoners continue hunger strike

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“Today, the people of this country no longer have a reason to fear” – President

A wedding ring pawned to buy some bread

Night of high drama at Minneriya Park; vehicle chase follows reported bid to abduct baby elephant

Crazy food prices sting the poorest as relief bodies trim aid

Two multimillion projects get extensions to start commercial operations

Farmers on war path over fertiliser crisis

Asela Sampath gets bail, mulls FR case against police

50,000 cleared for jobs in West Asia but blocked by COVID rules

Two more resign from vaccine committee

Experts question move to order 13m doses of Sinovac amidst efficacy concerns

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Rest and recuperation time for Railways

Indian Navy to survey Lanka’s seabed to assess impact of X-Press Pearl disaster

Sly hand of private interests in new power tariff scheme, says CEBEU

Destitute farmers on the verge of selling land

Farmers left high and dry with no fertiliser, organic or chemical

100 acres of Muthurajawela marsh to be filled with sand for LNG-fired power plants

Madiwela’s variant – confirmation beyond doubt next week

PHIs warn of uncertain & risky future

Is there a yawning hole in death data?

Vaccination strategy – stick to what works by giving the jab to the highest-risk group

Reckless quarry blasts render residents’ protests inaudible

COVID-hit Thor is sick again; zoo officials in battle to save the Lion King