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Local Sumith PremathilakeTags: Print EditionA father of three was found dead at a fuel queue near a filling station in Panadura yesterday morning. Police said he had been waiting in a queue to obtain fuel for his three-wheeler in front…

Local Gayan Kumara WeerasingheTags: Print EditionThe Police Special Task Force (STF) yesterday (16) defused a smoke bomb hidden in a parcel on the roadside about 500 meters away from the Katuwapitiya Church. This bomb has been found…

LocalNeranjala WickremasingheTags: Print EditionPublic Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government Ministry yesterday released a circular declaring Friday as a Government holiday effective from June 24. The…

LocalIshara MudugamuwaTags: Print EditionThe Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has proposed a five point action plan to prevent a possible emergence of a massive Dengue epidemic situation in Sri Lanka.  GMOA Secretary Dr.…

Effect a Work From Home (WFH) scheduleLocalCamelia NathanielTags: Print EditionThe Independent Group of MPs has decided to submit several short-term proposals to the President and the Prime Minister to minimize the current fuel crisis.…

LocalShavini MadharaTags: Print EditionColombo Chief Magistrate Nandana Amarasinghe yesterday rejected a request made by the Cinnamon Gardens Police to issue an Order preventing a group of members including the Convener of the…

LocalTags: Print EditionCommittee on Public Enterprises (COPE) Chairman Prof. Charitha Herath yesterday said that the Committee will decide whether former CEB Chairman M.M.C. Ferdinando is summoned to the Committee on June 21. He said…

LocalTags: Print EditionA large number of devotees gathered in the sacred city of Anuradhapura yesterday for the Poson festival. The picture shows devotees at the Ruwanweli Maha Seya. Picture by Amila Prabhath Wanasinghe in…

LocalLahiru FernandoTags: Print EditionPrivate bus operations countrywide will have to be stopped by Friday (17) unless the authorities take steps to provide them with diesel within the next two days, Lanka Private Bus Owners’…

LocalTags: Print EditionBRAZIL: A body has been found in the search for a missing British journalist in the Amazon rainforest. Dom Phillips’ wife Allesandra is said to have shared the tragic news with the Brazilian media. A second body…