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Major fire in Thotalanga:LocalTags: Print EditionPresident Ranil Wickremesinghe, who is on an official visit to Japan, has instructed the President’s Secretary Saman Ekanayake to take steps to provide immediate relief to all the…

LocalTags: Print EditionSince the printing cost of newspapers has increased due to the soaring cost of printing materials and transport, we are compelled to increase the cover price of our sister paper, the Sunday Observer by Rs.50…

LocalTags: Print EditionExpressing opinions on social media by a public officer without following the relevant provisions of the establishment code shall constitute an offence that leads to taking disciplinary action as stipulated in…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe unveiling of the statue of late Anagarika Dharmapala built with the personal funds of Transport, Highways and Mass Media Minister Dr.Bandula Gunewardena in the Homagama Mahinda Rajapaksa Vidyalaya premises,…

LocalTags: Print EditionStudents of Ladies College, Colombo were the first group of students to visit Parliament after it was re-opened to the public following the COVID-19 restrictions. During this educational tour, the students had…

LocalGayan Kumara WeerasingheTags: Print EditionMedawachchiya Police on Sunday night found the body of a retired Army personnel who was wanted for arrest for alleged sexual abuse of an 08-year-old girl, from a paddy field.…

LocalBimal Jayasinghe - BandaragamaTags: Print EditionThe Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday said that a two-storied luxury house worth about Rs.30 million built in the Polgasowita area belonging to drug trafficker and…

LocalShashini Madhushani AnuradhapuraTags: Print EditionPolice have started an investigation to arrest a father who has allegedly sold his 7-day-old infant son to a woman for Rs. 50,000. “The woman who has allegedly bought the infant…

LocalGayan Kumara WeerasingheTags: Print EditionA police officer’s nose was cut when he attempted to apprehend a suspect who was involved in a number of burglaries including a theft of 47,000 kilos   of paddy from a temple in Dippitiya…

LocalSwarna WijekoonNuwan Kodikara and Sandhya KarunaratneTags: Print EditionThe price of lunch provided to Members of Parliament has been increased by Rs.100 and the price of lunch provided  to journalists has been increased by Rs.50.…