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Local Camelia NathanielTags: Print EditionPublic Security Minister Sarath Weerasekara said Police will pursue stern legal action against anyone who causes damage to public property under the guise of engaging in protests. Minister…

Local Tags: Print Edition A group of Samagi Jana Balawgaya (SJB) MPs and a group of National People’s Power (NPP) parliamentarians and supporters defied the curfew imposed by the government yesterday to stage protests…

LocalRasula Dilhara GamageTags: Print EditionThe National People’s Party (NPP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Saturday said that a future NPP led government will not allocate public money to sustain retired Presidents and Prime…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe rumours circulated claiming that Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is stepping down from his position are false, the Prime Minister’s Office said.   Monday, April 4, 2022 - 01:00…

LocalTags: COVID19coronavirus2,467 people have received the Pfizer booster (third) dose on Thursday. In total 7,877,798 people have been administered the Booster dose since October, said the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health…

LocalCamelia NathanielTags: Sri LankaThe police had arrested 54 persons over the protest held near the President’s residence in Mirihana on Thursday night. Police Spokesman SSP Nihal Thalduwa said that the protest had been peaceful…

LocalTags: Print Edition Lake House photojournalist Sulochana Gamage who was covering the protest at Mirihana was also injured due to the mob attack. Picture shows Gamage receiving treatment at the Colombo National Hospital Accident…

LocalTags: Print Edition  The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) - the electricity sector regulator, filed a Fundamental Rights application in the Supreme Court yesterday seeking an order directing the authorities to…

LocalTags: Print Edition    The Sri Lanka Army, consequent upon Sri Lanka Corps of Military Police (SLCMP) investigations, conducted into an Army officer’s involvement in the abduction of a civilian at Paniady, Norochcholai in late…

LocalLahiru FernandoTags: Print EditionStern action will be taken against Police officers if they are found to have deliberately assaulted journalists covering the tense situation in Mirihana on Thursday night, Senior Police Media…