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Over 100 Chinese in Norochcholai get COVID-19

LocalKalpitiya Group corr.Tags: Print EditionA group of Chinese workers, 102 in number, who are engaged in repairing the generator in the Phase two of the Norochcholai Power Plant, has contracted COVID-19. However, they are not in…

President assigns Governors with management of provinces

LocalShiromi AbeysingheTags: Print EditionPresident Ranil Wickremesinghe has assigned the responsibility of maintaining the administration and development process as well as financial management of the Provincial Councils with the…

Dr. W. A. Ariyasena who designed Mace, State Emblem passes away

LocalLahiru FernandoTags: Print EditionVeteran Artist and senior Lecturer Dr. W. A. Ariyasena passed away at 92 yesterday. Born in 1930, Ariyasena is well-known by the Sri Lankans and those who are familiar with the painting field for…

SJB MPs protest near House

LocalCamelia Nathaniel and Amali MallawaarachchiTags: Print EditionA group of Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MPs staged a protest yesterday (9) near the Jayanthipura Parliament entrance in Battaramulla. The SJB MPs were protesting…

Galvanised pipe lands inside car, driver escapes

LocalGayan Kumara WeerasingheTags: Print EditionA man waiting in a fuel queue in Colombo had a miraculous escape yesterday when a galvanized pipe fell from the top floor of a building being constructed nearby on his car and pierced its…

Five more leaders congratulate President

LocalTags: Print EditionThe leaders of Seychelles, Denmark, Zimbabwe, Serbia and Ethiopia have congratulated President Ranil Wickremesinghe. Sending a congratulatory message to Wickremesinghe, Seychelles President Wavel Ramkalawan has…

Indi Raja carrying the Sacred Relics Casket

LocalTags: Print EditionThe first Randoli Perehera of the Kandy Esela Festival paraded the streets on Sunday. Here, the ceremonial tusker Indi Raja carrying the Sacred Relics Casket exiting the Sri Dalada Maligawa to join the perehera.…

Millionaire businessman who forcibly entered President’s House flees country

LocalGayan Kumara WeerasingheTags: Print EditionA millionaire businessman who was with those who forcibly entered the President’s House has fled the country after investigations were launched to arrest him. A senior Police officer said…

Documents from Kurunegala Hospital record room stolen

LocalKurunegala Sunil S. PellandeniyaTags: Print EditionA large number of documents stored in the record room of the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital have been stolen by a group of unidentified individuals. “Among the stolen documents are…