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LocalSandya Karunaratne and Nethmi PujaniTags: Print EditionDue to the intense heat these days, the Director General of Health Services Dr.Asela Gunawardena requests all people, including school children to avoid exposure to the Sun…

LocalSandya Karunaratne and Nethmi PujaniTags: Print EditionDeputy Director General Dr. Saman Rathnayake said that the report regarding the temporary halting of operations due to a germ at the Colombo National Eye Hospital will be submitted…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe Founder and Chairman of the Kinkusala Gaveshi Association, retired Regional Director of Education Mr. Sarath Senanayake donated Rs. 2 million to the President’s Fund during an event held today (24). The donation…

LocalTags: Print EditionAccording to the Kaluthara South Police, a young couple was run over by a truck driver while buying fish from a roadside fish vendor resulting in the death of the young girl. The victim is a 23-year-old girl named…

LocalTags: Print EditionAn earthquake of magnitude 4.4 has been recorded near Hambanthota. According to the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau the tremor has occurred around 25.8km off the coast of Hambanthota towards the South-Eastern…

LocalNuwan KodikaraTags: Print EditionFormer Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Chairman, MP Prof. G. L. Peiris  said that the general meeting of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna held on Saturday (22) was not legal and appropriate judicial processes…

LocalTags: Print EditionPrime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena issued a special stamp depicting the history of the Sita Amman Temple, together with a first day cover and laid the foundation stone for an International Meditation Centre at the…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe death occurred yesterday of Edward Botejue (88), a former top official of the Industrial Development Board (IDB), State Mortgage and Investment Bank (SMIB) and the Family Planning Association (FPA). An old boy of…

LocalVen. Samanthabadra Thera and Deputy High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to Southern India Dr. D Venkateshwaran. Tags: Print EditionVen. Samanthabadra Thera, while on a cultural tour in Chennai, called on Deputy High Commissioner of Sri…

LocalTags: Print EditionAccording to an Advisory notice issued by the Department of Meteorology regarding the Heat index; the temperature felt on human body is expected to increase up to ‘Caution’ level at some places in Western,…