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LocalTags: Print EditionA Police jeep toppled when it lost control due to the hand brakes ceasing to function on the Colombo-Kandy road while parked on a hill in Weweldeniya. The vehicle belongs to Danowita police. Several police officers…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe year five scholarship exam was held yesterday at 2,894 centres countrywide. Altogether 334,698 students sat for the exam. Here, students from a school in Anuradhapura arriving at the school to sit for the exam.…

LocalGayan Kumara WeerasingheTags: Print EditionA probe has started regarding an incident where a police Sergeant had allegedly slapped his immediate officer in a police unit involved in crime scene investigation in the Chilaw area. The…

‘I am waiting for you’* Text message which mentions “I am waiting for you” was sent to cricket commentator Brian Thomas from Schaffter’s phone at the cemetery* Schaffter’s killer had good understanding of Borella Cemetery* Suspicions have…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe inaugural meeting of the Committee of Senior Officials to establish an independent institution for planning and monitoring national policies was held at the Presidential Secretariat. Secretary to the President…

LocalTags: Print EditionSince the murders and drug trafficking carried out by organized criminal gangs have become a burden to the entire society, the Public Security Minister Tiran Alles, ordered the senior police officers to apprehend…

LocalTags: Print EditionFuneral of versatile vocalist, composer and lyricist Nihal Nelson was held at the grounds of Soysapura Housing Scheme amidst a large number of colleagues and fans. Nelson died at his home on December 13. He was 76.…

LocalTags: Print EditionAll migration-related activities should be digitized immediately to prevent the trafficking and irregularities currently reported in the field of foreign employment and migration, the ‘Vides Balaya’ organization…

LocalTags: Print EditionWorld Health Organization (WHO) Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday he is “hopeful” that the COVID-19 pandemic will no longer be considered a global emergency some time next year.  As the third…

LocalBimal Jayasinghe BandaragamaTags: Print EditionInternal sources of the National Fertilizer Secretariat stated that certain officials of the Secretariat and the Agriculture Ministry are engaged in an effort to undermine the…