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LocalLahiru FernandoHarsha WijewardanaTags: Print EditionThe Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) ‘Dot Lanka’and ‘Dot Illangai’ were officially launched in Sri Lanka from yesterday (6). Internationalized Domain Names enable people around…

LocalGayan Kumara WeerasingheTags: Print EditionMalwathuhiripitiya Police have seized seven packets of the ‘Ice’ (Crystal Methamphetamine)  drug and 37 capsules from a school canteen in the Malwathuhiripitiya area of Gampaha. The canteen is…

LocalText and Pic by Northern Province Special Corr. Rasula Dilhara GamageThe super luxury bus which toppled in Kilinochchi.Tags: Print EditionTwenty three passengers were injured when a super luxury bus, which was heading to Colombo from…

LocalDilshan TharakaTags: Print EditionThe Colombo High Court yesterday ordered an accused to pay three times the amount defrauded as a fine to a accused who pleaded guilty to two charges of fraud by crediting  the dues of four doctors to…

LocalA man salvages wood after the earthquake that struck Cianjur, in West Java province.Tags: Print EditionINDONESIA: A 5.7-magnitude earthquake has hit Indonesia’s main island of Java, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said,…

LocalTags: Print EditionA group of SLFP members and Nawa Lanka Nidahas Peramuna members protested against the removal of former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party on Saturday. They started a march…

LocalSri Lankan High Commissioner to India, Milinda Moragoda with the envoys of the Middle East, Central Asia and Southeast Asia, at the Sri Lankan High Commission.Tags: Print EditionAs a part of the High Commission’s road map to enhance…

LocalTags: Print EditionCruiseliner ‘Azamara Quest’ carrying 480 passengers and 400 crew arrived at Colombo Port on Saturday (3). This ship carrying European tourists sailed to Hambantota Port yesterday. The ship arrived at Colombo Port…

Amending the Buddhist Temporalities ActLocalH. L. De Soysa Lankapura Group Corr. and Jagath JanapriyaTags: Print EditionCabinet approval of the has been granted to amend the Buddhist Temporalities Act to suit the present day and to draft…

LocalAsela KURULUWANSATags: Print EditionOfficers of the Bogambara Prison in Pallekelle had found 490 milligrams of ICE drug from the prison premises on Thursday (1). It is suspected that this drug might have been brought into the prison by…