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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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

LocalP.K.BandaraTags: Print EditionThe Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) MP Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka on Saturday said that he will not join an All-Party Government. Fonseka further said that he is of the opinion that people’s…

LocalGayan Kumara WeerasingheTags: Print EditionPolice investigation teams suspect the killer of SLPP member of the Kotikawatta Mulleriyawa PS, Sumudu Rukshan and the person involved in the recent shooting at the Mount Lavinia Court…

LocalTags: Print EditionAn eight-member Committee has been appointed to propose recommendations on restructuring the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara said. He said the Committee is expected…