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Law & OrderDilshan TharakaTags: Print EditionThe Colombo High Court yesterday fixed the case filed against former Western Province Governor Azath Salley for allegedly making a controversial statement at a press conference that…

The Anglican Church yesterday questioned the government as to why blanket prohibition retains on the opening of churches and places of religious observances while permitting schools, clubs, gyms and restaurants and cinemas to open…

“Army Amila”, a close associate of Chaminda Rohana Manju alias ‘Kalu Sagara’, has been arrested by the Police Special Task Force. He was arrested during a raid carried out in the Danketiya area in Tangalle based on a tip-off. At…

Law & OrderShavini MadharaDematagoda Ruwan Tags: Print EditionColombo Chief Magistrate Buddhika Ragala yesterday rejected the bail application filed by the notorious drug dealer Ruwan Chamila Prasanna alias ‘Dematagoda Ruwan’. The…

An alms giving was held yesterday (19) in front of the Sanda Hiru Seya to the Maha Sangha who arrived from many areas of the country. The Maha Sangha included the Anu Nayaka Theras of the Tri-Nikayas. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa with…

All the MPs who participated in the Samagi Jana Balawega (SJB) protest in Colombo recently should be subjected to a PCR test, the Minister of Tourism and Aviation Prasanna Ranatunga said in Parliament today (19). The Minister…

Law & OrderDilshan TharakaTags: Print EditionThe Colombo Commercial High Court yesterday extended the enjoining order issued against Qingdao Seawin Biotech Chinese Company, its local agent Chelina Capital Corporation and the…

Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka Prof. G. L. Peiris called on Prime Minister Shaika Hasina at her office in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Minister Prof. Peiris briefed the Prime Minister of Bangladesh on Sri Lanka’s success in containing the…

World(File photo) Flames burn from a ventilation shaft above the Pike River mine on November 30, 2010, where 29 miners are fatally trapped, in Greymouth, New Zealand. Tags: Print EditionNEW ZEALAND: More than a decade after a methane…

BusinessBIMSTEC Secretary General Tenzin Lekphell pays a courtesy call on Foreign Minister Prof. Peiris in DhakaTags: Print EditionForeign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris held discussions with Secretary General Tenzin Lekphell of the Bay of…