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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…

Discussion held at the Presidential Secretariat on Thursday :LocalTags: Print EditionA discussion was held at the Presidential Secretariat on Thursday (1) under the patronage of President’s Senior Adviser on National Security and Chief of…

* No one had been at home at the time* He was frothing, had temperatureLocalBandaragama Bimal JayasingheTags: Print EditionPiliyandala police said that a 17-year-old student who had been stuck inside a car parked opposite his house for more…

LocalS.DeeyagahageSouthern roving corr.Tags: Print EditionThe Habaraduwa police said that the driver of a three-wheeler and a Russian woman who was travelling in it were killed on the spot when the three-wheeler collided with the Rajarata…

LocalShavini MadharaTags: Print EditionThe Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) yesterday informed the Colombo Additional Magistrate Ranjindra Jayasuriya that an investigation has been launched to arrest the suspects involved in the organized…