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LocalTags: Print EditionAustralian cricketers won the hearts of all Lankan cricket fans and the Lankan public in general for visiting our shores in these difficult times.Yesterday’s final match in the one day series although already…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe CID yesterday (24) questioned former Minister and Parliamentarian Johnston Fernando at length regarding the investigation into the attack on the Galle Face protesters. Fernando appeared before the CID…

LocalIrangika RangeTags: Print EditionAround 9,000 out of the total fleet of 18,000 private buses were in operation in the country currently with the issuance of fuel for private buses through SLTB depots,Lanka Private Bus Owners’…

LocalIrangika RangeTags: Print EditionThe Registration of Persons Department has planned to introduce new Unique Digital ID for all Sri Lankan citizens above 15 years. A Department spokesman said the digital identity card is set to…

LocalAsela KURULUWANSATags: Print EditionThe number of hospital admissions due to burn injuries caused by petrol has almost doubled, Colombo National Hospital’s Plastic Surgeon Dr. Gayan Ekanayake said. He said that storing petrol at…

LocalVinitha GamageHaltota Group CorrTags: Print EditionA man waiting at the Batagoda petrol station in Galpatha was found dead inside his vehicle yesterday morning. Anguruwathota police sources said the deceased has been identified as…

LocalRasula Dilhara GamageTags: Print EditionThe Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has sent a letter to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe requesting him to take immediate steps to stop the mega-scale Ilmenite mining in Mannar which is…

The Private Plaint filed by Mr. Keerthi Tennekoon (complainant) against Mr. Ajith Nivard Cabraal (respondent) was scheduled to be taken up on May 2, 2022 before Magistrate Harshana Kekunuwela at the Colombo Magistrate’s Court No. 4.…

Wants delegation to visit Russia, amend tiesLocalCamelia Nathaniel and Amali MallawaarachchiTags: Print EditionMP Wimal Weerawansa told Parliament yesterday that during the earlier Galle Face protest when several military trucks had…

LocalGayan Kumara WeerasingheTags: Print EditionPolice say the trend of stealing fuel from parked vehicles is on the rise. Intelligence officials have reported that drug addicts are increasingly stealing and selling fuel from vehicles…