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LocalTags: Print EditionNearly 5,000 pilgrims from Northern and Eastern parts of the country are arriving at Kataragama using jungle routes through Yala National Park for the Esala festival to be held at Ruhunu Maha Kataragama Devalaya…

LocalBimal JayasingheBandaragama Corr.Tags: Print EditionA freak accident killed a seven year old girl who was riding her bicycle inside her home garden in Moragahahena when a speeding car crashed through her closed garden gate and…

LocalundefinedTags: Print EditionSri Lanka Railways Station Masters’ Union yesterday suspended their 48-hour trade union action following the discussion held with Sri Lanka Railways General Manager Dhammika Jayasundara. Railway station…

LocalM.P. KumaraKotadeniyawa Group Corr.Tags: Print EditionA railway security guard was killed when he was thrown out of a moving train after two drunken train passengers kicked him following an argument on Friday night, Police said.…

LocalTags: Print EditionTwo men who were waiting in fuel queues in Kinniya and Pelawatte have died yesterday (July 22), One of the deceased, a 59-year-old died while waiting in a queue in Kinniya while the other, 64, died in a queue at…

LocalTags: Print EditionSri Lanka’s annual inflation jumped to an all-time high of 54.6 percent in June of 2022 from 29.8 percent the previous month. It was the highest inflation rate ever recorded and the seventh consecutive…

LocalTags: Print EditionPresident elect Ranil Wickremesinghe alighted from his car while leaving Parliament yesterday (20) after being elected as the eighth Executive President of the country to thank the security forces and the police…

LocalSubashini SenanayakeTags: Print EditionGalle Face protesters yesterday said that the new President Ranil Wickremesinghe will be sent home within a month. The protesters at a press conference held at Galle Face after the new…

LocalGayan Kumara WeerasingheTags: Print EditionThe Criminal Investigation Department has decided to expedite the investigation into the arson attack on President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s private residence on July 9. Department sources…

LocalCamelia Nathaniel and Amali MallawaarachchiTags: Print EditionTwo Members were given the opportunity to vote ahead of their turn in Parliament yesterday during the vote taken to elect a successor President as they were ill. Sri…