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LocalTags: Sri LankaTrainTrain services on the Main Line are reportedly delayed between Veyangoda and Gampaha due to a derailment of a train.   An express train departed from Rambukkana to Fort had derailed near the Veyangoda railway…

Law & OrderShavini MadharaTags: Print EditionThe Kesbewa Magistrate’s Court yesterday issued an order directing the Victims Protection Division to provide sufficient security to journalist Chamuditha Samarawickrama. The Magistrate…

LocalTags: Sri LankaCOVID19coronavirus60,434 people have received the Pfizer booster (third) dose on Thursday.   In total 6,301,292 people have been administered the Booster dose since October, said the Epidemiology Unit of the…

Law & OrderDilshan TharakaTags: Print EditionThe case filed against Samagi Jana Balawegaya MP Patali Champika Ranawaka and two others for an alleged motor accident that took place in 2016 at Rajagiriya, was fixed for further trial…

Law & OrderTags: Sri LankaThe Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar today acquitted former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando from all charges in connection with Easter Sunday attack case. He was accused on charges of failing to prevent…

WorldA view from the shelled kindergarten in Eastern Ukraine on Thursday.Tags: Print EditionUN: Tensions between Ukraine and Russia, which seemed to be easing, saw a fresh spike on Thursday with the United States warning that there is…

LocalTags: Water CutSri LankaThe National Water Supply and Drainage Board stated that a 36-hour water cut will be imposed to several areas in Colombo from 10am today (February 18) till 10pm tomorrow (February 19). Accordingly, water…

WorldThe latest situation in the Russia-Ukraine impasse. Tags: Print EditionUKRAINE: Early morning exchanges of fire between Kyiv’s forces and pro-Russian separatists – who have been at war for years and where a ceasefire is…

LocalTags: Sri LankaPresidentGotabaya RajapaksaPresident Gotabaya Rajapaksa made a sudden inspection visit to the Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority at Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha, Colombo 07 this morning (18). The purpose of the…

WorldTags: Print EditionBRUSSELS: Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio challenged Europeans on Thursday to remember there are "human beings on the other side" in Africa who have been left behind in the unequal global response to…