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Suspicion of sabotage over blackout
Sunday, 13 March 2016 21:19Power supply has been restored to most areas following several hours of an island wide blackout.
Over-nutrition among urban schoolchildren
Sunday, 13 March 2016 16:36Children of school in urban areas are having over-nutrition, a health ministry survey has found.
‘No utopia, but ethical generation’
Sunday, 13 March 2016 15:01President Maithripala Sirisena says he is striving to create a clean political culture and an ethical future generation.
Breathalyzers imported from South Africa
Sunday, 13 March 2016 13:16Police have imported 50,000 breathalyzers from South Africa and distributed to 43 SSP divisions.
Mahinda to lose party membership if he attends 17th rally!
Sunday, 13 March 2016 13:11SLFP chairman, president Maithripala Sirisena has decided to suspend MP Mahinda Rajapaksa, if he attends the joint opposition rally organized by Basil Rajapaksa at Hyde Park on March 17, say SLFP sources.
Sri Lanka–Korea relations for mutual benefit
Sunday, 13 March 2016 12:55Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera, on an official visit to the Republic of Korea, expressed Sri Lanka’s commitment to further strengthen bilateral relations for mutual benefit.
‘Missing persons’ hearings in 3 more districts
Sunday, 13 March 2016 12:47The missing persons commission has decided to record evidence in Vavuniya, Mullaitivu and Mannar districts from March 25.
Accord citizenship to Sri Lankan Tamils living in camps: PUCL
Sunday, 13 March 2016 11:31The State government should initiate steps to accord citizenship to the inmates of Sri Lankan refugee camps, said R. Murali of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) here on Saturday.