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Hundreds of dancers representing the Up-Country, Low-Country and Sabaragamuwa dancing traditions along with caparisoned elephants were part of the annual Gangarama Temple Navam Perahera that ended last night. Pix by Indika Handuwala

No water, no votes

Urgent moves to avert power-cuts

High-powered delegation to Geneva

Action plan for disabled people

Gamani Corea leaves estate exceeding Rs. 1.5 billion

New move to settle land disputes in North, East

Narada won’t go despite concerns

Vehicle buyers taken for a ride on doctored registration papers

Garment factory employee, 19, ‘steamed’ to death at workplace

The need to develop local dairy farming

Lalith W: Accountability and reconciliation are two parallel tracks that won’t meet

Wallapatta agarwood the new illegal million-rupee racket

Arbitrary, ad hoc Law College decisions enrage students

Mixed signals on recruitment of female domestics for overseas jobs

Higher Education Ministry seeks wider powers despite President cancelling related gazette notification

Road terror: The wheels of death claim 6 lives a day

More than 20 additives to food items to be banned from July 1

Ruling party leading offenders in poll violence and violations

‘White-vanned’ man released after protest

Taxes go up in flames as SLAF copter help costs Rs.260,000 an hour

Raids find food workers unaware of safety regulations

Police quiz NSSP leader over bogus names in nomination list

Engine drivers’ strike to continue with retired personnel poised to operate trains

Nobody is talking about regime change in Sri Lanka: British High Commissioner

Colombo schools threatened with action over dengue

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Facebook fiasco: Principals not taught lessons

A few precautionary steps could keep robbers at bay

Fugitive murderer arrested 17 years after jail break

Anoja Wijesekera to be our woman in Indonesia

3 nabbed for alleged theft of injections, medicine valves from Cancer Hospital

Alleged people smuggler with past record refused bail

SL agent of Lankan domestic fleeing Kuwaiti employer accused of repeatedly raping her

Why the US is keen to support women in Sri Lanka