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With the dengue epidemic continuing to surge, public hospitals are packed to capacity as seen in this ward at the Fever Hospital. Forty-two beds have been put in a ward that normally has 32 but every bed is shared by two patients. Pic by Indika Handuwala.

Aloysius distillery: Finance Ministry asked to show cause

CID action against those provoking religious or ethnic tension

Rice shock: 40 percent drop in production, huge imports soon

Bid to bomb Mecca’s Grand Mosque foiled

GMOA suspends strike, claims President agreed to demands

New laws to check multiple voting by the displaced

Dr. Kelgama’s funeral tomorrow

Talks collapse, postal unions to strike from Tuesday

Heavy rain in the next 2 days: Met Dept

Indo-Sri Lanka talks to release more Indian boats

Qatar embassy assures Sri Lanka

RTI progress assessed: Appeals heard and info relased disclosed

Celebrating a deep sense of fellowship and co-existence

Batticaloa declared mine-free, but 26 mn square metres still to be cleared in 9 districts

Revolting episode in law enforcement, SC slams police in FR case ruling

Puttalam, a parched land

OMP Act Amendment passed unanimously in Parliament

Govt. waste deep in its (mis)management and disposal

‘Operations Room’ to monitor city and suburbs of Colombo

Matara-Beliatta railway track: Chinese contractor, Lankan engineers’ union trade barbs

Trump’s unravelling Korea policy

War footing against dengue

Dengue infections soaring inland amid floods, drought destruction

Multiple gay partners, unsafe sex give rise to more HIV cases among men

The battle to keep Sinhala alive in an American University

A vaccination to prevent cervical cancer

Tough new campaign to remove unauthorised structures on beaches

Abusive operators of decrepit buses set to exact high price, again

Tortoise catch sheds light on another front in criminal wildlife trade

Three-wheelers operate dodgy meters, but debate heats up on fare increase

Waratenna-Hakkinda declared an EPA after long fought battle by environmentalists

Southern Province on alert for pharmacies hit by floods selling drugs

Nepali monks help Kaduwela flood victims

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