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Chinese officials are seen preparing for the signing of the Hambantota port deal at the Ministry of Ports and Shipping in Colombo yesterday. Pic by Indika Handuwala

Hambantota port deal signed; minority stake for SLPA in both new companies

CoI calls for details of Perpetual’s new companies and dealings

Maldives seeks seat in UN Security Council, unseats its own MPs

Petroleum unions hit out at President

Intermittent daytime power cuts to continue

11-hour water cut in Gampaha District today

A young lawyer-to-be and schoolgirl succumb to dengue

Dengue: Cleaning campaign in schools every Sunday

Danger of landslide: 21 families evacuated from Uma Oya project area

Govt. calls tenders to build second refinery of 100,000 bpd

Roads’ end for major projects: RDA seeks Rs. 60b more

Roads’ end for major projects: RDA seeks Rs. 60b more

CEB, PUCSL wires cross over long term power generation

A cool dip after a long walk

Pilgrims’ rest in India: Controversy over Ravi’s move

A honeymooning couple’s hearts go out to injured stray

Academics seek quick end to SAITM saga

Doctors need both a qualification and a licence to practise

Oil worker strike hobbles economic activity, ignites public rage

Strike disease spreads heartbreak at hospitals

Fishing net may have killed dugong and calf

Danger of landslide: 21 families evacuated from Uma Oya project area

Another Tusker expected from Myanmar, but not in time for Esala Perahera

Cocaine in cargo puts Lanka’s sugar importers in a jam

Judge Illancheliyan refutes police claim he was not the target

Don’t import rice, ample stocks, says farmer association

Old habits die hard: Change the trade union culture

Judicial integrity and legal delays topical at ceremony for new Appeal Court judges

Stories from a parched land

Ocean-going jumbos possibly disoriented

Public urged to boycott polythene and help traditional bag weavers

PALMYRAH GOODS PITCHED IN COLOMBO

Pick of the Pix

A China card for West Asia stability