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With the number of dengue cases rising, PHIs and other officials who visit households to carry out inspections are not always welcome. Here officials in Beruwala are seen talking to householders through a closed gate. Pic by Sarath Siriwardane.

Adding fuel to the pandemonium

Trump’s nuke deal pullout impacts President’s Iran visit

Fuel prices to be reviewed every two months

Lankan born Tanya triggers sex-abuse probe in US

Dutch company gets large contract for groundwater monitoring

Central Expressway phase 1 delayed; RDA seeks Govt. intervention to secure loan

President’s chief-of-staff bribery scam: Kantale investor pleads for release of factory

CEB Engineers Union continuing work-to-rule may see unlicensed PUCSL power plants shutting down

Free ambulance service for whole country under new foundation

CWC May Day rally turns N’Eliya into a garbage dump

3 fire-fighting units battle raging fire at Hameedia storage facility in Ratmalana

Special police op nets in 2051 suspects islandwide

Milco’s dairy farmers crying over delayed fresh milk payments

OMP holds first consultation with families of missing people in Mannar

Cabinet approves new electricity policy with a “firm energy mix”

GMOA, SACS each to its own while agreeing to Govt.’s proposal

Academics raise questions over non-appointment of ‘vocal’ members to Jaffna Uni. Council

Existing Laws sufficient to arrest law’s delays if used properly: Samayawardhena J

Floating lifeline to rescue dying Bar Reef

Chain reaction of CoL increases coming from fuel price hike

RTI law: One year track record impressive, but long way to go

Panel discussions: A guiding light to transparency in governance

Beauty and the beast

On the trail of tramadol abuse

Govt. should stop stealing baby diapers

Researchers warn of harmful bacteria in unhygienic salted fish

Solution to the ethnic problem through constitutional reforms: It’s time to seize the moment

Maligawa funds for Eastern Province Viharas

Hard labour on Workers’ Day

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