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A pensioner in a pensive mood outside a Sub Post Office at Kottukachchiya in the Puttalam district: He was unable to draw his monthly pension because postal workers are continuing their strike for the second week. Pic by Hiran Priyankara Jayasinghe

RTI Commission orders SriLankan to disclose VIP salaries

Assurance from President: Medical specialists put off strike plans

RTI exposure reveals US$ 8.2 billion loans from China during past 12 years

Lakvijaya’s Unit 1 under-powered for half the time since 2015

Eid-ul-Fitr festival prayers in Colombo

New guidelines for the procurement of goods and services gazetted

President’s Media Unit on request to UK envoy

Big LNG projects secured by China, Japan and India

SLC backs team against allegations of “any wrongdoing” in West Indies

SLAS seeks huge new allowance to attract top level graduates

SAITM solution: KDU Special Provision Bill to be debated on Wednesday

Crippling postal strike has the govt. sidestepping

Bullets for a chief monk: Gun justice on the rise

Bug-infested nebuliser solution not linked to child deaths

Gnanasara Thera’s Appeal to be taken up next week

Bribes for forged Appointment Letters in National schools

Ragging shuts down faculties with dons impotent to stop abuse

Bill to set up Amaradeva Centre to be introduced in Parliament soon

Artistes debunk Govt.’s 14% Withholding tax withdrawal

Safety rules sans penalties finally, after three-wheelers kill hundreds

Environmentalist outlines steps to ensure Sinharaja elephants remain in the Rainforest

Monster project swallows Rs. 1.3bn in compensation

Norwegian researchers sail in to probe fishing stocks

Pick of the Pix

Stray-dog menace at Kalubowila Hospital

This school lacks facilities

Galle lawyers reject wasteful, multi-billion rupee court idea

Chaotic bus terminal gives way to Kandy transport plan

Scaffolding collapse causes damage to art shop