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President Maithripala Sirisena and India’s High Commissioner Taranjit Singh Sandhu performing Yoga exercises at Independence Square
yesterday to mark the Fourth International Day of Yoga. The event was organized by the Indian High Commission and the Swami Vivekananda Centre, Colombo. Pic by Indika Handuwala

Cleanup of Beira Lake and its environs on July 21, 22

India expresses concern over huge Chinese housing project in NE

Lanka disallows entertainment island near Hambantota Port

Uncertainty over timing of PC elections

Committees say postal and SLAS officers’ demands will cost billions

Mangala: Enterprising Sri Lanka programme will fast forward economic development

WIPO unveils Kirinde masterpiece to honour Lakshman Kadirgamar

Immigration Officer nabbed with 60 Gold biscuits valued over Rs 60m

Govt. names five new Ambassador designates

SAITM crisis: KDU operation successful

Asgiriya Anunayake urges critics not to misinterpret his sermon

Motor Traffic Dept’s approval necessary for vehicle imports

Visiting Norwegian State Foreign Minister laments US withdrawal from UNHRC

Sangha courts mooted to deal with convicted monks

Rundown Soysa Building in Slave Island to be pulled down, facade to be replicated

Muddled electric vehicle plans running on low battery

Kataragama seven in the net for Kiri Vehera shooting

Gangster gunned down after Matara jewellery shop raid

Driver’s speed and fatigue took life of Aussie mum and child

Deceased shot from behind at close range: JMO

Mob-style leopard killing – Lanka’s day of shame

Hunt on for large leopard in Nuwara Eliya

Parliament debates human-wildlife conflict as death toll rises

Postal strike continues to stamp its disruption on public services

Spoon-billed Sandpiper found in Sri Lanka!

Deaths piling up at level crossings

Rural talent to the fore as BPO goes to the villages

Pick of the Pix

Schoolboy attacked and killed by fellow students

Colombo’s cluttered pavements