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While people were preparing to celebrate Christmas on Tuesday, it was a floody hell in some areas of the war-affected Mullaitivu district. Friday’s floods caused heavy damage and our picture shows soldiers joining civilians in rescue and relief operations. Pic by Loha Thayalan

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UNF negotiates for 32-member Cabinet

PC elections: Polls chief to make final appeal to resolve deadlock

Political turmoil hits cancer hospital supplies

Sri Lankan staffer accuses senior UN official of sexual harassment

School uniform vouchers to be given from January 2

Coal plant: Kalpitiya women have dangerously high mercury level

CIABOC launches probes on crossover bribes

CMC passes surplus budget; Mayor spells out 2019 programme

25 new President’s Counsel to take oaths next month

Tensions rise in Kotagala as estate workers block main road

Heavy rains slash the North; more than 10,000 affected by floods

Rs. 1 billion spent on disaster responses this year: DMC

Season of mists and sneezes

VoA passed amidst light-hearted banter between Govt. and Opposition members

Here they are: Cabinet, non cabinet ministers, state ministers and deputy ministers

Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith calls on politicians to uphold the dignity of the poor

Christmas messages stress the need for peace, unity and just society

‘People forgot Christmas because of politics’: Pettah traders’ lament

From war-torn east to Cambridge to pursue his research on cancer therapy

Lanka hugely vulnerable to climate crises: Report

More powers, extra time given to SriLankan probe commission

UHC aims to give quality health for all

Changing the political culture – beyond the March 12 Declaration

Pick of the Pix

Big power vessels in Colombo port: Christmas rendezvous with Sri Lanka Navy

Tsunami’s ‘Baby 81’ dreams of being a doctor

Beware of unhygienic foods

Kandy MC budget suffers historic defeat

Recent drug seizure again highlights close link between foreign traffickers and local dealers