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The two-day railway strike left thousands of commuters stranded with only a few trains being operated. This picture portrays the commotion and chaos with people getting even into the guard’s compartment and more pleading to get into it, because the rest of the train was packed to capacity. Pic by Priyanka Samaraweera

Sirisena may stay out of Presidential race

Cabinet approves four coal power plants, moves to reduce PUCSL’s authority

Train services normal from today, but strike threat still on track

CBK laments division and hatred in Sri Lanka

Plan to deport more than 8,000 visa overstayers

China’s Exim bank offers US$ 1 b for Central Expressway project

Opposition has its say, Govt. has its way

WHO post routine and for country, but Rs. 6.7mn spent on Rajitha’s show

State of emergency extended by one more month

Crash victim left to die on roadside: Threewheel driver arrested

Kalmunai satyagraha called off after assurances

Another Easter Sunday bomb blast victim dies

NCPA seeks donations to treat child victims of Easter Sunday blasts

Richard Pathirana’s wife passes away

Researcher pays dearly for Horton Plains native plants

Cigarette imports under fire: Health Minister warns of grave consequences

ECMO saves Chanduli’s life

Samaritan driver helps one trainload but thousands left in chaos

Conservation agencies should be under a single ministry, says former DWC DG

Sri Lanka’s political culture and the case of Kabir Hashim

Pick of the Pix

It could be resolved at next Party leaders’ meeting, though he was not consulted: Ranil

Rodney Perera assumes duties as Sri Lanka’s new Ambassador to the US

Flood of information on Zahran but somewhere there was a dam

Police probe reveals drug promotion through Facebook parties

Malnourished infant’s death leads to inquiry

Polonnaruwa residents turn to RTI over non-completion of highway

KMC meeting ends without solution to waste dump problem

Kandy councillor calls for Special General Meeting on the Colombo-Kandy highway

Up on the roof, solar concerns grow over tariff changes

Avant Garde ship captain still languishes in Sri Lanka; sick, but unable to return home

Greed, stupidity and endangered lives

Public banished from parking spaces to protect VIPs