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Amidst speculation of an impending general election, Thotalanga’s Nagalagam Veediya area was closed down this week after the detection of another Covid-19 patient. Wearing protective gear, health officials are seen testing other residents in the area. Pic by Lahiru Harshana

Elections: EC to get health certificate to go ahead

Courts to begin work tomorrow

Curfew in most districts to be relaxed from tomorrow

Rs. 24 billion for the needy and those who lost income

Western Province to be opened up on phased basis from early next month

Developing countries unlock key industries to safeguard earnings and jobs

Necessity is the mother of invention

Guidelines to help keep online sellers in check

CAA raids online business for price gouging

Fervent wishes for better times

Strong winds wreck more than 1,000 homes

Buses, trains on standby to resume service

A stitch in time that could save Lanka’s apparel industry

IRD says no new tax but easy payment method introduced

Foreign Ministry seeks additional funds from Treasury to assist Lankans stranded overseas

“Too early to comment on projects in SL after US decision to cut WHO funding”: WHO

Snail mail

Importers plead for help as lockdowns jam supply

Virus kicks a battered people in the stomach

Tea workers suffer a blow from the virus

Covid battle: Peradeniya dons give kiss of life to dying ventilators

United in grief, but alone inside their own homes

Guess what’s brewing in some Lankan kitchens?

Easter attack investigations must be credible and fair

German family stranded by curfew, unable to proceed

Monsoon coming, with an old health enemy lurking

A first-responder’s life and duty in virus-times

Mindfulness in these trying times

Pathetic plight of many zoos

Experts detail staggered exit strategy to open up SL & control COVID-19

Students in England ‘have fewer teaching hours than rest-of-UK peers’