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A motorist crashed into a showroom of a super market in Colombo yesterday. Though damage was caused to the car and the showroom, the driver and the employees escaped unhurt.  Pic by Nilan Maligaspe.

 

Activists in Air Force pyjamas

President says no more coal power

Same salary for ex-military personnel appointed to public service posts

Kerawalapitiya power plant: 40 percent of shares for US company

Lanka goes to IMF for US$ 800m

Internet services: Complaint mechanism underused

Jitters over electronic items on possible ban list

CPC proposes South Asian fuel hub in Trinco

Slight downward trend in cases – DG

New programme to assess student performance during pandemic

After COVID-19 recovery

Govt. plans to import sugar from India and dhal from Australia

‘We were told to remove signboards’

No nod from NMRA Expert Panel yet for Sinovac

Oh no not again! the internet is stuck

Flood, earth-slip warnings issued to several areas as heavy winds, rain wreak havoc

Police action against protestors: Unions express concern, PHIs deny they gave approval

BASL condemns Police actions as heavy-handed and unlawful

Give us a jab so we can do our job, industry bosses plead

North in the grip of armed gangs again

New police units to crack down on drug trafficking, extortion and crimes against children

Muslim rights groups welcome MMDA reforms; urge ministry to release the report

School mid-day meal programme: A victim of pandemic

Homegrown fertiliser output rises

Rajarata University researchers make strides in Rat Fever study

The crumbling lotus-shaped dagoba

Lake Gregory faces two-pronged attack

Air Force opens pet hospital

Pick of the Pix

Still no answers about X-Press Pearl damage

Enter the 7th Rajapaksa as pitched battles rage over crackdown on protesters

Come October, Govt. will sweep part-educated students into A/L exams

Kandy Esala Perahera from August 9 onwards, with COVID guidelines in mind

Health authorities say no to allowing general public at the Esala Perahera

Smuggling op from Maldives busted; electric items among goods seized