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This week the Police searched for underaged children employed as domestic aides. The employment of children below 16 years is illegal.
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At last the AstraZeneca vaccine has come

Oman shows interest in SLAF HQ land and Chalmer’s Granary

Former Solicitor General was interdicted on distorted and doctored tape recording

RTIC rules MPs’ educational qualifications must be disclosed, but no MP has given details

AstraZeneca second dose to be given from today

Upsurge in COVID deaths and cases, but Govt. wants normal work from tomorrow

Minister Weerasekera loses two key institutions

Plane from Russia brings Delta variant to China; fourteeen provinces hit

Police provide polythene separators

KDU running on borrowings: National Audit Office

Aussie Lankans’ donations flow for COVID project sans politicos back home

Ranawaka’s Contempt of Court Bill: Justice Minister says Govt. will announce its stance soon

Tug o’ war over Wayamba’s new medical unit

Some 20,000 Jaffna district families left out of housing schemes

Lanka receives 728,000 doses of Japan’s AstraZeneca vaccine

20 more occupations to be off limits for children

Death of Bathiudeen residence domestic: AG’s Dept. raises suspicions over scene of the crime

Second autopsy: Focus on sex abuse

Tour operator held liable for tourist raped in Club Bentota Hotel

Moragahakanda project at a standstill; iron rods cut down to pay workers

SLAF takes Kanugahawewa model village sky high in months

Ring around the sun a marvel if not a miracle

Health officials encounter maskless masses in drive to vaccinate housebound elders

Red flags over COVID-19 spread

Immune responses to one dose of COVISHIELD

Most vulnerable when eating as the mask is off – so eat alone in an open space

Take Delta seriously, plead national experts, while giving a systematic course of action

Hyacinth Wijeratne dies in Lindula van plunge

Pick of the pix

Lumbini replica fast becoming wild base

Will polythene ban stick this time, ask twice-shy makers

Grant our wishlist or we’ll disrupt exams: Teachers

Police guard at Sathosa outlet after liquor dispute

Raid in Kalpitiya by Puttalam fisheries officials; illegal cage nets seized