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President Ranil Wickremesinghe visited Male on Friday for the inauguration of the newly elected Maldivian President, Mohamed Muizzu. After warmly congratulating the new president, the Sri Lankan leader held talks with him on bilateral and multilateral issues, with the two countries being caught in the Indian Ocean geopolitical crossfires.

VAT net widens: Range of exempted items included

IRD officials claim Rs. 453 million as incentives, but Treasury to insist on targets first

China seeks permission for another vessel to visit Lanka

Tough new action against owners of poaching vessels

Suspect drug company involved in another scandal: Health Ministry collects details of patients

Life threats to Trincomalee businessman: Sinnathurai Kopalakrishnan not a suspect

Cricket controversy: A new bench, the 4th, to take up case tomorrow

Xi Jinping’s special envoy in Colombo

Furnace oil fiasco for CPC as CEB not drawing out expected quantities

The budget shatters expectations of relief, raises fears of more taxes

Child abuse gallops along with economic devastation

SC holds Ramzy’s arrest for calling an ‘ideological jihad’ a violation of his fundamental rights

SC vetoes anti-terrorism bill; ‘‘no definition for the term violent extremist religious ideology’’

Schools being asked to guard personal info from extortionists

Two-year-old boy drowns in swimming pool

Cyclonic conditions cause flooding in the North ahead of monsoon

Downpours cause death of one family, disrupt lives of more than 10,000

Indo-Lanka ferry service on choppy waters, hit by teething problems

Dengue patient count leaps past 63,500; 45 high risk areas identified

A close look at injuries and prevention

Sri Lanka agrees that to deal with plastic pollution, humanity must change