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ArticleExcess­ive light­ing at Temple fest­ival in Jaffna leaves hun­dreds with vis­ion prob­lems

Hun­dreds of people have reportedly exper­i­enced vis­ion prob­lems fol­low­ing the use of excess­ively bright elec­tric lights as dec­or­a­tions at a temple in Jaffna. The incid­ent occurred dur­ing a fest­ival held at a Mur­ugan Temple in the...

ArticleFAKE BANKER, BIG FOOD ORDER, THEN THEFT: POLICE HUNT SUSPECT

ArticleOVER 80,000 PEOPLE IN THE LURCH WITHOUT DRINKING WATER DUE TO DRY SPELL

he cur­rent dry spell has left over 80,000 people belong­ing to 25,563 fam­il­ies without adequate drink­ing water, Min­is­ter of Envir­on­ment Dr Dham­mika Patabendi said yes­ter­day. The Min­is­ter told Par­lia­ment that 81,605 per­sons belong­ing...

ArticleSri Lanka’s mid-year oil bill trebles due to Middle East con­flict

By High­light­ing that Sri Lanka’s fuel bill had soared to US$ 3. 1 bil­lion dur­ing the first six months, com­pared to US$1. 1 bil­lion dur­ing the cor­res­pond­ing period in 2025, due to the con­flict in the Middle East, Prime Min­is­ter Har­ini...

ArticleOpen ver­dict on death of former Min­is­ter’s wife

Spe­ci­mens of the body of Thanuja Deshani Gun­ar­atne, the wife of former Min­is­ter Jagath Push­pak­u­mara, were obtained for fur­ther exam­in­a­tion by JMO Karap­itiya National Hos­pital Dr. Maduw­anthi Jay­asinghe, who per­formed the post­mortem...

ArticleVEN. HEMARATHANA THERA’S ENTRY TO COURTS COMPLEX

T he entry of former Anuradhapura Ata­mastha­nadipathi Ven. Pal­legama Hem­arath­ana Thera into the courts com­plex through the gate reserved for judges was ques­tioned by Anuradhapura Magis­trate Siyapath Pas­indu Wick­re­maratne, who ordered an...