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Taking off their shirts and wearing traditional white veshtis, the bare-chested men, carrying trays laden with fruit and puja offerings, entered the temple. Nothing unusual because that’s the practice at the Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil, a temple near Jaffna in Sri Lanka. But the man who dressed as a devotee and led the others into the […]
Reports that Sri Lanka’s Fisheries Minister Douglas Devananda has taken up the long-standing fishers’ issue involving neighbouring.
By Shiran Ranasinghe Laugfs is ready to import high quality LPG if the government allows it to open necessary Letters of Credit (LCs), Chairman of the company, W. K. H. Wegapitiya told The Island. Sri Lankans consumed about 45,000 to 50,000 metric tonnes of gas a month, he said, noting that his company had the […]
By Rathindra Kuruwita Heavy rains in the upcountry have had a devastating impact on the supply of vegetables, Prashan Rajapakshe, Manager – Welisara economic Centre says. Rajapaksa told the media yesterday that Nuwara Eliya had been experiencing torrential rains for three months almost continuously and that had reduced the quality and quantity of the agricultural […]
By Rathindra Kuruwita The threat posed by COVID-19 was not over and authorities should be vigilant during the coming festive season, Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) General Committee Member, Dr. Prasad Kolabage said yesterday. Dr. Kolabage said that the Omicron variant was spreading across the world and that Sri Lanka too had detected several cases. […]