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Shenali D. Waduge The most powerful single factor in the development of Sri Lanka has been Buddhism evidence of which is available through 2300 years of predominantly Buddhist governance. The status quo changed only with the arrival of Western colonials in 1505 ruling, plundering and removing Buddhism from its foremost place among religions in the conquered territories of Sri Lanka, for ...
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Emirates increases Flights to Colombo from June 30
WAM DUBAI, 23 May, 2013 -- Emirates, will increase capacity on its services to Colombo from next month with the addition of three more flights per week. The addition of three more services, which will operate between Dubai and Colombo on Mondays, Thursdays and Sundays, will increase the number of flights between the two cities to four each day on those days, and take the total number of ...
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VIDEO Govt resorting to usual ploy of sticking LTTE label - UNP
UNP MPs Ruwan Wijewardene, Harin Fernando and Western Provincial Councilor Harshana Rajakaruna addressing a press conference in Colombo today (23). Pic by - Sanjeewa ...
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One lane closed from Punchi Borella to Maradana
One lane from Punchi Borella to Maradana has been temporarily closed for traffic due to a protest, organized by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) against the electricity tariff hike. Protestors are currently marching from Punchi Borella to Colombo Fort, demanding the government to immediately revoke the recent tariff ...
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Australia sends back more Sri Lankans
A further 31 Sri Lankan irregular maritime arrivals are being returned to Colombo after failing to meet ...
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Sri Lanka eyes per capita income of $4000 by 2016
Sri Lanka's per capita income has grown to $2923, and the country has positioned itself to become a commercial hub in Asia in 2016, with a per capita income of US dollars ...
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Emirates set to add more Sri Lanka flights
Emirates Airline has announced plans to increase capacity on its services to Sri Lanka from June 30, with the addition of three more flights per ...
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Sri Lankan shares hit 19-month high lifted by large caps
COLOMBO, May 23 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares climbed to a 19-month high on Thursday, bucking the regional trend, as investors encouraged by an interest rate cut this month piled into large caps. The main stock index rose 0.42 percent, or 27.23 points, to close at 6,488.85, its highest since 14 Oct, 2011. The market shut early to mark a Buddhist religious holiday. Both stocks and currency ...
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No attempts to arrest UNP MPs - Police
Police today said that there is no attempt to arrest parliamentarians of the United National Party (UNP) in connection with the ...
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Sri Lanka hails Indian housing assistance
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has welcomed a whopping Rs 1,372 crore Indian housing assistance programme to build around 4000 homes in the country's eastern province. The housing assistance programme is one of the largest grant assistance projects implemented by India outside the country. Sri ...
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Bus topples injuring 15 in Welimada
At least 15 passengers were injured and hospitalized after a bus veered off the road and toppled in Balagala, Welimada this morning. Police said a private bus traveling from Pannalawela to Welimada was involved in the accident which occurred at around 6.30am today.The wounded persons have been admitted to the Welimada Hospital for ...
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The Elders slam Sri Lanka for lacking reconciliation
'The Elders', a council of retired global leaders led by Desmond Tutu has slammed Sri Lanka, based on its report, for lacking post-war reconciliation. They also expressed their disappointment over its slow pace of improvement in allowing "proper media reporting". "The ongoing persecution and disappearances of human rights activists, journalists and government opponents ...
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China to lend $580 million for Sri Lanka development projects
China Development Bank Corporation will lend $580 million to Sri Lanka to help implement key infrastructure projects, a government document released on Wednesday showed.The loan will bring ...
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All Share Price Index crosses 6500 mark
The All Share Price Index (ASPI) of the Colombo Stock Exchange crossed the 6,500 mark a short while ago. The index has gone up by over 30% since July 2012, according o market ...
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Man held with 14 illegal firearms
Navagattegama Police have arrested a suspect along with 14 illegal locally manufactured firearms. The arrest was made at around 8.30pm last night after police received information that the suspect, a resident of Kuruketiyawa in Navagattegama, uses the weapons to frequently hunt wild animals. Navagattegama Police are conducting investigations to uncover who had manufactured all the fire ...
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Devolution Sri Lankas defence and security
by Dr Dayan Jayatilleka ( May 23, 2013, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Prof G.H. Peiris in his latest response (‘The Case against the Thirteenth Amendment’, The Island Midweek Review, May 22-23, 2013) to my article in The Island of 15th May 2013, argues that the distribution of ethnicity renders the district rather than the province the more suitable unit of devolution if ...
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Low turnout in Sri Lankan strike reflects no confidence in the unions and opposition
Despite growing opposition among workers to President Mahinda Rajapakse's assault on living standards and democratic rights, there was only limited participation in a one-day general strike on Tuesday. The low turnout expressed the deep distrust among broad layers of workers in the trade unions and official opposition parties, which called the strike action.The stoppage was limited to a ...
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Sri Lankan smallholders abandon tea for cinnamon
Sri Lankan tea smallholders, who account for nearly 70 per cent of Sri Lanka's tea production, said they wanted to shift to planting cinnamon as they were incurring huge losses due to the non-availability of fertilizer and the recent wage hike. Several tea smallholders have already made the shift. Two members of the Tea Factory Owners' Association said that their fertilizer go-downs ...
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Kelaniya PS Chairman assaulted
The Chairman of the Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha, Prasanna Ranaweera has been admitted to the Kiribathgoda Hospital following an alleged assault which took place this morning, Ada Derana reporter ...
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Sri Lanka pile up 425 India 280
Thilan Samaraweera made an unbeaten 137 as Sri Lanka piled up 425 in their first innings against India on the second day of the third cricket Test here ...
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UN intervenes in land issue in Sri Lanka
Head of the United Nations Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Agnes Asekenye-Oonyu, on Tuesday flew to Palaly, where she discussed the issue with Security Forces Commander, Jaffna, Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe. Asekenye-Oonyu was accompanied by the deputy head of the mission, Mark Prasopa-Plaizier. Authoritative sources ...
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Sri Lankans held in Europe human smuggling raids
(2 mins ago) Europol said 18 people, mostly Sri Lankans, were arrested in joint police raids in Britain and France on suspicion of being part of a human trafficking ring that smuggled South Asian immigrants into Britain. ';During the joint operation, 11 suspects were arrested in the UK and seven in France. All persons arrested, except [for] one Dutch national, were of Sri Lankan ...
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Sri Lanka Ganeshan Nimalaruban Case
The Fundamental Rights case of Ganeshan Nimalaruban was taken before the Supreme Court yesterday.The Bench consisted of: Mohan Peiris CJ, P. A Ratnayake PC J and S Hettige J.In the course of submissions by the petitioner's lawyers, Chief Justice Mohan Peiris made the following remarks:"When the prison is under siege do you want the prisons commissioner have to read to them the ...
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Emirates to Increase Colombo Service Frequency
Emirates will increase capacity on its services to Colombo from June 30, with the addition of three more flights per week from Dubai.The additional three services, which will operate between Dubai and Colombo on Mondays, Thursdays and Sundays, will increase the number of flights between the two cities to four each day on those days, and take the total number of weekly Emirates flights ...
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Uganda studying Lanka’s free health system
Nadira Gunatilleke A delegation from Uganda is in Sri Lanka to obtain first hand experience and for consultations with Sri Lankan health authorities to establish a free health service in Uganda, a Health Ministry spokesman said. The spokesman said the seven member Ugandan team will study how Sri ...
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Sri Lanka sees major tourism industry investment
Sri Lanka’s tourism industry, especially the cruising scene, is getting back on its feet following the war, with significant interest being shown by major cruise lines wanting to schedule Sri Lankan ports on Indian Ocean Cruises, while the local yachting scene is seeing exciting growth and a local cruise industry may be emerging from infancy.
Sri Lanka, following the long and devastating civil war, which lasted around two and a half decades, is now making renewed attempts to redevelop its tourist industry. The industry is extremely import to the economy of Sri Lanka and is a vital part of the country’s access to foreign currency reserves, but saw marked declines in tourist arrivals during periods in which the ongoing civil war was perceived to be increasing in intensity and violence. Read more
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