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Bombay being created in Sri Lanka for Ranbir-Anushka film
Anushka Sharma will start shooting for Anurag Kashyap's 'Bombay Velvet'. However, the film will not be shot in Mumbai, but in Sri Lanka. Reason being that the skyline of the island city has changed over the decades and the upcoming monsoon could affect the ...
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Sri Lanka opposition says government threatened to sack strikers
By Shihar Aneez and Ranga Sirilal COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's opposition parties and trade unions accused the government on Tuesday of threatening state employees with the sack if they took part in planned street protests against a sharp rise in electricity prices. Only a few hundred people joined the demonstrations, coordinated by the political opposition and trade unions, despite ...
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State Minister for Foreign Affairs Receives Sri Lankan Ambassador
Manama, May 21 (BNA)-- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Ghanim bin Fadhl Al-Buainin received today Sri Lankan Ambassador to Bahrain Anura Mudiyanselage Rajakuruna. They discussed bilateral relations and issues of common interest. A O Q BNA 1753 GMT ...
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Exit lane on Colombo-Kandy road closed due to construction
The exit lane of the Colombo-Kandy road from the Bandaranaike roundabout to the end of the Kelani bridge will be temporarily closed from 8pm today (May 21) to 6am tomorrow ...
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Welegedaras chances improve for Champions Trophy
Chanaka Welegedara 's prospects of traveling to England for the Champions Trophy have improved, after a scan on his landing foot and ankle revealed no breaks or fractures. He has not been fully cleared however, and will be assessed in the next two days before a final call is made on whether he can join the touring squad, which departs on Sunday. Welegedara left the field in pain after ...
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Lankan kills 3 family members then himself
A 48-year-old Sri Lankan settled in Chennai killed his mother, wife and daughter by slitting their throats before committing suicide by jumping in front of a suburban train near Pazhavanthangal on Tuesday morning. His friends said the man was in debt.C Sundaresan came to Chennai from Sri Lanka 30 years ago and was settled in Thillai Ganga Nagar near Adambakkam. He ran a travel agency and owned ...
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Kandamby Dilruwan help Rest of Sri Lanka lift trophy
Rest of Sri Lanka 205 (Kandamby 65*, Thirimanne 51, Gunathilaka 4-30) beat Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI 129 (Herath 3-16, Dilruwan 3-36) by 76 ...
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Rights group criticises Sri Lanka’s rights record
An international human rights group said today that respect for basic rights and liberties has declined in Sri Lanka in the four years since the government defeated separatist Tamil rebels to end a civil ...
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Trade unions say strike a success Govt says otherwise
A large number of opposition trade unions today staged a token strike demanding that the government to revoke the controversial electricity tariff increase. The Coordinating Committee for Trade Union Alliance stated that over 900 trade unions and 15 political parties joined in the much-hyped strike action.President of the National Trade Union Centre (NTUC) and former JVP MP, K.D. Lal Kantha, ...
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Fitch Rates Sri Lankas Melsta Regal Finance A+Stable
Slow Progress on GAAP and IFRS Convergence; Optionality for Impairments Increases Significant differences will remain between the GAAP and IFRS accounting standards in 2013, although cooperation and progress continues on some remaining joint projects, according to Fitch Ratings. The pipeline of new standards promises increasing commonality between the two platforms over coming years. Progress ...
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Only Congress genuinely interested in Tamils welfare Narayanasamy
Indian Minister V Narayanasamy today said that only the Congress party ...
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Powerful group behind missing oil shipment - Tissa
UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake today claimed that a ship carrying fuel designated for Sri Lanka is reportedly lost at sea and that he ...
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Get Kachatheevu back from Sri Lanka Jaya to PM
Voicing concern over attacks on Indian fishermen, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday asked the Centre to take urgent steps for retrieval of Katchatheevu islet, ceded to Sri Lanka in 1974, besides redrawing the International Maritime Boundary ...
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Post-war Sri Lanka – where the victim is the culprit
by Ranga Jayasuriya ( May 21, 2013, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) One should make no apologies to celebrate the victory over one of the most egregious terrorist groups that ever walked the earth. On the sunny Saturday morning, tanks rolled on the Galle Face Green, Kafir interceptors flew overhead and the Navy gunboats paraded in the adjacent sea on the fourth anniversary of Victory Day. ...
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Jayalalithaa renews demand for retrieval of Kachatheevu
Voicing concern over attacks on Indian fishermen, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today asked the Centre to take urgent steps for the retrieval of Katchatheevu islet, ceded to Sri Lanka in 1974, besides redrawing the International Maritime Boundary Line.The 1974 Agreement signed between India and Sri Lanka had determined Katchatheevu as a part of Sri Lanka, and it was ceded by the Indian Government ...
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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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