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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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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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