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Tata Coffee opens extraction unit at Tamil Nadus Theni
Bangalore, June 19 : Asia's largest plantation firm Tata Coffee Wednesday unveiled its premium extraction plant at Theni near Madurai in Tamil Nadu to process the beans into freeze dried powder for exports to global ...
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Sri Lanka will fight - Mathews
Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews on Wednesday vowed that his fighting team were prepared to put recent history behind them when they face India in the semifinals of the Champions ...
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Sri Lankas Mathews vows fight against India
CARDIFF, United Kingdom (AFP) - Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews on Wednesday vowed that his "fighting team" were prepared to put recent history behind them when they face India in the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy.Thursday's match in Cardiff is a repeat of the 2011 World Cup final, which India won by six wickets in Mumbai despite a superb century from Sri Lanka's ...
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Teams fret more over rain than familiar opponents
at The Oval , there were plenty of non-Australians cheering them on, just so that the cricket world will be spared yet another India-Sri Lanka ODI. In the last five years, the two sides have met a mind numbing 44 times in ODIs, and will face off again in a tri-series in the Caribbean starting next week. The teams are so familiar with each other and their strategies that MS Dhoni said: "You ...
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Familiar foes India and Sri Lanka in semi-final shootout
Cardiff: Some will roll their eyes at the thought of another India v Sri Lanka ODI contest, but for the two teams set to clash on Thursday in Cardiff the second semi-final of the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy is a huge game. In fact, it is the biggest they've played in the 50-over format since April 2, 2011 when India beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in Mumbai to lift the World Cup. The winners ...
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Student arrested for stabbing female lecturer
A law student of the Open University Colombo who stabbed a female lecturer was arrested by Mirihana Police today. The student who is also a medical doctor is said to have stabbed his lecturer when the latter had refused to accept his assignment after the due date, police said. The victim Yashodhara Kadiragamarthambi, Head of Open University Law Faculty had been admitted to National Hospital ...
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Sri Lanka rupee up on exporter dlr sales depreciation pressure remains
COLOMBO, June 19 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's rupee edged up on Wednesday due to late dollar sales by exporters on thin volume, with the central bank not intervening in the currency market, but depreciation pressure on the rupee still remains a concern, said dealers. "The rupee ended firmer due to last-minute dollar sales by exporters and foreign banks," a currency dealer said on ...
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Two killed and 70 injured as bus carrying children falls into precipice
Two persons were killed while seventy others were injured when a bus carrying school children had fallen into a precipice at the Seeta Eliya area in Nuwara-Eliya, police ...
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13A is administratively a white elephant - Lalith Weeratunga
Speaking to the public in a live Twitter interview, Secretary to the President, Lalith Weeratunga stated that the 13A must be viewed from the angle of the citizen and it was no secret that through 22 years of experience administratively it is a white ...
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Sri Lanka plan to target Indias bowlers
Former Sri Lanka captain Sanath Jayasuriya says his country will target India's bowling when the two sides meet in Thursday's Champions Trophy semi-final in Cardiff. India start as favourites after wins over South Africa, West Indies and Pakistan, but Jayasuriya, now a selector, is confident of an upset. He said: "Their bowling isn't the best, so we need to have a ...
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Sri Lanka carrier boosts fleet with A350s
(44 mins ago) Airbus said today that SriLankan Airlines, the country's national carrier, whcih has a relatively young fleet, had agreed to buy six long-haul A330 aircraft and four next-generation A350 planes in a deal worth US$2.6 billion at list prices. ';We are grateful of this renewed confidence SriLankan Airlines is placing with us,'' John Leahy, Airbus Chief Operating ...
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AIRSHOW-UPDATE 1-Airbus wins order from SriLankan Airlines
Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:09am EDT * Includes firm orders for six A330-300 * Airline expected to confirm A350 order by end of month PARIS, June 19 (Reuters) - SriLankan Airlines announced orders for six Airbus A330-300 aircraft and commitments to buy four A350-900s in a deal worth $2.6 billion at list prices. Airbus sales chief John Leahy said at the Paris Airshow on Wednesday that the A350 deal would ...
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25000 Chinese working in Sri Lanka
(9 mins ago) More than 25,000 Chinese are working at various projects in Sri Lanka, a lawmaker has told parliament. A government minister made the revelation in response to a question from an opposition MP who sought to know the state of labor imports amid high unemployment in the ...
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Group decries Sri Lankas proposed media code
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -; An international rights group says a media code proposed by Sri Lanka's government could have a severe and chilling effect on free speech in the ...
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Navy arrests group attempting to illegally set sail from SL
The Navy arrested a group of suspects who were attempting to illegally sail from Sri Lanka off the Eastern coast of Batticaloa this morning (June 19) Navy Spokesman Commander Kosala Warnakulasuriya ...
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Tense situation at Open Uni after student attacks lecturer
A tense situation erupted at the Open University in Nawala after a student had attacked a lecturer, sources told Ada Derana. The lecturer has been admitted to the Kalubowila Hospital with cut ...
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Duminda Silva arrives in parliament after 18 months of leave
MP Duminda Silva arrived in Parliament a short while ago for the first time in 18 months following the shooting incident in Kolonnawa that resulted in the death of former MP Baratha Lakshman Premachandra in ...
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Press freedom fears as Sri Lanka considers new media code
A new code of ethics for the media proposed by the Sri Lankan government could have a chilling effect on free speech, according to the ...
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Polls for NP CP and NWP scheduled for after second week of Sep
The polls for the Northern Province, Central Province and North Western Province is scheduled to be held after the second week of September as the bill for voting rights of displaced people is passed, sources at the Election Department ...
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Court orders Arundika to give evidence on Eknaligoda
The Homagama Magistrate Court ordered MP Arundika Fernando to appear in court on July 16 to give evidence over the disappearance of Journalist Prageeth ...
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Sri Lankas Defence Secretary speaks out against racial exclusivity
Sri Lanka's Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa said the Northern Province should be opened up for all communities to live in without further delay. That would be of pivotal importance to promote bonding among the people in the post-war era. The Defence Secretary emphasised that the Sinhalese shouldn't be deprived of their right to buy land in any part of the country, including the ...
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Seven suspects arrested for robbery of gold and gem stones
Police also seized five gem stones worth Rs.550,000, ten mobile phone worth Rs. 200,000, Gold worth Rs. 865,000 and a stock of various sim cards in the ...
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Sri Lanka Torture of Interior Decorator
Last week the Asian Human Rights Commission reported the incident of the torture of a well-known interior decorator, Mr. Madawala Maddumage Don Aruna Nilupul Indika (39), of Mahagedara, Devala Road, Welipenna in the Kalutara District, by several police officers of the Mataguma Police Station. The officer who played the most active role in Nilupul's arrest and torture was Raveendra ...
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Police arrest suspect transporting pesticides and food stocks
Police arrested a suspect who was transporting pesticides along with a stock of food stuff in Nochchiyagama while the stocks were seized by the ...
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Sri Lanka Police Beat Man’s Testicles with Wooden Mallet
"The next day at 9 am the same three police officers took him back to the Crime Branch and told him to sign a document which was already prepared. He signed it due to fear of further ill-treatment but affirms that he had no knowledge of the contents of the document. The officers then took him to a bathroom at the rear of the police compound where was stripped naked. He was then made ...
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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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