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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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ICC Champions Trophy semis Upbeat Sri Lanka look India in the eye
For the islanders, the clash against India will be a grudge game of sorts. In the final of the 2011 World Cup at the Wankhede, India outclassed co-hosts Sri Lanka by six ...
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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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Australias Wilful Blindness On Sri Lanka
A Sri Lankan woman and her son were released from detention after their ASIO assessment was reviewed. Lawyer Elizabeth O'Shea acted for the family - and says it is not a victory for the ...
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India dismayed over Sri Lankas move
India on Tuesday expressed dismay over Sri Lankan government’s purported move to dilute the 13th Amendment of the island nation’s Constitution that had sought to devolve more powers to the provincial ...
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Iran An Example Too Early for Sri Lanka
by Laksiri Fernando ( June 19, 2013, Sydney, Sri Lanka Guardian) If there is any example that Sri Lanka could emulate as a result of the Iranian presidential election held on 14 June, then that is to strengthen the prospects of moderate ‘cleric’ Ven. Maduluwawe Sobitha winning the next presidential election against the Sri Lankan counterpart and friend of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, ...
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Sri Lankan media laps up visit of BJP-led team
A section of the media in Sri Lanka, particularly the English press, has lapped up the recent visit of the Indian delegation led by Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ravi Shankar ...
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Manmohan concerned at reports on Colombo’s move to dilute 13th Amendment
For the first time since the end of the military annihilation of the LTTE in May 2009, and a raging debate within Sri Lanka on the way to go about redressing the political and social grievances of the island nation’s Tamils, India has expressed dismay over reports suggesting that Colombo is mulling over a review of the key issues related to devolution of powers to the ...
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Colombo Uni. landscape to blend with beautified surrounds
Chaminda Perera The Colombo University has joined up with the Sri Lanka Army to transform the landscape of the university premises to suit the surrounding area which is being developed by the government under the Colombo beautification programme. According to Colombo University Vice Chancellor Dr. Kumara Hiriburegama, the entire area adjacent to the university has completely changed except ...
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Tense situation in Kinniya as residents throw stones at STF
A tense situation arose in the Kuttikarachchi area of Kinniya following a clash between the STF and residents this evening (June 18) while police were forced to fire shots into the air to bring the situation under ...
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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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DIG Vaas Gunawardena interdicted
DIG Vaas Gunawardena who is in remand over the alleged involvement in an abduction and murder of a businessman has been interdicted, the Police Spokesman ...
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Sri Lanka TNA MP alleges planned sinhalicisation of punaanai
Tamil National Alliance MP C Yogeswaran on Sunday demanded that immediate steps be taken to stop the aggressive and meticulously planned sinhalicisation of Punaanai East, situated 52 km northwest of Batticaloa city. During the times of the LTTE, the presence of the Tiger forces from Kudumpimalai in the South to Vaakarai in the North had thwarted the earlier attempts of sinhalicisation. In the ...
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Two arrested over Colombo Port terminal fire
Two persons have been arrested by the Colombo Crimes Division in connection with the fire which broke out at the warehouse of the Colombo Port in May, police said. A fire had broken out in the inbound cargo warehouse CFS 1 at JCT terminal inside the Port of Colombo on May 24 , causing over Rs.50 million in damages.Project Minister of Ports and Highways, Rohitha Abeygunawardena later revealed ...
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New Indian High Commissioner arrives in Colombo
Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha, the new High Commissioner of India to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka arrived in Colombo today, the Indian High Commission said in a ...
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VIDEO Gnanasara Thero on drunk driving charge It wasnt me
General Secretary of Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) Galaboda Aththe Gnanasara Thero, responding to an accusation over his involvement in a drunk driving incident in 2000, stated that it was a military officer who was driving the vehicle at the time and not him.In an interview on Derana 360 last night, the vociferous hardline monk was inquired regarding 9 charges, including driving under the influence of ...
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Voting rights bill for displaced passed in parliament
The Registration of Electors (special provisions) bill that ensures voting rights to displaces persons in the North passed in parliament with amendment a short while ...
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PS Members son assaults principal
The son of UPFA Mihintale Pradeshiya Sabha member R.A. Anil, Nipuna Madusanka has assaulted the principal of the school where he is currently studying, the Ada Derana correspondent reports.The PS member who immediately arrived at the Anuradhapura Nivanthaka Chethiya Maha Vidyalaya after the incident which took place at 9.30am had asked his son to kneel and ask for forgiveness from the principal ...
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Stats Jayawardene joins coveted 11000 runs club
# M ahela Jayawardene has registered his 69th fifty in ODIs -- his 16th vs Australia.# Jayawardene is the third Sri Lankan after Sanath Jayasuriya and Kumar Sangakkara and the eighth to amass 11,000 runs in ODIs.# With 1610 runs (ave 33.54) in 55 matches, Jayawardene has established a record for Sri Lanka vs Australia in ODIs, eclipsing Sangakkara's tally of 1571 (ave 41.34) in 42 matches.# ...
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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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