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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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Suspected fisherman body washes ashore
A body - suspected to be of a fisherman - has washed ashore at the Battalangunduwa island in Kalpitiya this morning, police said.Ada Derana reporter said the body was discovered at around 6.30 a.m. today after it washed ashore in the island.Police said that parts of body have partially dissolved in the water or have been consumed by animals and is believed to have died several days ago.Fishermen ...
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Colombo Uni student who jumped off 5th floor dies
The female student of Colombo University who jumped off the fifth floor of a university building died while receiving treatment at the Colombo National ...
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Sri Lanka BJP RSS Shiv Sena answerable to Dasgupta policy-line
[TamilNet, Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 06:33 GMT] Whatever is the journalistic halo behind Swapan Dasgupta, his recent writings and utterances on the struggle of the genocide-facing nation of Eezham Tamils could have been ignored as coming from just another of the dubious ilk that writes for agendas, had he not been a member of the Rajapaksa-sponsored BJP-RSS-Shiv Sena delegation that went to Colombo ...
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Sri Lanka into semis after beating Australia
Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara, right, begins to walk off the pitch after being given out caught by Australia' Glenn Maxwell, off the bowling of Clint McKay who is seen reacting, left, during their ICC Champions Trophy cricket match at the Oval cricket ground in London, yesterday. AP ...
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2 killed 7 injured in multi-vehicle crash
Two persons died and another 7 were wounded following an accident involving multiple vehicles in the Melsiripura area on the Dambulla-Kurunegala main road this morning.Police spokesman SP Buddhika Siriwardena stated that 3 vehicles including a van, a lorry and a three-wheeler were involved in the accident and that the deceased were passengers of the van.Gokarella Police are conducting further ...
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Sri Lanka-Australia Champions Trophy match Statistical highlights
* Mitchell Johnson’s excellent figures of three for 48 are the best by an Australian bowler against Sri Lanka in the ICC Champions ...
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India to convey its view on 13A after consideration
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said India would convey its views on alleged attempts by political parties in Sri Lanka to repeal the 13th Amendment to its Constitution, after considering its ...
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Embilipitiya PS Chairman released on bail
The Chairman of the Embilipitiya Pradeshiya Sabha M.K. Amila who was arrested and remanded over an alleged assault on two police officers has been released on bail.The PS chairman had been absconding for nearly a week after assaulting two Constables attached to the Panamura Police Station.However, he surrendered to the Embilipitiya ...
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Sri Lanka Kidney disease takes at least two lives a day
Chronic kidney disease (CKD), the causes of which have not been fully unidentified, is taking at least two lives a day in Sri Lanka's North Central and Uva provinces. It has already killed more than 20,000 people, mainly from poor farming families, over the past two decades. Currently over 200,000 patients, including children as young as 10, suffer from the disease. At least 15 percent of ...
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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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