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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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WomanÂ’s body found on rail track
The body of an unidentified woman has been found near the 179th post on the Colombo-Badulla railway track.The body of the woman, believed to be around 60 years of age, has been placed in the mortuary of the Badulla Hospital. Badulla Police have commenced investigations into the ...
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LTTE man flees Lanka caught en route to Nairobi
Crime branch officers on Sunday arrested a 35-year-old Sri Lankan, who was an operative of banned outfit Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), when he was attempting to catch a flight to Nairobi. Interestingly, the accused, an electronics engineer, initially told cops that he entered India by air, but after sustained interrogation, revealed that he took a boat from Sri Lanka and got off at ...
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STF seize ÂWalla PattaÂ’ worth Rs 200 million 6 arrested
Police Special Task Force (STF) personnel recovered 13,499 kilograms of Wallapatta herb valued at around Rs 200 million to be smuggled out of the country and arrested 6 suspects including 2 Indian nationals during a raid in Kolonnawa.The arrests were made last night while the suspects have been handed over to Wellampitiya Police for onward action, police spokesman SP Buddhika Siriwardena ...
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Sri Lankan tour operators explore Bali with eye on joint ventures
With the picturesque Bali Island in Indonesia, launching a massive tourism promotion, Sri Lankan tour operators were exploring the hitherto largely unexplored market, with a focus on joint ventures.A Business Seminar entitled "Bali Tourism Prospects Reaching Out To South and Central Asian Market", held at the Grand Kuta Bali Hotel last week, revealed that over 1300 Lankans had visited ...
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Protesting Sri Lankan workers threaten to cripple all sectors govt unfazed
Sri Lanka's trade union alliance which has organised today's token strike against electricity tariff hike is confident of crippling the public, semi-government and private sectors. However, the Sri Lankan government yesterday said it was confident that the strike would be a flop.Co-Convener of the Co-ordinating Committee, for the Trade Union Alliance (CCTUA), Wasantha Samarasinghe said ...
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Minister requests Lankans remaining in Saudi illegally to return
The Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera requested Sri Lankans who are in Saudi Arabia illegally to use the grace period granted by the Saudi government and return to the ...
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Bus topples down precipice at Ramboda 24 injured
Twenty four persons injured after a private bus plying from Jaffna to Diyatalawa toppled down a precipice at Ramboda in Kotmale today, Police ...
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No Dicyandiamide in imported milk foods - WHO
The World Health Organisation has assured that there is no Dicyandiamide affecting humans in imported milk foods to Sri Lanka, the local Health Ministry said ...
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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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