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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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Indian coast guard launches patrol to prevent fishermen
In a bid to prevent fishermen crossing the international maritime boundary line (IMBL) and entering Sri Lankan waters, the Indian Coast Guard station in Karaikal has intensified patrol besides launching awareness campaigns, an official said on ...
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NWP PC member expelled from SLFP
North Western Provincial Council member Ananda Sarath Kumara has been expelled from the SLFP and barred from contesting future polls and is expected to resign from the ...
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Dilshan swoops to send Sri Lanka forward
Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan celebrates after catching Australia's Clint McKay as his team qualify for the semi-finals in the ICC Champions Trophy at The Oval cricket ground in ...
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Sri Lanka Rising star in U.S. Justice
Mythili Raman, the newly appointed Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the U.S. Justice Department and successor to Mr. Lanny Breuer, is widely acclaimed in legal circles as a trailblazer in the Justice Department. Her parents are from Vadaramaraadchy, Jaffna. Ms Raman had her undergraduate degree from Yale, and obtained a law degree from the University of ...
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Sri Lankans hand Aussies the exit pass
(49 mins ago) Sri Lanka reached the Champions Trophy semi-finals with a 20-run victory over holders Australia in the last league match at the Oval in London yesterday. The Sri Lankans, who needed a win to stay in the competition, relied on aggressive half-centuries from Mahela Jayawardene and Lahiru Thirimanne to score 253 for 8 wickets after being sent in to bat. Seamer Nuwan Kulasekara then ...
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Sri Lanka SL State backs Christian persecution 30 churches attacked this year World Evangelical Alliance
World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) Religious Liberty Commission (RLC), which is a network of churches in 129 countries, in ...
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Learning Mandarin Urdu Tamil Punjabi - these Brampton kids are ahead of the curve
A peek inside Brampton's Chinguacousy Secondary School, which teaches 23 different languages - and 9-year-olds here are already prepping for ...
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Jayawardene-inspired Sri Lanka advance to semifinals
A disciplined Sri Lanka set up a semifinal date with India in the ICC Champions Trophy as they knocked out holders Australia by posting a 20-run win, with veteran Mahela Jayawardene caressing his way to an unbeaten 84-run knock here ...
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Sri Lanka hold their nerve to reach semi-final
A victorious Sri Lanka will play in Cardiff on Thursday. A humbled Australia will start pondering the Ashes, and the state of disrepair their cricket has fallen into. Led ...
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ICC Champions Trophy Australias attacking approach helped us win the match says Jayawardene
London: Sri Lanka maintained their consistent run in the ICC tournaments by reaching the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy for the second time since the tournament's inception. The 2011 World Cup runners up beat defending champions Australia by 20 runs at The Oval on Monday to claim the last spot in the ...
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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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