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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Sri Lankan News.Net http://www.srilankannews.net/ en-us Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:06:33 -0500 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:06:33 -0500 30 Australian captain Michael Clarke has said his team deserves to be regarded as favourites, ahead of the triangular one-day series against Sri Lanka and India. http://www.srilankannews.net/story/203245912 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:30:11 -0500 ANI http://www.srilankannews.net/story/203245912 Three American diplomats will travel to Sri Lanka for talks about alleged killings of civilians by government troops in their campaign to defeat the Tamil Tigers, an official and report said ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203258021&cat=119937e494dd663e Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:08:14 -0500 General Sources http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203258021&cat=119937e494dd663e Sri Lanka may avoid a costly squeeze by the United States sanctions on Iranian crude by purchasing it in a currency other than dollars, following India's lead, officials said ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203258020&cat=119937e494dd663e Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:08:01 -0500 General Sources http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203258020&cat=119937e494dd663e Disna Mudalige The overall environmental performance is improving in Sri Lanka and it has been ranked as a moderate performer, according to the 2012 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) released ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203255811&cat=119937e494dd663e Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:59:55 -0500 General Sources http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203255811&cat=119937e494dd663e Sri Lanka has achieved significant results in securing sustainable economic and social development, consolidation of democratic state institutions, Russian President Dmitry A Medvedev in a message ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203255813&cat=119937e494dd663e Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:59:53 -0500 General Sources http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203255813&cat=119937e494dd663e Dharma Sri Abeyratne Rasika Somarathna and Nimal Wijesinghe in Anuradhapura Sri Lanka celebrated the 64th anniversary of gaining independence from British colonial rule in 1948 with pomp and ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203255812&cat=119937e494dd663e Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:59:52 -0500 General Sources http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203255812&cat=119937e494dd663e Opposition and United National Party (UNP) Leader of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremasinghe says that under the Mahinda Chintanya or Mahinda Rajajapaksa’s vision, deprived free education for needy ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203253564&cat=119937e494dd663e Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:03:07 -0500 Digatha News http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203253564&cat=119937e494dd663e Sri Lanka’s tea industry has come to a dead end due to unrest created in the Middle East. Small tea holders have been severely affected due to the crisis in the Middle East. Tea factories also ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203253563&cat=119937e494dd663e Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:03:05 -0500 Digatha News http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203253563&cat=119937e494dd663e A delegation from Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry accompanied by Mr B. Manicka Tagore, Member of Parliament from Virudhunagar, met Mr Prasad Kariyawasam, High Commissioner for Sri Lanka ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203253562&cat=119937e494dd663e Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:48:58 -0500 General Sources http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203253562&cat=119937e494dd663e Mahela Jayawardene , the Sri Lanka captain, has said he will complement the big-hitting batsmen at his new IPL franchise, the Delhi Daredevils, and will try to play the role of a finisher. ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203252280&cat=119937e494dd663e Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:20:30 -0500 Cricinfo http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203252280&cat=119937e494dd663e Pune last evening, police said on Sunday. "We laid a trap and sent a decoy customer. Caroline is quite popular in Chennai. She has played heroine in movies- 'Rain', ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203251664&cat=119937e494dd663e Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:05:59 -0500 India Today http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203251664&cat=119937e494dd663e India's abject batting performances returned to haunt them as Australia won game one in the Commonwealth Bank series by 63 runs courtesy of the Duckworth and Lewis method. A man of the match ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203249835&cat=119937e494dd663e Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:17:27 -0500 The Sunday Leader http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203249835&cat=119937e494dd663e Hirunika Premachandra, the daughter of late Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra has announced she will join active politics from the Sri Lanka Mahajana Party.The reason for joining differnet political ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203249833&cat=119937e494dd663e Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:57:37 -0500 Digatha News http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203249833&cat=119937e494dd663e London –bound direct flights from Colombo have been cancelled indefinitely following adverse weather conditions in European skies, a spokesperson for the Katunayake International Airport ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203249834&cat=119937e494dd663e Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:57:35 -0500 Digatha News http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203249834&cat=119937e494dd663e The Health Ministry is set to amend the laws concerning fraudulent doctors who have no qualifications in the medical field stating that a minimum fail sentence of five years should be given ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203249831&cat=119937e494dd663e Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:51:22 -0500 Ada Derana http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203249831&cat=119937e494dd663e Two suspects were apprehended for the operation of a large scale marijuana racket in the Bellanthara area while the Dehiwala police arrested the two in possession of four kilogrammes of ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203248016&cat=119937e494dd663e Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:11:02 -0500 Ada Derana http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203248016&cat=119937e494dd663e [TamilNet, Sunday, 05 February 2012, 08:54 GMT] MPs, peers from the House of Lords and a cross-party group of politicians endorsed the call for an independent, international investigation into ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203248015&cat=119937e494dd663e Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:02:48 -0500 General Sources http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203248015&cat=119937e494dd663e The Central Bank on Friday finally veered towards IMF calls for a devaluation of the rupee, depreciating the local currency marginally against the US dollar and initiating measures to curb credit ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203246454&cat=119937e494dd663e Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:25:20 -0500 Digatha News http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203246454&cat=119937e494dd663e President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s decision to call a meeting of all political party representatives to persuade them to nominate members for the proposed Parliamentary Select committee (PSC) to ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203245124&cat=119937e494dd663e Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:34:27 -0500 Digatha News http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203245124&cat=119937e494dd663e Two persons were killed when a trishaw crashed into a stationary lorry on the Maradankadawala-Habarana road in Kekirawa, police stated. Two other were critically injured and were rushed to ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203245121&cat=119937e494dd663e Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:29:28 -0500 Ada Derana http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203245121&cat=119937e494dd663e Several roads around Gangaramaya will be closed on February 6 and 7 from 6.45pm until the end of the Navam Perahera, police ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203245123&cat=119937e494dd663e Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:29:27 -0500 Ada Derana http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203245123&cat=119937e494dd663e A SLTB bus and a private bus collided on the Hambantota-Tangalle road near the Sittikulama junction injuring and hospitalizing 16 people this morning at 6.45am police ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203245122&cat=119937e494dd663e Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:29:26 -0500 Ada Derana http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203245122&cat=119937e494dd663e In a forceful rebuttal to the U.S. State Department's suggestion of immunity to Sri Lanka President Rajpakse in the war-crimes charges against him in the case filed in District Court in ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203245120&cat=119937e494dd663e Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:20:15 -0500 General Sources http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203245120&cat=119937e494dd663e if a lasting solution is to be found for the problem. All four schools of thought mentioned above have identified the problem as a mere inter racial issue. They have failed to perceive it as a ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203243902&cat=119937e494dd663e Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:06:51 -0500 The Sunday Leader http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203243902&cat=119937e494dd663e government service not to be deceived by the statements made by government ministers that a service ordinance called ‘Sri Lanka Development officers Service’ has been approved, ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203243896&cat=119937e494dd663e Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:49:18 -0500 Digatha News http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203243896&cat=119937e494dd663e The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) in its latest endeavor to beautify the Galle Face Green has uprooted the iconic Palm trees that were planted at a cost of several million rupees about a decade ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203243898&cat=119937e494dd663e Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:49:17 -0500 Digatha News http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203243898&cat=119937e494dd663e Two high ranking officials of the United States Department of State are to arrive in Sri Lanka next week to hold discussions with the Sri Lankan President and senior government officials on the ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203243900&cat=119937e494dd663e Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:49:12 -0500 Digatha News http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203243900&cat=119937e494dd663e Eran Wickramaratne, Member of Parliament, speaking on the ‘Financial impact of the findings of the COPE Report’ at a seminar organized by Women for Good Governance held at the OPA ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203243901&cat=119937e494dd663e Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:49:11 -0500 Digatha News http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203243901&cat=119937e494dd663e The e-commerce transactions are gradually but steadily gaining popularity among the Sri Lankan business community, but the key issue is legal acceptability, adoption and recognition of electronic ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203243897&cat=119937e494dd663e Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:49:08 -0500 Digatha News http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203243897&cat=119937e494dd663e A water cut is currently being enforced in Dehiwala, Mount Lavinia and Ratmalana areas due to a breakdown while the Water Supply and Drainage Board stated that water will be restored ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203243895&cat=119937e494dd663e Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:43:49 -0500 Ada Derana http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203243895&cat=119937e494dd663e Three people were shot in the Mailagasweva area in Mawathagama last night at around 7pm following which the shooter had fled the scene, police ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203243894&cat=119937e494dd663e Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:43:48 -0500 Ada Derana http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203243894&cat=119937e494dd663e Whatever may be the reasons , it is absolutely important that Tamil Nadu Chief minister must clearly state her views on Koodankulam nuclear power plant. If she would simply say that the views of the ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203243903&cat=119937e494dd663e Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:26:23 -0500 Sri Lankan Guardian http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203243903&cat=119937e494dd663e Nearly ten years after initiating the HOPE Cancer Hospital project, Mahela Jayawardena and the Sri Lanka Cricketers Association have been forced to hand over the project to the Ministry of Health. ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203242421&cat=119937e494dd663e Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:14:37 -0500 The Sunday Leader http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203242421&cat=119937e494dd663e [TamilNet, Sunday, 05 February 2012, 01:27 GMT] Occupying Sri Lanka plans to invite China to build an airport of international standard at Poonakari in the north of the country of Eezham Tamils to ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203242420&cat=119937e494dd663e Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:40:25 -0500 General Sources http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203242420&cat=119937e494dd663e | A statement issued by the Campaign for Democracy in Sri Lanka(CDSL) - Canada ( February 05, Toronto, Sri Lanka Guardian) It has been 64 years since we got independence from British Imperialist. ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203242422&cat=119937e494dd663e Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:32:26 -0500 Sri Lankan Guardian http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203242422&cat=119937e494dd663e Eezham Tamil activists in Norway on Saturday released stamps featuring LTTE leader V. Pirapaharan, the map of Tamil Eelam and some of the LTTE declared national symbols of the de-facto state of ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203239190&cat=119937e494dd663e Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:00:45 -0500 General Sources http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203239190&cat=119937e494dd663e Presenting the keys of a new house to tsunami victim The Melbourne-based Sri Lanka Study Centre for the Advancement of Technology and Social Welfare (SCATS) will launch a series of welfare ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203239191&cat=119937e494dd663e Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:00:43 -0500 General Sources http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203239191&cat=119937e494dd663e Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has acquired land belonging to the Kotte Municipal Council and is to present it to a leading school in Colombo, The Sunday Leader has learned. Kotte Municipal ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203237625&cat=119937e494dd663e Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:37:28 -0500 The Sunday Leader http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203237625&cat=119937e494dd663e There was strong speculation last week that US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O. Blake will visit Sri Lanka this month just prior to the UN Human Rights ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203237624&cat=119937e494dd663e Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:37:27 -0500 The Sunday Leader http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203237624&cat=119937e494dd663e New Chairman of Selectors Ashantha de Mel said that picking the Sri Lanka cricket team for the forthcoming tour of Australia will be the first priority of his committee. In an exclusive interview ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203237618&cat=119937e494dd663e Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:03:44 -0500 General Sources http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203237618&cat=119937e494dd663e Star cricketers, Kumar Sangakarra and Mahela Jayawardena's new restaurant 'Ministry of Crab' has been found to be illegal. The Department of the Registrar of Companies said that ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203235940&cat=119937e494dd663e Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:23:55 -0500 The Sunday Leader http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203235940&cat=119937e494dd663e A group of British and Australian Parliamentarians have nominated the controversial Channel 4 video on Sri Lanka for the Nobel Peace Prize. British MP Siobhain McDonagh said in a statement ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203235941&cat=119937e494dd663e Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:23:51 -0500 The Sunday Leader http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203235941&cat=119937e494dd663e Maintaining that she was working towards protecting the livelihood of fishermen, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Friday said she would not "stop" till Kachchatheevu, an islet in ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203235943&cat=119937e494dd663e Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:23:50 -0500 The Sunday Leader http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203235943&cat=119937e494dd663e Dr. Sinniah Thevananthan and Ms. Flavia Pansieri (Executive Coordinator, United Nations Volunteers Programme Head Quarters), Traditional dancing by the Prashadi Dance Academy, Dr. Sinniah ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203235944&cat=119937e494dd663e Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:23:49 -0500 The Sunday Leader http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203235944&cat=119937e494dd663e Speaking at a get-together organized by Old Anandian Buddhist Society, he said that when the society offered its president post, he declined to accept it owing to business activities and other ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203235939&cat=119937e494dd663e Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:04:48 -0500 Digatha News http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203235939&cat=119937e494dd663e Due to heavy snowfall expected in London, apt authorities in Heathrow have informed airlines of possible flight cancellations into the London Heathrow Airport on Sunday (February ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203235938&cat=119937e494dd663e Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:58:54 -0500 Ada Derana http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=203235938&cat=119937e494dd663e