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Sri Lanka News Portal
May 07

Sri Lanka Cricket signs new Premier League agreement with Somerset Entertainment Ventures

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May 07, Colombo: Sri Lanka Cricket and Singapore-based Somerset Entertainment Ventures have signed a new agreement to hold Sri Lanka Premier League 20 overs cricket. Read the Full Article
May 07

Sri Lanka President orders probe on National Savings Bank purchasing shares of The Finance Company

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May 07, Colombo: Sources at the Sri Lanka President's office say that the President Mahinda Rajapaksa has ordered the Ministry of Finance to look into the share market deals of the state-run National Savings Bank (NSB). Read the Full Article
May 07

Sri Lanka trade union leaders linked to corruption in public enterprises, says Minister

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May 07, Colombo: The Chairman of Sri Lanka's parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) Minister D.E.W. Gunasekera says that some trade union leaders are also connected to the massive frauds of public money in certain public enterprises. Read the Full Article
May 06

Improved roads, pathways to development - President

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President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday noted that an improved road network has reduced travel time be.. Read the Full Article
May 06

In Pictures: Buddha Rashmi Vesak Zone opened at Gangaramaya Temple in Colombo

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May 06, Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa this evening opened the annual Buddha Rashmi National Vesak Zone 2012 at the Gangaramaya Temple in Colombo with the participation of the Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe and religious leaders of other faiths. Read the Full Article
May 06

Sri Lankan victims of South Korean bar fire identified

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May 06, Colombo: The three Sri Lankan migrant workers who were killed in a fire at a karaoke bar in the South Korean city of Busan have have been identified. Read the Full Article
May 06

Japanese Deputy PM visits Northern Sri Lanka

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May 06, Kilinochchi: Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Katsuya Okada who is in Sri Lanka on a two-day official visit toured the conflict-affected Northern Province today to observe firsthand the progress of the projects implemented with Japanese assistance. Read the Full Article
May 06

Sri Lanka celebrates largest Buddhist festival in grandeur

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May 06, Colombo: Sri Lanka today is celebrating the most important Buddhist event that commemorates the birth, enlightenment and death of Lord Buddha. Read the Full Article
May 06

Sri Lanka President opens reconstructed scenic Kandy-Mahiyangana 18 Bend Road

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May 06, Kandy: President Mahinda Rajapaksa today ceremonially declared open the reconstructed picturesque 18 Bend Kandy-Mahiyangana road in Sri Lanka's hill country. Read the Full Article
May 06

Three Sri Lankans killed in karaoke bar fire in South Korea

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May 06, Busan: Three Sri Lankans have died in a fiery blaze that broke out Saturday night in a karaoke lounge of a bar in Busan, South Korea, an AFP report said. Read the Full Article
May 06

Mosquito Eradication Week announced in Sri Lanka

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May 06, Colombo: The Health Ministry of Sri Lanka has announced a mosquito eradication week as part of its dengue eradication programme. Read the Full Article
May 06

Sri Lanka Tamil party insists on its conditions set during talks with government as basis for PSC

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May 06, Colombo: Sri Lanka's major Tamil political party, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) says it would resume talks with the government only on the agreement that the consensus reached in the discussions with the government earlier is used as the basis of discussion for the proposed parliamentary select committee (PSC) on formulating a political solution to the ethnic issue. Read the Full Article
May 06

Ten MPs of Sri Lanka main opposition party absent at joint opposition May Day rally in Jaffna

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May 06, Colombo: Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) sources say that six parliamentarians of the party have avoided participating in the joint opposition May Day rally held in Jaffna without citing any reason officially. Read the Full Article
May 06

Sri Lankan parliament to debate the latest report on public enterprises this week

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May 06, Colombo: The Sri Lankan parliament is to hold a full day debate on the latest report of the parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE). Read the Full Article
May 06

Sri Lanka’s governing party ally rejects allegations in UK human rights report

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May 06, Colombo: The Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) party, an ally of Sri Lanka's governing United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA), has rejected allegations leveled against it in the UK Human Rights report on Sri Lanka. Read the Full Article
May 06

Key coalition party of Sri Lanka’s ruling alliance to finalize its stance on LLRC recommendations

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May 06, Colombo: The key coalition partner of Sri Lanka's governing United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA), the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) is to finalize its official views on the recommendations of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) and its implementation by the end of this week. Read the Full Article
May 05

Sri Lanka wildlife officers end boycott of duties

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May 05, Colombo: The wildlife officers in Sri Lanka Saturday (05) ended their week-long strike action launched demanding the police to arrest the suspects of an attack on the officers last week. Read the Full Article
May 05

President opens Japan-funded last mass scale hydropower project in Sri Lanka

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May 05, Kothmale: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa accompanied by the visiting Deputy Prime Minister of Japan Katsuya Okada declared open the Upper Kothmale hydropower project today in the central hill country. Read the Full Article
May 05

Nationalist ally of Sri Lanka’s ruling party to present stance on LLRC recommendations

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May 05, Colombo: Ally of Sri Lanka's governing United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA), the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) is to present its stance on the recommendations of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) report and its implementation next week. Read the Full Article
May 05

Sri Lankan minister suggests using APRC report as a basis for discussions in the PSC for power devolution

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May 05, Colombo: Senior Minister of Sri Lanka Prof. Tissa Vitharana says the report presented by the All Party Representatives Committee (APRC) headed by him could form the basis of discussion for the proposed parliamentary select committee (PSC) to formulate a political solution to the ethnic issue. Read the Full Article
May 05

Over 50 injured in wasp attack

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More than 50 persons including foreigners were injured after they were stung by wasps at the histori.. Read the Full Article
May 05

Let us eschew all disputes and divisions to make national unity and religious co-existence - President

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Let us in this Vesak season pave the way to success in this world and the next, by a eschewing all disputes and divisions and making a commitment to national unity and religious co-existence through seeing the true light of Buddhist teaching, said President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Read the Full Article
May 05

Sri Lankan government asks main opposition to get Tamil party to participate in parliamentary committee

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May 05, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has called on the main opposition United National Party (UNP) to get the major Tamil party, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) to participate in the proposed parliamentary select committee (PSC) to formulate a political solution to the ethnic issue. Read the Full Article
May 05

Sri Lankan government preparing Action Plan on implementation of LLRC recommendations

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May 05, Colombo: The External Affairs Ministry of Sri Lanka is currently preparing an Action Plan on the implementation of the recommendations of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC). Read the Full Article
May 05

Sri Lanka defence intelligence traces 428 LTTE schools in Europe

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May 05, Colombo: Sri Lanka defence intelligence has found that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) operate 428 schools in the main countries of Europe, reports Sinhala daily Lankadeepa. Read the Full Article
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