Eden Gardens to host Lanka-India opening ODI (India Times Cricket)

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KOLKATA, Jan 26: Eden Gardens, Kolkata, will host the first One-dayer between India and Sri Lanka on February 8, Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) joint secretary Saradindu Pal said on Friday.

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Irate civilians smash travel office in Jaffna

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More than six hundred prospective passengers who were planning to travel out of Jaffna peninsula by ..

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Sri Lanka offers oil block to India in return for construction of railway

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Indian media report that Sri Lanka has offered India an oil block in Mannar, near the Kavery basin, ..

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`It`s a shame to be a Minister of this Cabinet`- Maithripala

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Assuming duties as the Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Services Development Minister Maithripal..

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Donors pledge 4.5 billion dollars to Sri Lanka but want peace

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Sri Lanka announced securing 4.5 billion dollars worth of overseas aid pledges, but foreign donors i..

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Sri Lanka: Court issues summons on Colombo TRO officials (TamilNet)

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The Colombo Chief Magistrate Tuesday ordered to issue summons on three key officials of the Colombo office of the Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) to appear in court on February 7. The court made this order when the case filed against the TRO by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka was taken up for further inquiry Tuesday, legal sources said.

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Int’l donors pledge $4.5 bn for Lanka (Hindustan Times)

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Even as they expressed deep concern over the continuing war in the island, international donors on Tuesday pledged $4.5 billion for Sri Lanka as development assistance for the period 2007-2009.

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Market Update: Sri Lanka stocks recover on blue chip gains

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Jan 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka stocks recovered from yesterday’s losses at the Colombo Bourse today as investors were focused on investing in blue chips, mostly in John Keellls holdings shares.

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Sri Lanka expects $4.5 bln in aid, but no new pledges (Khaleej Times)

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GALLE, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka said on Tuesday it expects $4.5 billion in new international aid over the next three years, as foreign donors warned a renewed civil war was jeopardising the island’s economic and development potential.

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Sri Lanka expects $4.5 bln in aid, but no new pledges (AlertNet)

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Source: Reuters GALLE, Sri Lanka, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka said on Tuesday it expects $4.5 billion in new international aid over the next three years, as foreign donors warned a renewed civil war was jeopardising …

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Sri Lanka expects $4.5 bln in aid, but no new pledges (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

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Sri Lanka said on Tuesday it expects $4.5 billion in new international aid over the next three years, as foreign donors warned a renewed civil war was jeopardizing the island’s economic and development potential.

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Donors pledge USD 4.5 bn to Sri Lanka (Outlook India)

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Sri Lanka today said it secured USD 4.5 billion in aid pledges, but international donors have warned that the cash flow will depend on the progress in the faltering peace process.

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Naval troops find over 20,000 batteries in Pesalai

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Jan 30, Colombo: Sri Lankan naval troops yesterday recovered more than twenty thousand batteries from Pesalai in Mannar and arrested four suspects, the Navy said.

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Sri Lanka elite forces capture LTTE’s medical center

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Jan 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Special Task Force yesterday captured LTTE’s medical center from Kanchikudichcharu along with a store of food items, the military said.

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Supreme Court rejects fundamental rights case against Sri Lanka politicians’ salary increases

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Jan 30, Colombo: A fundamental rights case filed by Sri Lanka’s public services trade unions against the pay hikes granted to the President and all the parliamentarians was rejected by the three-bench Supreme Court today on the majority consent.

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Sri Lanka’s US Ambassador to meet the monk party

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Jan 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s recently appointed US Ambassador Robert O. Blake Jr. has invited Sinhala Buddhist nationalist Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) for talks on the 02nd of February.

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Sri Lanka says donors pledge 4.5 billion dollars at the review meeting

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Jan 30, Galle: Sri Lanka today said that international donors expressed satisfaction at the country’s economic situation and pledged up to 4.5 billion dollars this year. “International donors expressed satisfaction at our economic track record and we have got commitments up to 4.5 billion dollars this year,”…

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Sri Lanka says $4.5 bln pledged at aid meeting (Khaleej Times)

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GALLE, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka on Tuesday said it clinched up to 4.5 billion dollars worth of aid pledges from international lenders and donors following a meeting in this southern coastal town.

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Farewell to small buses on roads of Sri Lanka’s Western Province

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Jan 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Western Province Transport Authority (WPTA) has decided to bid farewell to the minibuses with less than 26 seats, which are still transporting passengers on the roads of the Western Province.

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Sri Lanka: IFJ mounts campaign to free journalist Parameshwary (TamilNet)

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International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and Free Media Movement (FMM) together with other journalists organisations Monday launched an International and national campaign to release journalist Parameshawary who has been detained in Sri Lanka prison for seventy days without trial, civil sources in Colombo said. She was arrested under the draconian Prevention of Terrorism (PTA) act. The …

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Sri Lanka Official Languages Commission lacks funds to implement Official Languages Act

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Jan 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Official Languages Commission, which is considered an important instrument for national integration, is facing a financial crisis as the Treasury has slashed funds for the Commission amidst rising expenditure for military affairs.

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Sri Lanka offers oil block to India in return for construction of railway

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Jan 30, Colombo: Indian media report that Sri Lanka has offered India an oil block in Mannar, near the Kavery basin, on nomination basis in return for the Indian Railways setting up a 160-km rail route from Colombo to Matara.

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Sri Lanka President to visit China

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Jan 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa is scheduled to visit China as an official guest of Chinese President Hu Jintao next month.

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Donors pledge 4.5 billion dollars to Sri Lanka but want peace (AFP via Yahoo! News)

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Sri Lanka announced securing 4.5 billion dollars worth of overseas aid pledges, but foreign donors insisted that the nation risked losing the cash unless there was peace.

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Sri Lanka: Monks’ party to join UPFA government (TamilNet)

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The parliamentary group of the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU), all monks’ party in Sri Lanka parliament is to take a decision late Tuesday on a proposal to join the United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UNP) government and accept minister post.

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