May 31

Prices of ten essential food items to be released tomorrow by Sri Lanka government

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May 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka Ministry of Trade, Marketing Development, Co-operatives and Consumer Affairs will announce the June wholesale prices of ten essential food commodities tomorrow... Read the Full Article
May 31

South Korean assistance to develop Kelaniweli railway line in Sri Lanka

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May 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka Ministry of Transport has planned to develop the Kelaniweli railway line with South Korean assistance. Read the Full Article
May 31

Sri Lanka’s unemployed graduates intensify their agitations

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May 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s unemployed graduates have decided to intensify their agitations urging the government to provide them employments in the public sector. Read the Full Article
May 31

CEYNOR Sri Lanka produces a new trawler

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May 31, Colombo: CEYNOR Foundation of Sri Lanka has produced a new multi day fishing craft. Read the Full Article
May 31

Day of Vesak observed at the United Nations

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May 31, (UN_NY): Sri Lanka, together with several other Member States of the UN participated in the annual International Recognition of the Day of Vesak at United Nations Headquarters in New York on 29 May. Read the Full Article
May 31

Strike looms over Sri Lanka universities

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May 31, Colombo: Non academic workers of all the universities of Sri Lanka will launch a token strike next Monday to protest the said reprisal activities of the authorities, a spokesperson of the Inter University Joint Committee of Trade Unions said. Read the Full Article
May 31

Over 43,000 migrant workers leave Sri Lanka in the first quarter

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May 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau figures show 43,064 Sri Lankan migrant workers have left for foreign employment in the first quarter of 2007. Read the Full Article
May 31

India against Sri Lanka buying weapons from China or Pakistan

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May 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka should not seek weapons from Pakistan or China and it should come to India whatever might be their requirement, Indian National Security Advisor, M K Narayanan said today, Indian media reported. Read the Full Article
May 31

Sri Lanka places 111th on Global Peace Index. USA is 96

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In the first study of its kind, Sri Lanka has placed 111th on the Global Peace Index. Th.. Read the Full Article
May 31

You can`t help so we need Pak, China to help fight Tigers, Lanka tells India

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With Tamil Tigers stepping up attacks, Sri Lanka has quietly alerted India that it will need to appr.. Read the Full Article
May 31

Sri Lanka says may scrap tattered truce with rebels (Reuters via Yahoo! India News)

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COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's government may scrap what is left of a "flawed" 2002 ceasefire pact with the Tamil Tigers within weeks, the island's defence spokesman said on Thursday, a move analysts fear could escalate renewed civil war. Read the Full Article
May 31

India opposes Sri Lanka buying arms from China, Pakistan (TamilNet)

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Sri Lanka should not seek weapons from Pakistan or China and it should come to India whatever might be their requirement, National Security Advisor M K Narayanan was quoted by India media as saying Thursday. "We are a big power in the region. We don't want the Sri Lankan government to go to Pakistan or China. Whatever may be their requirement, the Sri Lankan government should come to us," he was ... Read the Full Article
May 31

Sri Lanka: SLFP to take disciplinary action against sacked Ministers (TamilNet)

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The central working committee of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), main constituent of the United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) government decided Wednesday night at its special meeting to take disciplinary action against the sacked ministers Mr.Mangala Samaraweera and Mr.Sripathi Sooriyarachchi. The meeting was held in Temple Trees with Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse in the chair as ... Read the Full Article
May 31

SRI LANKA: Food shortages, fear of abductions - Jaffna residents feel the pinch (IRIN)

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COLOMBO, 31 May 2007 (IRIN) - Last year at this time 16-year-old Jeevun Kumaraswamy, who lives on the isolated Jaffna peninsula in northern Sri Lanka, was on top of the world. Read the Full Article
May 31

Sri Lanka: 10 Tamil civilians arrested in Tissamaharagama (TamilNet)

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Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and Police arrested ten Tamil civilians in a combined cordon and search operation on Wednesday evening in Tissamaharagama, a town in the Matara district, south of Sri Lanka, sources said. Read the Full Article
May 31

SRI LANKA: Food shortages, fear of abductions - Jaffna residents feel the pinch (AlertNet)

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Source: IRIN Last year at this time 16-year-old Jeevun Kumaraswamy, who lives on the isolated Jaffna peninsula in northern Sri Lanka, was on top of the world. His school, Jaffna Central College, was competing against traditional rivals St. John's College in the centenary game of their annual cricket match. Jaffna was decked-out in flags. The kids were dancing in the streets. Read the Full Article
May 31

English stumps Sri Lanka’s umpires (AFP via Yahoo! News)

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Sri Lanka's first-class umpires have cried foul over a competitive examination conducted in English by the cricket governing body to rank them for international matches. Read the Full Article
May 31

Sri Lanka says may scrap tattered truce with rebels (AlertNet)

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Source: Reuters By Simon Gardner COLOMBO, May 31 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's government may scrap what is left of a "flawed" 2002 ceasefire pact with the Tamil Tigers within weeks, the island's defence ... Read the Full Article
May 31

India against Lanka seeking arms from Pak (Chennai Online)

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Chennai, May 31: Sri Lanka should not seek weapons from Pakistan or China and it should come to India whatever might be their requirement, National Security Advisor M K Narayanan said here today. Read the Full Article
May 31

India oppose Lanka govt seeking arms from Pak, China (Outlook India)

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Sri Lanka should not seek weapons from Pakistan or China and it should come to India whatever might be their requirement, National Security Advisor M K Narayanan said here today. Read the Full Article
May 31

Red Cross returns to Lanka’s front lines (Gulf Times)

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COLOMBO: The International Red Cross resumed work on Sri Lanka’s battle-scarred front lines yesterday as 16 people died in fresh violence, officials said. Read the Full Article
May 31

Sri Lanka tyre maker bids to re-invent the wheel (TODAYonline)

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A Sri Lankan worker at Solideal Loadstar factory puts the finishing touches on large construction vehicle tyres, 24 April 2007, at a plant in Kotugoda some 18 Kms from Colombo. The world's biggest solid tyre maker is trying to double its turnover and make Sri Lanka a key exporter of rubber products. Read the Full Article
May 31

Sri Lanka tyre maker bids to re-invent the wheel (AFP via Yahoo! News)

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One of the world's biggest solid tyre makers is trying to double its turnover and turn Sri Lanka into a key exporter of rubber products. Read the Full Article
May 30

Sri Lanka: Bomb hoax causes panic in Colombo (TamilNet)

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An abandoned auto rickshaw with a suspicious parcel inside, found close to a Buddhist Shrine along Olcott Mawatte, created panic in Fort area Colombo Wednesday evening at peak traffic time, sources in Colombo said. Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers and Policemen rushed to the site blocking traffic, but the bomb disposal squad discovered a number of bricks inside the parcel. Read the Full Article
May 30

Sri Lanka: SLA conducts large scale cordon, search operation in Jaffna (TamilNet)

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More than one thousand Sri Lanka Army (SLA) troopers and police officers launched an intensive cordon and search operation in Jaffna town area, covering Koddadi and Naavaanthu'rai coastal areas Wednesday morning until noon, sources in Jaffna said. Read the Full Article
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