Mar 31

Japan NTT sells S.Lanka Telecom stake for $297 mln (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)

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COLOMBO, April 1 - Japan's Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp sold its 35.2 percent stake in Sri Lanka Telecom to a Malaysian mobile network operator for $297 million, sending Sri Lanka Telecom shares to a record high. Read the Full Article
Mar 31

LTTE explodes claymore mine; kills two Police personnel- Vavuniya

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LTTE terrorists triggered a claymore mine at the Kachcheri premises in Vavuniya this morning, Tuesday the 16th of January. Read the Full Article
Mar 31

STF Consolidating Their Positions in Kanchikudichchiaru

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Successfully advancing Special Task Force personnel captured 12 LTTE camps in the Kanchikudichchiaru forest reserve and are currently consolidating their positions under heavy resistance from the LTTE. Read the Full Article
Mar 31

LTTE artillery attacks on Sri Lanka government hospital in Mannar

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Apr 01, Colombo: Sri Lanka's separatist Tamil Tiger rebels launched a heavy artillery attack on Murunkan government hospital in the embattled Mannar district this morning, the military said. Read the Full Article
Mar 31

In Sri Lanka, Fear of Being ‘Disappeared’ (Washington Post)

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MAHA OYA, Sri Lanka -- Under thick tropical rains on a rutted country road, a bus packed with ethnic Tamil families screeched to a stop here in eastern Sri Lanka. At a heavily fortified government checkpoint, the families were ordered off the bus. Read the Full Article
Mar 31

Overseas jobs for Surrendered LTTE cadres

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Less than 48 hours after Sri Lankan security forces called on LTTE cadres to surrender at army camps and police stations, five LTTE cadres have surrendered at the Special Task Force (STF) Sangamam Kanda camp in Ampara yesterday, Monday the 15th of January. Read the Full Article
Mar 31

Sangaree urges caution by Tamil Nadu

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TULF leader V. Anandasangaree has asked Tamil Nadu to act with care and caution in its dealings with the Sri Lankan ethnic problem and not allow its people to be swayed by the emotional speeches of local politicians ignoring their negative fall out in Sri Lanka. Read the Full Article
Mar 31

Sri Lanka offering overseas jobs to Tamil rebels

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The Sri Lankan government said Monday it was contemplating offering overseas jobs to Tamil Tiger reb.. Read the Full Article
Mar 31

UNESCO acknowledges no media deaths in Sri Lanka in 2007.

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UNESCO has accepted that not a single journalist had been killed in Sri Lanka in 2007. UNESCO Direct.. Read the Full Article
Mar 31

Left parties of the alliance join with the Tamil parties to break UNP vote base

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Lanka Samasamaja Party, Sri Lanka Communist Party, Sri Lanka People`s Party, Democratic Left Front a.. Read the Full Article
Mar 31

Sri Lanka Government will ensure a pension to everyone

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The Social Security programme will be expanded for the benefit of every citizen. Those serving in t.. Read the Full Article
Mar 31

US report gives distorted view - Foreign Minister

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COLOMBO: Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama has yesterday issued a detailed response of the Govern.. Read the Full Article
Mar 31

Come off it, Mr. Prisons Chief!

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If we are good at one thing as a nation, it is the duplication of work. If some job requires two per.. Read the Full Article
Mar 31

Sri Lanka Cabinet downsized

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In view of the soaring Cost of Living and defence expenditure, the government has decided to chisel .. Read the Full Article
Mar 31

Sri Lanka Government prepared to rehabilitate LTTE cadres who surrender

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Army Spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara addressing the media in Colombo this morning (31), said t.. Read the Full Article
Mar 31

Human Rights Situation Of Tamils In Sri Lanka (Scoop.co.nz)

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Attached is a bi-monthly news summary of the human rights situation faced by Tamils in Sri Lanka. This summary has been prepared by COTANZ, which represents Tamil associations throughout New Zealand. Read the Full Article
Mar 31

Com Bank ranked Lanka’s Best Bank for record 10th year (Daily News)

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For a record tenth year running, the Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC has been adjudged Sri Lanka's 'Best Bank' by one of the world's most respected financial publications, Global Finance (USA). Read the Full Article
Mar 31

IIGEP wraps up operations in Sri Lanka

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Mar 31, Colombo: The International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) that was appointed to oversee the inquiries into 16 cases of serious rights violations, including the August 2006 massacre of 17 local employees of the French charity, Action Against Hunger, halted their operations today. Read the Full Article
Mar 31

Sri Lanka’s inflation not due to global oil prices but mismanagement of economy, IMF says

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Mar 31, Colombo: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that the increase of global crude prices is not the complete reason for Sri Lanka's inflation, but local mismanagement of economy. Read the Full Article
Mar 31

Chandrika admits committing `three` mistakes as Lanka President

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Former Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga said she has committed `three` mistakes during her.. Read the Full Article
Mar 31

Sri Lanka stick by new faces (New Kerala)

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Port of Spain , Mar 31: Opening batsman Malinda Warnapura and left-arm seamer Thilan Thushara, the two new faces in the Sri Lanka squad has made an instant impact in the first Test against West Indies to help them secure a first ever win on Caribbean soil. Read the Full Article
Mar 31

Relief Groups Responds to Sri Lanka Flooding (OneWorld)

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Baltimore, March 28, 2008 — Lutheran World Relief is providing emergency food rations to approximately 200 children under the age of 6 who have been displaced from their homes by recent torrential rains in Sri Lanka. Read the Full Article
Mar 31

Lanka woos LTTE militants with cash, job (rediff.com)

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In its bid to rein in the dreaded suicide squads of LTTE, the Sri Lanka government is offering $93,000 and an overseas job to the rebel suicide bombers who surrender before the authorities.Posters showing the offer were already pasted on walls around Colombo two weeks back, but confusion over it ended on Monday with the government admitting to making the offer of 10 million Sri Lankan rupees for ... Read the Full Article
Mar 31

Sri Lanka offers suicide bombers money for surrender (Chicago Sun-Times)

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- The Sri Lankan government is offering would-be rebel suicide bombers nearly $100,000 and a new life abroad to surrender themselves to authorities, the government said Monday. Read the Full Article
Mar 31

IIGEP Quits overseeing Rights Violation Inquires by Sri Lanka (TamilEelam News Service)

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Colombo - The International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP), The Commission of Inquiry (COI) established to oversees the work of the COI comprising experts from the UK, Canada, India, US and four other countries as well as the EU and UN rapped Sri Lanka and quits from their responsibilities citing the government commission, COI appointed by Rajapaksa working slowly, failing to ... Read the Full Article
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