Jul 31

Sri Lanka July inflation rate drops to lowest since 2007

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July 31, Colombo: Figures released by Sri Lanka Central Bank's Department of Census and Statistics on Friday showed that the Annual Average inflation in July was the lowest... Read the Full Article
Jul 31

Employees of Ministry of Public Estate Management and Development donate one-day pay for the welfare of people in Northern Sri Lanka

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July 31, Colombo: All the employees in the Ministry of Public Estate Management and Development and other institutions under the Ministry donated their one-day pay amounting to 2,551,930.96 rupees to use for the people in the North. Read the Full Article
Jul 31

Nalanda College Ranaviru Felicitation Ceremony

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July 31, Colombo: The Head Prefect of Nalanda College, Rusiru Gamage pinned the first flag of the Nalanda College Ranaviru Felicitation Ceremony to Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today at the Temple Trees. The event is scheduled to be held Sunday, August 2nd at the school grounds. Read the Full Article
Jul 31

More relief to Sri Lankan Army deserters

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July 31, Colombo: The Sri Lankan Army today announced another amnesty period for army deserters, this time a special resignation program. Read the Full Article
Jul 31

Sri Lanka President intervenes in the school term test crisis

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July 31, Colombo: Intervening in the endless crisis of public school term test papers, President Mahinda Rajapaksa has finally ordered the Education Minister... Read the Full Article
Jul 31

200 suspects in Sri Lankan remand prison commence hunger strike

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July 31 (CP) Colombo- Demanding early legal actions a group of suspects detained at the Colombo remand prison have commenced a hunger strike. Read the Full Article
Jul 31

Sri Lanka provides relief package for people unemployed due to economic crisis

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July 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka government has decided to provide relief to those who lost their employment as a result of the global economic crisis. Read the Full Article
Jul 31

Outgoing Kuwaiti Ambassador calls on President

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July 31, Colombo: The outgoing Ambassador of Kuwait to Sri Lanka, Fahad S.H.S Almetain called on Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today to at the Temple Trees bid farewell. Read the Full Article
Jul 31

Live in peace and unity, says new Archbishop of Colombo

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July 31, Colombo: Most Reverend Dr. Albert Malcolm Ranjith, the new Archbishop of Colombo says Sri Lankans should live with unity although they believe in other religions. Read the Full Article
Jul 31

No more weapons in Eastern Sri Lanka

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July 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka Police Department today announced that except government security forces and police, any other party could no longer bear weapons in the Eastern Province. Read the Full Article
Jul 31

Sri Lanka President appoints a tax commission to increase revenue

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July 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa has appointed a ten-member Commission on Taxation to study the country's tax system with the goal to assess why the revenue on GDP has declined and devolve proposals to remedy the situation, the Presidential Media Unit said. Read the Full Article
Jul 31

Special train services to Sri Lanka hill country from tomorrow for Esala Perahera

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July 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka Railway Department is to deploy additional train services to Kandy, Sri Lanka's hill country, from tomorrow for the convenience of the people who wish to reach Kandy to see the Esala Perahera. Read the Full Article
Jul 31

Sri Lanka Peace Secretariat closes

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July 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka government today closed its Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process (SCOPP) according to the instructions of Presidential Secretariat. Read the Full Article
Jul 31

Main suspect of LTTE suicide attack on Sri Lanka Navy personnel arrested

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July 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka police has arrested a major suspect of the suicide attack on the Sri Lanka Navy transit camp at Digampathana in Habarana that killed over hundred sailors several years ago. Read the Full Article
Jul 31

Bus fares to go up by 5.3 % in Sri Lanka

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July 31, Colombo: The National Transport Commission (NTC) yesterday announced that the private bus owners could raise the bus fares by only 5.3%. Read the Full Article
Jul 31

Call to promote trade between Sri Lanka, Bahrain

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Bahrain s Prime Minister, Khalifa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa had said many business opportunities have be.. Read the Full Article
Jul 31

Jaffna bibliotheca and boru katha

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Our collective memory as a nation is said to be notoriously short. Perhaps, that is something we unc.. Read the Full Article
Jul 31

Jaffna to be promoted as a tourist destination

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The government hopes to promote war-torn Jaffna as a tourist destination soon. Tourism Pr.. Read the Full Article
Jul 30

Nigh train services to Northern Sri Lanka resuemes tomorrow

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July 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka Railways is to resume its night mail service between Vavuniya and Colombo from tomorrow. Read the Full Article
Jul 30

Vatican Ambassador presents credentials to Sri Lanka President

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July 30, Colombo: Archbishop Monsignor Joseph Spiteri, the Ambassador of Vatican to Sri Lanka presented his credentials to Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today at the President's House. Read the Full Article
Jul 30

20,000 LTTE sympathisers could be in welfare camps: Sri Lankan Army

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Colombo: Sri Lankan security forces are zeroing in on some 20,000 LTTE sympathisers scattered in var.. Read the Full Article
Jul 30

Sri Lanka President hosts a banquet for visiting Bahrain PM

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July 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa hosted a special dinner banquet in honour of the Prime Minister of Bahrain Shaik Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa yesterday evening at his personal residence in Colombo. Read the Full Article
Jul 30

Over 9,000 former LTTE cadres at Sri Lankan rehabilitation centers

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July 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka government today said that 9,797 former LTTE members are now detained at rehabilitation centers in island wide. Read the Full Article
Jul 30

Huge political revolt in Southern Province, says Sri Lanka government

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July 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka government today said that there will be a huge political revolt in the Southern Province in the near future as several key opposition members in the South are to join the government soon. Read the Full Article
Jul 30

Sri Lanka President hosts a banquet for visiting Bahrain PM

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July 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa hosted a special dinner banquet in honour of the Prime Minister of Bahrain Shaik Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa yesterday evening at his personal residence in Colombo. Read the Full Article
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