Sep 30

UNHCR deeply concerned over the security of IDPs in Sri Lanka

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Sept 30, The United Nations refugee agency today said it is deeply concerned about the safety of the more than 250,000 displaced people housed in the welfare centers in northern Sri Lanka after reports of few skirmishes between the troops guarding the camps and the civilians. Read the Full Article
Sep 30

President inspects site to build dagoba to symbolize Sri Lanka’s war victory

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Sept 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today visited the Anuradhapura Sri Maha Bodi sacred area to inspect the land for a dagoba under a programme to build nine dagobas in each of the nine provinces to symbolize the victory of war against the terrorists. Read the Full Article
Sep 30

Sri Lanka police arrest more underworld criminals

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Sept 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka police in a move to crackdown on underworld crime in the capital arrested two more crime figures. Read the Full Article
Sep 30

Crisis in Sri Lanka’s main opposition will worsen after UPFA victory at Southern polls

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Sept 30, Colombo: The widening crisis in Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party will get worsen further after a certain ruling United People's Freedom Alliance victory at the Southern Provincial Council polls, a government minister predicted today. Read the Full Article
Sep 30

Army seeks funds to build a wellness resort for Sri Lanka’s totally disabled soldiers

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Sept 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka Army plans to build a wellness resort dedicated to the soldiers who were totally disabled in the war against terrorism. Read the Full Article
Sep 30

President unveils a statue of Gamini Fonseka

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Sept 30, Colombo: President Mahinda Rajapaksa today unveiled a life-size statue of Sri Lanka's film legend, veteran actor and film director Gamini Fonseka at the Maradana Elphinston Theater premises. Read the Full Article
Sep 30

Sri Lanka September inflation drops to its lowest level in six years

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Sept 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka's annual average inflation rate declined to a record six-year low of 6.6 percent in September, from 8.5 percent in the previous month, the Central Bank reported today. Read the Full Article
Sep 30

No tsunami threat for Sri Lanka, Meteorology Department says

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Sept 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka is not in danger of a possible tsunami following the massive earthquake in Indonesia today, the Meteorological Department said. Read the Full Article
Sep 30

Czech investors to set up a BPO call center in Sri Lanka

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Sept 30, Colombo: The Board of Investment of Sri Lanka on Monday granted investment approval to Quaestus Lanka to open a BPO/Call Centre in Colombo. Read the Full Article
Sep 30

Sri Lankan government to spend 3.5 billion rupees to develop infrastructure in Vavuniya District

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Sept 30, Colombo: Sri Lankan government has allocated 3.5 billion rupees for projects within the Vavuniya District under its ambitious 180-day accelerated development program 'Uthuru Wasanthaya' (Northern Spring). Read the Full Article
Sep 30

European Union to discuss GSP plus facility for Sri Lanka next month

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Sept 30, Colombo: The European Union is scheduled to hold discussions on the 15th of October to reach a decision on extending the Generalised System of Preferences Plus (GSP+) trade concession to Sri Lanka. Read the Full Article
Sep 30

Defending the defenders of Sri Lanka

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While a sinister campaign is on overseas to press war crime charges against Sri Lanka, one of our co.. Read the Full Article
Sep 29

I won`t mortgage Motherland - Sri Lanka President

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President Mahinda Rajapaksa promised the nation that he will not allow anyone to mortgage the Mother.. Read the Full Article
Sep 29

Sri Lanka receives US$5 million from UNHCR for mine clearing

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Sept 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka has received a donation of US$5 million from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to accelerate its de-mining program in the war-torn North, the government media said today. Read the Full Article
Sep 29

Hunger strike by LTTE detainees in Sri Lankan prison continues

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Sept 29, Colombo: Sri Lankan authorities have sent a special prison representative to Anuradhapura prison to discuss with the LTTE detainees the issue of their hunger strike which is continuing for several days. Read the Full Article
Sep 29

Sri Lanka court refuses bail to suspects of Nipuna Ramanayake assault case

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Sept 29, Colombo: The Kaduwela Magistrate Courts today refused bail and further remanded the ten suspects charged in the assault of Nipuna Ramanayaka, an IT student in Malambe. Read the Full Article
Sep 29

Deputy Minister’s son surrenders to Sri Lanka police

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Sept 29, Colombo: Rasika Ekanayaka, the son of the Deputy Minister of Highways and the ruling party Pradeshiya Sabha Member, W.B. Ekanayaka has surrendered to the Anuradhapura police this morning. Read the Full Article
Sep 29

Sri Lanka closes its IDP camps in Batticaloa

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Sept 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka government today closed all the IDP camps in Batticaloa District in the Eastern Province of the country. Read the Full Article
Sep 29

P.B Jayasundara assumes duties as Sri Lanka’s new Treasury Secretary

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Sept 29, Colombo: Following a series of controversies Dr. P.B. Jayasundara has once again officially assumed duties as the new Treasury Secretary in a ceremony at the Finance Ministry this morning. Read the Full Article
Sep 29

Failure to resettle IDPs soon may create bitterness, UN chief warns Sri Lanka

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Sept 29, Colombo: Further holding of the 280,000 civilians displaced by the war in welfare camps in the Northern Sri Lanka could result in growing bitterness, the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Monday. Read the Full Article
Sep 29

Probe allegations against Norway

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Norway is lucky that the so-called global alliance against terror-read the US and its allies-has dou.. Read the Full Article
Sep 29

Growing demand for Sri Lanka`s plastic material

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There is a growing demand for plastic material in Sri Lanka for the use of industries such as tea an.. Read the Full Article
Sep 29

Western pressures will help Sri Lanka ruling party win Presidential and General Elections with 4/5 majority - Freedom Watch

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Sept 29, Colombo: Freedom Watch, a voluntary political group in Sri Lanka says the attempts by Western countries to pressure Sri Lanka on alleged war crimes and violations of human rights would help to increase the popularity of President Mahinda Rajapaksa and help him win the next elections with an unparalleled majority. Read the Full Article
Sep 29

Conservation of natural resources more important than development - Minister

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Conservation of water and natural resources is of far more importance than infrastructure developmen.. Read the Full Article
Sep 29

President free of appoint respondent as Treasury Secretary - Court

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The Supreme Court decided that the President, being the appointing authority in terms of Article 52 .. Read the Full Article
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