Dec 31

Hauled LTTE ship is attracting large crowds

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Dec 31, Colombo: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) weapons smuggling ship 'Princess Chrisanta' hauled by the Sri Lankan Navy and is on display now in Galle for the public is attracting large crowds, the Defense Ministry says. Read the Full Article
Dec 31

Religious ceremonies in Jaffna to usher the first New Year without war

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Dec 31, Jaffna: Sri Lankans are celebrating the arrival of the New Year with Buddhist religious ceremonies today as the Duruthu Full Moon Poya day falls on the New Year's eve. Read the Full Article
Dec 31

Young Sri Lankan cricket team to leave for Bangladesh tomorrow

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Dec 31, Colombo: The Sri Lankan Cricket team with several younger players is to leave for Bangladesh tomorrow (January 1) for the tri-series with India and Bangladesh. Read the Full Article
Dec 31

Sri Lanka President accused of misusing state funds for election campaign

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Dec 31, Colombo: The global corruption watchdog Transparency International has accused the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on misusing state funds and properties to campaign for his 2010 reelection bid. Read the Full Article
Dec 31

Sri Lanka stock market ends 2009 up 128 percent

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The Sri Lankan stock exchange more than doubled in value in 2009, figures showed Wednesday on the la.. Read the Full Article
Dec 31

Sri Lanka Cricket to use Bangladesh tour to test younger players

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Dec 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka Cricket plans to use the upcoming tri series in Bangladesh in January as a testing platform for the younger Sri Lankan players. Read the Full Article
Dec 31

Sri Lanka rejects media reports on the appointment of Thai PM as an economic adviser

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Dec 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka government today totally rejected the recent media reports that the government is planning to appoint former Prime Minister of Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra as an economic adviser. Read the Full Article
Dec 31

Sri Lanka election watchdog says no transparency in election campaign funds

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Dec 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka's election monitoring group Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) says that there is no transparency in election campaign financing of the presidential candidates for the upcoming election. Read the Full Article
Dec 31

Sri Lanka police after arrested monk’s driver

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Dec 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka police department is pursuing to apprehend the driver of the Buddhist monk who was earlier arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department for defrauding people promising jobs overseas. Read the Full Article
Dec 31

Sri Lanka eases fishing restrictions in the East

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Dec 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka government has lifted the fishing restrictions imposed on the fishermen in the East in a move to uplift the country's fishing industry. Read the Full Article
Dec 30

First Lady donates a brachytherapy instrument to Sri Lanka cancer hospital

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Dec 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka's First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa recently donated a HDR brachytherapy instrument worth 260,000 rupees for the treatment of cervical cancer to the Director of Maharagama Cancer Hospital Dr. Palitha Balawardena. Read the Full Article
Dec 30

Civil Security Force funds were not misused, Director General says

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Dec 30, Colombo: The government today denied the opposition parliamentarian Mangala Samaraweera's allegations that the welfare funds of the Civil Defence Force were misused by the government. Read the Full Article
Dec 30

Sri Lanka inflation rises in December

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Dec 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka's annual average inflation rate declined to a record six-year low of 3.4 percent in December, from 4.1 percent in the previous month, the Central Bank reported today. Read the Full Article
Dec 30

Sri Lanka President visits weekly fair in Mihintale

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Dec 30, Anuradhapura: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa this morning visited the weekly fair in Mihintale and chatted with the traders and the fair goers. Read the Full Article
Dec 30

Central Bank clarifies the issue of 1000 rupee note with President’s image

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Dec 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka Central Bank today issued a clarification on its recent release of a 1000-rupee note with the image of the country's President on one side of the note. Read the Full Article
Dec 30

Sri Lanka stocks gained over 125% this year

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Dec 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka stock market reached another high Wednesday, the last trading day for the year, more than doubling in value and becoming one of the best performers in the world. Read the Full Article
Dec 30

Sri Lankan professor shortlisted for the prestigious BMJ Group Lifetime Achievement Award

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Dec 30, Colombo: Professor Harendra de Silva, Professor of Paediatrics at the Faculty of Medicine, of Kelaniya University has been shortlisted along with nine other eminent individuals for this year's BMJ Group Lifetime Achievement Award for his pioneering efforts to create awareness of child abuse in Sri Lanka and other countries. Read the Full Article
Dec 30

Fonseka ready to face Mahinda Rajapakse in public debate in Sri Lanka

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Opposition Presidential Candidate General Sarath Fonseka is prepared to face President Mahinda Rajap.. Read the Full Article
Dec 30

Media Minister challenges opposition to prove corruption charges

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Dec 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Media Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena today challenged the opposition to prove that the Rajapaksa family had engaged in corrupt activities. Read the Full Article
Dec 30

Laugfs LPG prices reduced in Sri Lanka

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Dec 30, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government announced that the price of a 12.5 kg cylinder of LP gas has been reduced by Rs.60, effective midnight tomorrow (31). Read the Full Article
Dec 30

Sri Lanka’s Indian origin Tamil party members join opposition to support General Fonseka’s campaign

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Dec 30, Colombo: Two members of the Ceylon Workers' Congress (CWC), Sri Lanka's Indian origin Tamil Party representing plantation Tamils, resigned from their party and joined the main opposition United National Party to support opposition candidate General Sarath Fonseka's campaign. Read the Full Article
Dec 30

Sri Lankan professor wins the prestigious BMJ Group Lifetime Achievement Award

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Dec 30, Colombo: Professor Harendra de Silva, Professor of Paediatrics at the Faculty of Medicine, of Kelaniya University has received this year's BMJ Group Lifetime Achievement Award for his pioneering efforts to create awareness of child abuse in Sri Lanka and other countries. Read the Full Article
Dec 30

Sri Lanka Central Bank to give agricultural loans at reduced interest rates

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Dec 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Central Bank has reduced the interest rates of three agricultural loan schemes effective from January 01, 2010 to promote new investments in agricultural and animal husbandry projects. Read the Full Article
Dec 30

No deadline for resettlement of IDPs says Sri Lanka Government

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The Government despite having given a pledge to resettle all the displaced people by the end of Janu.. Read the Full Article
Dec 30

Mahinda Chintana: Over 98 percent fulfilled

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President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday when he came into power he introduced a people friendly m.. Read the Full Article
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