Apr 30
Sri Lanka President returns after successful SAARC summit
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Apr 30
Talks to resolve crises in UNF postponed till Monday
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Apr 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka's main opposition UNP led UNF has still not managed to resolve its crises due to the delay in holding the final round of talks between the leaders of the constituent parties.
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Apr 30
Aide of Sri Lanka’s former military commander released on bail
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Apr 30, Colombo: The Colombo Chief Magistrate has ordered the police to release former military commander Genral (Retired) Sarath Fonseka's aide Brigadier Duminda Keppetiwalana on bail after the Attorney General had not voiced any objections.
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Apr 30
Sri Lanka to face New Zealand today at the opening match of T20 in Caribbean
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Apr 30, Guyana: Sri Lanka is set to take on New Zealand Friday at Providence Stadium in Guyana at 1:00 p.m. local time in the third ICC World Twenty20 tournament.
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Apr 30
Sri Lanka’s Colombo Bourse ends the week with a high note
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Apr 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka's stock market ended the week with another record high today at Colombo Stock Exchange as local investors continued their buying spree expecting high returns while their foreign counterparts took profits from recently gained stocks.
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Apr 30
Sri Lanka President returns after successful SAARC summit
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Apr 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his delegation returned to the country after a successful conclusion at the 16th South Asian Association of Regional Conference (SAARC) Summit held in Thimpu, the capital of Bhutan from April 28-29.
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Apr 30
Sri Lanka Defence Secretary unveils War hero Memorial in Elephant Pass
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Apr 30, Elephant Pass: Sri Lanka's Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa opened a fitting memorial dedicated to fallen war heroes at Elephant Pass in the North today (30).
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Apr 30
16th SAARC Summit concludes with ‘Thimpu Declaration’
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Apr 30, Thimpu: The 16th South Asian Association of Regional Corporation (SAARC) ended yesterday in Thimpu, the picturesque capital of Bhutan with the eight-member organization adopting 'Thimpu Declaration' for alleviating poverty, improving development and finding solutions to climate change.
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Apr 30
Search Operations in Northern Sri Lanka continue to recover mines and explosives
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Apr 30, Colombo: Nearly a year after the end of the war in the embattled North, Sri Lankan troops conducting search operations in the northern Wanni region continue to recover massive stocks of explosives, ammos and other weapons that belonged to the LTTE.
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Apr 30
Domestic gas prices to be reviewed tomorrow
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Apr 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Consumer Affairs Authority is to review the LP gas prices tomorrow in response to the requests by domestic gas companies for a price hike effective May 01.
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Apr 30
Sri Lanka’s newly elected Speaker visits the Chief Prelates
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Apr 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka's newly elected Speaker of Parliament, Chamal Rajapaksa yesterday (29) visited the Chief Prelate of the Malwatta Chapter Ven. Thibbotuwawe Sri Siddhartha Sumangala Thero and Chief Prelate of the Asgiri Chapter, Ven. Udugama Sri Buddharakkitha Thero in Kandy.
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Apr 30
Sri Lanka’ Marxist alliance mulls expanding its coalition as a broad electoral front
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Apr 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Democratic National Alliance (DNA) led by former Army Commander General (Retired) Sarath Fonseka and the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna said the party was currently having negotiations with other parties and civil society organizations to expand the coalition.
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Apr 30
Sri Lanka Opposition Leader discusses party reforms with Sajith Premadasa
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Apr 30, Colombo: United National Party leader Ranil Wickremasinghe and Hambantota District UNP parliamentarian Sajith Premadasa discussed proposals to be included in the main opposition party's new reforms programme yesterday (29) at Cambridge Terrace.
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Apr 30
Setting thieves to catch thieves
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Corruption is something that everybody talks about but nobody does anything about. Even the self-rig..
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Apr 30
Revenue tops US $ 1.08b
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Sri Lanka s export sector recorded 8 percent growth for the first quarter of this year and aims at r..
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Apr 30
Sri Lanka stocks reach another high on local buying
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Sri Lanka stock market reached another high Thursday (29) at the Colombo Stock Exchange as local inv..
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Apr 30
Manmohan, MR discuss Sri Lanka
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President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh discussed the resettlement proc..
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Apr 30
Sri Lanka Acting Media Minister tells Media: Uphold social responsibility *Complaints desk for journalists
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Acting Media Minister Dr. Mervyn Silva soon after assuming duties officially yesterday, called on th..
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Apr 30
Constitutional reforms: TNA ready to support Sri Lanka govt
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President Mahinda Rajapaksa s government is likely to receive the support of the Tamil National Alli..
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Apr 29
SAARC summit concludes pledging to boost regional ties and rout out terrorism
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Apr 29, Thimpu: The 16th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) conference in the Bhutanese capital of Thimpu concluded today with the participants pledging to increase the trade and regional corporation and eliminate terrorism from the region.
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Apr 29
Sri Lanka stocks reach another high on local buying
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Apr 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka stock market reached another high Thursday (29) at the Colombo Stock Exchange as local investors purchased shares while their foreign counterparts took profits from recently gained stocks.
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Apr 29
Tamil politician says LTTE Chief’s house demolished by security forces
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Apr 29, Colombo: A Tamil politician has claimed that the Sri Lankan security forces have demolished the house of late LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran's parents situated at Valvettithurai in the Jaffna peninsula.
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Apr 29
Tamil politician says LTTE Chief’s house demolished by security forces
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Apr 29, Colombo: A Tamil politician has claimed that the Sri Lankan security forces have demolished the house of late LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran's parents situated at Valvettithurai in the Jaffna peninsula.
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Apr 29
Sri Lanka demolishes Prabhakaran`s house
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The ancestral home of Sri Lanka`s slain Tamil Tiger rebel chief Velupillai Prabhakaran has been demo..
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Apr 29
AmCham and U.S. Embassy present a seminar in Colombo on new U.S. Visa application procedures
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Apr 29, Colombo: The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham), in collaboration with the U.S. Embassy in Colombo, is organizing a seminar on the new procedures for applying for a visa to the United States.
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