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Minister G.L Peiris met the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia in Colombo Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman Al Jammaz today and discussed the issue concerning the torture of a Sri Lankan main. Read the Full Article

Jayakody Arachchige Olcott Perera, a leading heroin dealer in Colombo who was evading the police was shot dead while trying to escape from Special Task Force (STF) custody this evening. Read the Full Article

All transfers and appointments of military officers of the three armed forces can be reported only after the approval of the Media Centre for National Security, the Defence Ministry announced today.

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Aug 31, Colombo: Price of a LAUGFS domestic gas cylinder has been reduced by 46 rupees with effect from midnight tonight. Read the Full Article

Aug 31, Colombo: The visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao today told the Tamil people in Northern Sri Lanka to look to the future when she and her Indian delegation began their tour in the war-battered region. Read the Full Article

Investigations are underway into the death of a mother and her child during childbirth at the Matara hospital. The husband of the victim had complained to the Matara police that the staff were negligent.

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Aug 31, Ratnapura: It is important to carry out development projects in the country under a proper plan as an era has dawned to steer the country towards development, Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa said today. Read the Full Article

Aug 31, Ratnapura: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa Tuesday declared opened the Sri Lanka Tourist Hotel Management Institute in Ratnapura constructed at a cost of 100 million rupees. Read the Full Article

A student of the Moratuwa Prince of Wales College was allegedly abandoned by his mother in Maharagama after she went to bring sweets. The incident is being investigated by the Maharagama police

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Aug 31, Colombo: German federal prosecutors has charged three men suspected of fundraising and buying weapons for the Sri Lankan separatist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, European media reported today. Read the Full Article

The Saudi embassy said they have suspicions regarding the housemaid who had been inserted with 24 nails by her Saudi employer saying she cannot pass check points without being detected

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Aug 31, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government said today that all unauthorized structures constructed during the past few years under political influence will be razed to the ground. Read the Full Article

The price of a 12.5 Kg domestic Laugfs gas cylinder has been reduced by Rs. 46 with effect from midnight tonight. As a result the new price will be Rs. 1593

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Aug 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) today called on the government to hold a referendum on the proposed constitutional amendments. Read the Full Article

Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, on a visit to Jaffna this evening, urged Sri Lanka to look to the future with the war now over and the focus shifting towards development and reconciliation

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Aug 31, Colombo: The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) today said the special disciplinary committee, appointed by the party to inquire into former deputy minister Mervyn Silva's action to tie a Samurdhi officer to a tree, has found Silva not guilty. Read the Full Article

German prosecutors said today that they had charged three Sri Lankan men suspected of fundraising and buying weapons for the LTTE. They operated in the western German city of Oberhausen

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The second Court Martial probing charges against Sarath Fonseka resumed its sittings this afternoon. The Medical Officer intimated to Court that Fonseka was not fit to be present for the proceedings.

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Investigations are underway regarding a suspect who was arrested in connection with 11 murders including the murders of three policemen between 2006 and 2007, the police said

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