Mar 16

Sri Lanka ex-military leader to face court martial today

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Mar 16, Colombo: Sri Lanka's former military leader and defeated presidential candidate General (Retired) Sarath Fonseka's two-day court martial is set to begin today before a three-judge panel at the Navy headquarters. Read the Full Article
Mar 16

Sri Lanka main opposition to launch its manifesto today

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Mar 16, Colombo: Sri Lanka's main opposition, United National party (UNP) is to launch its election manifesto today (16) at the party headquarters, Sirikotha. Read the Full Article
Mar 15

UN Chief unlikely to establish expert panel on Sri Lanka soon

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Mar 16, Colombo: United Nations Secretary-General is unlikely to establish an expert panel to advice him on the accountability issues related to Sri Lanka's bloody conflict soon, his spokesman said Monday. Read the Full Article
Mar 15

Sri Lanka Central Bank to pay higher interest to senior citizens

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Mar 15, Colombo: Sri Lanka Central Bank will start paying 20 percent bonus interest to senior citizens on rupee deposits maintained in licensed banks for the month of January from Thursday (18), the Central Bank announced today. Read the Full Article
Mar 15

Over 400,000 postal vote applications for Sri Lanka General Election

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Mar 15, Colombo: The Election Secretariat had received 477,110 applications for postal voting at the upcoming General Election in Sri Lanka election officials reported. Read the Full Article
Mar 15

Sri Lanka dismisses US State Department country report

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Mar 15, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Disaster Management and Human Rights Ministry today (15) dismissed a US State Department report accusing it of containing allegations that were unsubstantiated and based on reports by unnamed sources and of violating citizens' rights. Read the Full Article
Mar 15

Sri Lanka President needs clear legislation powers to fully implement Mahinda Chinthana says, senior adviser

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Mar 15, Colombo: Senior Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa said the people needed to give the President clear legislation powers in addition to the executive powers to successfully implement the second phase of the Mahinda Chinthana policies. Read the Full Article
Mar 15

Sri Lanka Supreme Court finds Sunday Leader guilty of contempt of court

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Mar 15, Colombo: Sri Lanka Supreme Court severely warned the editor-in-chief of the Sunday Leader newspaper Frederica Janz today for contempt of court. Read the Full Article
Mar 15

Children of the mother drowned her son, given to probation care in Sri Lanka

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Mar 15, Kalutara: The Magistrate Court of Kalutara today directed the children of a mother suspected of attempting to drown her three-year-old son to the care of the Probation and Child Care Department. Read the Full Article
Mar 15

Impossible to remove all election propaganda material says Sri Lanka police chief

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Mar 15, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mahinda Balasuriya says the police are unable to completely remove all banners, posters, and cutouts of candidates contesting the April 8 general election. Read the Full Article
Mar 15

Sri Lanka to grow coconut in the north

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Mar 15, Colombo: Sri Lanka Minister of Plantation D.M. Jayaratne says that the government expects to add an additional income of 10 billion rupees to the national income through development of coconut industry in the Northern Province. Read the Full Article
Mar 15

Sri Lanka Marxist alliance to release policy statement tomorrow

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Mar 15, Colombo: Sri Lanka Marxist coalition, Democratic National Alliance (DNA) is to release its party's policy statement for the April 8 general election tomorrow (16), the party's secretary Vijitha Herath has said. Read the Full Article
Mar 15

Former Sri Lanka Chief Justice claims arrest and detention of General Fonseka is a violation of many laws

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Mar 15, Colombo: Former Chief Justice Sarath N Silva said the arrest and detention of former Sri Lanka Army Commander General (Retired) Sarath Fonseka violated many laws in the country. Read the Full Article
Mar 15

Visakha Alumnae fund raising event to benefit war-disabled in Sri Lanka

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Mar 15, Los Angeles: Pahan Silu 2010, a fund raising event organized by the Visakha Alumnae Association of Southern California to benefit disabled war veterans in Sri Lanka (VAASOCAL) will be held on May 1 at the Renaissance Airport Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Read the Full Article
Mar 15

Sri Lanka to export indigenous medicines to Japan

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Mar 15, Colombo: Sri Lankan government is making arrangements to export country's indigenous medicinal plants to the Japanese consumers. Read the Full Article
Mar 15

More facilities to promote tourism in Northern Sri Lanka

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Mar 15, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Ministry of Tourism is promoting Jaffna and the Northern Province as tourist destinations in an effort to empower the economy in the war-ravaged region. Read the Full Article
Mar 14

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Mar 14

Public warned over rising dengue cases in Sri Lanka

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Mar 14, Colombo: Sri Lanka Health Ministry has warned the public to be more vigilant with the beginning of the rainy season as the hemorrhagic dengue fever can become an epidemic in the country. Read the Full Article
Mar 14

More officials to man polling centers for Sri Lanka general election

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Mar 14, Colombo: Sri Lanka Election Secretariat is in the process of allocating election officials to the thousands of polling centers in the country. The Election Secretariat has issued a special circular on the deployment of officials for election duty. Read the Full Article
Mar 14

Foreign election monitors to arrive in Sri Lanka

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Mar 14, Colombo: People's Action For Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL), an election watchdog in Sri Lanka says that foreign monitors will arrive in the country before the first of April to monitor the upcoming parliamentary elections. Read the Full Article
Mar 14

Fire destroys famous cinema hall in Jaffna

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Mar 14, Jaffna: A popular movie theater in Jaffna has been completely destroyed by a fire, the police said. Read the Full Article
Mar 14

Sri Lanka poll monitoring groups say authorities inactive against election law violations

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Mar 14, Colombo: Sri Lanka poll monitoring groups say both the police and the Election Commissioner's office are inactive against the election law violations by all political parties. Read the Full Article
Mar 13

President pays homage to historic Mahiyangana Temple

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Mar 13, Mahiyangana: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa paid homage to the historic Mahiyangana Raja Maha Viharaya in Mahiyangana of Uva Province this morning (13). Read the Full Article
Mar 13

Revenues of Sri Lanka Railways up for 2009

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Mar 13, Colombo: Sri Lanka Railways revenues have risen last year earning over four billion rupees, Railways Commercial Superintendent Wijaya Samarasinghe said. Read the Full Article
Mar 13

President pays homage to historic Mahiyangana Temple

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Mar 13, Mahiyangana: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa paid homage to the historic Mahiyangana Raja Maha Viharaya in Mahiyangana of Uva Province this morning (13). Read the Full Article
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