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(NAM) has, in a letter to UN Secretary General Ban ki-moon, expressed concerns
over moves to appoint a panel of experts to advice on accountability issues on
Sri Lanka saying it could do more harm than good to the country
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Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayaka has directed the IGP to confiscate buses
displaying political banners and cut outs and remove all posters in the island
by March 15, JVP MP Anura Kumara Dissanayaka said.
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Ceylon Daily News
Anoma Fonseka in her petition cited Army Commander Lieutenant General Jagath
Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka Army Military Police Headquarters Provost Marshall
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The Hindu -
Since the military defeat of the LTTE in May, the Sri Lanka Government
has been countering demands from various quarters on the need for a
commission to
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Ministry of Defence
The USAID Sri Lanka Country Director and Sri Lanka's Commissioner
General for Rehabilitation presented the equipment in Batticaloa.
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Zawya
JEDDAH - The owner of the hijacked Saudi ship for which Somali pirates
are demanding a ransom of $20 million has said that it was the vessel's
insurance
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Going
gets tough in Matara for Mangala
Mar 12 (Island) Mangala Samaraweera, during his
days with the SLFP, held sway in the Matara district. Even after quitting the
party, many believed that he could hold his own against any opposition there.
But all that seems to be changing now. Samaraweera, who formed the SLFP (M) and
together with the JVP, TNA and other minor parties joined the UNP to form the
UNF, seems to have antagonised the voting population of Matara
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Colombo Page
Mar 12, Chillaw: Sri Lanka police seized 240 million rupees worth of
heroin in Muthupanthi area of Nalladarankattuwa in Chilaw, 45 miles
north of capital
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Two
courts martial appointed to hear charges against General Sarath Fonseka
MOD
On recommendations of the Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Jagath
Jayasuriya, His Excellency, the President Mahinda Rajapaksa, has appointed two
Courts Martial to try former Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army
General Sarath Fonseka...
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Two Customs
officers now in custody for their alleged involvement with
the LTTE have revealed that they got millions of rupees from
the LTTE to clear without checks the outfit’s lethal cargo.
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KDU
Aeronautic Engineering course open from this year
Mar 11 (MoD) General Sir John Kotalawala Defence
University (KDU) Vice Chancellor Major General Milinda Peiris yesterday stated
that the Aeronautic Engineering Faculty of KDU is open from this year for the
civil students who are qualified for university entrance. The Aeronautic
Engineering stream of the Engineering Faculty was open only for the officer
cadets of the Sri Lanka Air Force
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Lanka Business Online
Mar 11, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka tourist arrivals surge 67.7 percent to
57300 in February 2010 from a year earlier, with steep increases in
generating markets
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Daily Mirror
The government says senior officials will continue with their overseas
visits as scheduled despite the threat posed by some LTTE lobbyists in the
west.Minister Keheliya Rambukwella says the LTTE in the West pose a threat to minister
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Daily Mirror
Israel supported Sri Lanka throughout in its war against terrorism and now that
the war is over the Israeli Government is determined to go for a robust economic
co-operation agreement with Sri Lanka, Israel’s Ambassador to Delhi and Colombo
Mark Sofer told the Daily Mirror yesterday. |
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Colombo Page
Mar 10, Colombo: Sri Lanka Terrorism Investigations Department (TID) today
summoned main opposition United National Party Colombo District candidate
Shiral
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Kyodo News
Sri Lanka is according high priority to mending broken fences with European
countries, including the European Union, in an effort to normalize relations
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Dredging Today
A consortium-led by China Merchant Holdings may construct a new deepwater
container terminal for Sri Lanka Ports Authority
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Daily Mirror
A Sri Lankan delegation will head to Brussels next week for talks with the
European Union (EU) on the GSP plus trade concession and other issues,
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Asian Tribune
As friends of Sri Lanka, Palestinians find it extremely difficult to keep
silent when we hear of the sinister manipulations and arm bending tactics
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Daily Mirror
... public more than once that politicians are the luckiest of the
whole lot who walk on the earth and Parliamentarians of Sri Lanka are not an
exception.
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Dissolved Sri Lankan parliament reconvened to
extend emergency
People's Daily Online Sri Lanka's parliament
which was dissolved last month to face fresh elections came to be reconvened
Tuesday for an one-shot session to extend the stat
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Daily Mirror
When Ban Ki-Moon's policies pertaining to Sri Lanka came up for questioning
by the Foreign media from the UN Ambassador to France, Gerard Aroud , the
latter
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CricInfo.com
Nuwan Zoysa, the left-arm fast bowler, was a surprise inclusion in Sri
Lanka's provisional squad of 30 for the ICC World Twenty20 in the Caribbean
in May
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Ceylon Daily News
... bolstered by the aggregate 25 percent stake taken in Seylan Bank
by the two state institutions Bank of Ceylon and the Sri Lanka Insurance
Corporation.
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UK official here for talks
Mar 9 (DM) An official from the British Foreign
office is due in Sri Lanka on a two day visit today for talks with Foreign
Minister Rohitha Bogollagama, the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry said and the
recent controversy involving UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband is expected to
figure in the discussions. Sir Peter Ricketts, the Permanent Under-Secretary
(PUS) of the British Foreign Office is scheduled to call on |
Sri Lanka Army sets up
public relations Office in Jaffna
 Mar
9 (SLA) While the shift of focus is fast changing, Sri Lanka Army is
earnestly determined to do its maximum by bringing about the reconciliation
between Jaffna people and Security Forces serving the Jaffna peninsula.
Tuesday’s ceremonial opening of the new Civil Affairs and Public Relations
Office at Hospital Road, Jaffna by Commander of the Army Lieutenant General
Jagath Jayasuriya, |
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Hardware, software and
computer jilmaat
The Island
UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe is known for his interesting turn of phrase,
which unfortunately does not serve him well in electoral politics
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Fonseka given mobile phone to
talk only to daughters
Ceylon Daily News
Military Spokesman Major General Prasad Samarasinghe yesterday said former
Army Commander General Sarath Fonseka was given the chance to use a mobile
phone
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UN will not cause impact
on Lanka - Minister
Ceylon
Daily News
The United Nations (UN) will not be able to cause any impact on Sri Lanka,
Environment and Natural Resources Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said.
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'UPFA will record a landslide victory'
Daily Mirror
The government's endeavour is to make Sri Lanka a
model country in Asia through its development programmes. However, President
Mahinda Rajapaksa needed
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'Fonseka tortured army officers'
Mar 8 (BBC) The Sri Lankan government accuses its
former military chief Gen Sarath Fonseka of torturing army officers and soldiers
while in office. Lakshman Hulugalle, the Director General of MCNS told BBC
Sandeshaya that Gen Fonseka has "taken revenge" from certain officers while he
was the commander. "It has now been revealed that he has even kept those who
were faced court martial in dark rooms," he said.
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Radio Australia
Sri Lanka's former army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath
Fonseka will have to wait just a couple more days to find out exactly
what charges
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Lanka Everything
The suspicion among the intelligence units have increased following the
continuous questions posed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to
President Mahinda
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All India Radio
The visiting Foreign Secretary, Mrs. Nirupama Rao on Monday disclosed
that India has conveyed to the Sri Lankan President its desire to open a
Consulate
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Ministry of Defence
Sri Lanka Army Troops engaging the clearing and search operation in
liberated areas yesterday (7th March) also recovered some warlike items
hidden
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Bernama
The Sri Lanka-based The Nation reported that the 80-yaer-old Vallipuram
Pravathi left Colombo for Kuala Lumpur on Friday,
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Times of India
COLOMBO: Former Sri Lankan army chief Sarath Fonseka facing detention
under treason charges, now at a naval facility today went on a hunger
strike for not
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Zee News
Colombo: Residents of erstwhile LTTE bastion Mullaitivu will soon be
able to enjoy television programmes
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Sunday Times.lk
South Asia has the potential to become Sri Lanka's most important
trading partner, especially with GSP-+ being in doubt.
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'Prabakaran's arrogance distanced addressing perceived 'plights' of Tamils'
Mar 7 (MoD) Condoning his elite master cum terror
Chief Prabakaran for the perceived 'plight' of certain 'Tamil' interest groups
including sections of the esoteric diaspora community, former TNA
parliamentarian group leader R. Sampanthan hinted out the use of alternative
forces at pursuing a 'self-determination solution' in the reunited island nation |
“The
role of an artiste is a hallowed one”
Mar 7 (NS)
 Exploring
the cinema, stage and the small screen with an equal gusto of his timbre,
Amarasiri Peiris has also earned a name as a reputed violinist in the country.
The Nation recently met this versatile artiste to capture some of the poignant
moments of his life’s journey. Q: How conducive was your childhood to learning
music? A: My father, Albert Peiris was a great source of inspiration to me. |
Ex-Army Intel. Chief to be quizzed
Mar 6 (DM) The Terrorist Investigation Unit said
the former Army Intelligence Chief would be quizzed in connection with the
killing of Lasantha Wickramatunga, within the course of the coming week. It is
reported that the former Chief of Army Intelligence is to be quizzed in
connection with the information gathered from the Army Intelligence Operatives
quizzed so far. Already 15 members of the Army Intelligence have been taken into
custody for questioning. |
'Garbage-free Colombo in three months'
Mar 6 (DN) The garbage problem in Colombo will be
solved within the next three months. A joint action is being taken in this
direction by the CMC, Provincial Garbage Management Project, UDA, Environment
Ministry and the CEA's Pilisaru projet, Minister and Colombo District UPFA
candidate Patali Champika Ranawaka said. The Minister made this assurance at a
press conference at Kerawalapitiya recently |
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AFP -
COLOMBO — India's foreign secretary Nirupama Rao will hold talks with
Sri Lanka's president on resolving the grievances of the island's Tamil
minority this
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‘MR has hardware but I have
software’
UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe gave an assure that
he will bring down the COL after forming a government. "We have solutions to
many of the problems faced by the people, including the high COL,"
Wickremesinghe said |
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President Mahinda Rajapaksa shakes hands with Australian High Commissioner in
Colombo Kathy Klugman at the ceremony to launch the coast guard unit in Galle. |
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The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights had repeated calls for an independent
investigation into war crime allegations in Sri Lanka. |
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Colombo Page
Mar 05, Colombo: The legendary Indian musician Ravi Shankar, who is
currently on a visit to Sri Lanka, met President Mahinda Rajapaksa at
the Temple Trees
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'Bring
committed politicians up'
Mar 5 (DN) Masses should bring to politics people
really committed to rebuild the nation in the future, said President Mahinda
Rajapaksa. He was speaking at the opening of the maritime archaeological museum
established at the Dutch warehouse in the Galle Fort Premises under the Galle
Fort Conservation project which was funded by the Netherlands Government.
President added that politicians should have an in depth knowledge of the
history of their area |
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Press Trust of India
Colombo, Mar 6 (PTI) Expressing concern over the "challenges" being
faced by journalists in Sri Lanka, the US has said the fourth estate was
duty bound to
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 President
to take oaths for second term on Nov. 18 President Mahinda
Rajapaksa will take oaths for his second term on November 18 this year, minister
Prof. G.L. Peiris said. Mr. Rajapaksa took oaths in his first term as president
on November 19, 2005. He returned to office as the sixth executive president of
the country at the presidential polls on January 26 this year |
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The Army is expediting de-mining operations from Mankulam to Kilinochchi on
the Jaffna – Kandy A9 highway so that the area could be made safe for
resettlement of displaced people. More than 1,500 soldiers are seen carrying out
de-mining operations. Meanwhile Kilinochchi Government Agent... |
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TNA MP M.K. Shivajilingam, told Daily Mirror, he has made arrangements to send
the mother of slain LTTE Leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran to Canada where her
daughter Vinothini Rajendran lives.
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Malaysia Star
IF you take all the business books on China and India, and lay them end to
end, they will encircle the Earth 11.4 times. Well, not really, but you get
the
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Daily News & Analysis
PTI COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's detained former top general Sarath Fonseka is
not inclined to attend the court martial proceedings against him next
week,
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Indian Express
Canada has asked Sri Lanka to start talks and the reconciliation process
with the Tamil groups, saying such a step is crucial for lasting peace
in the
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SC wants State media to be balanced
Mar 12 (DM) The Supreme Court yesterday (11)
 directed the Rupavahini
and the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation to ensure a balance of coverage in
the forthcoming Parliamentary elections.The Bench comprised Chief Justice Asoka
de Silva, Justices Jagath Balapatabendi and Chandra Ekanayake. The application
for leave to proceed was refused.
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Lanka Business Online
Mar 12, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's state-owned budget airline, Mihin
Lanka, whose losses have been subsidized by government, said it has
begun making monthly
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eTurboNews
While certainly February has always been the peak month of the Sri
Lankan Tourism calendar, this year it is not only the increase in
numbers but also the
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Indian
signs MoU with Colombo Univ. for Visiting Chair
Mar 12 (Hindu) On Thursday, a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) between the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and
the University of Colombo, for the establishment of a Visiting Chair in Social
Sciences at the University of Colombo, was signed at the University Senate Hall
by the High Commissioner of India, Ashok K. Kantha and Prof. Kshanika
Hirimburegama, Vice Chancellor of the University.
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CricInfo.com -
But first about captaincy - Sri Lanka has had in Arjuna Ranatunga, a
towering person as captain. Slightly confrontational but a strong
person.
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Asian Tribune
Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama indicated that Sri Lanka encourages
the international community, including the UK, to channel development
assistance
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Tough action on 10 top police
officers
Daily Mirror
In connection with incidents during presidential election period |
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Daily Mirror
A visiting British official today explained to Sri Lanka that UK Foreign
Secretary David Miliband's recent participation at the Global Tamil Forum
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TamilNet
China has completed arrangements through its funding arm, Exim Bank, to
provide $290m in concessionary development loans to Sri Lanka, Reuters
reported.
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Lanka Business Online
Mar 10, 2010 (LBO) - DHL Express, a global logistics company, said it has
opened an 'airside gateway' facility at Sri Lanka's sole international
airport
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The Argus.co.uk
Dilshan, 33, is a superb right handed bat, an electric fielder, can keep
wicket and bowls useful off-spin.
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Colombo Page
Mar 10, Tissamaharama: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa says his
government will take the country towards prosperity and self-sufficiency
strengthening
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Sri Lanka's ex-Army chief to be court martialed this
week
People's Daily Online
Sri Lanka's defeated
presidential candidate and former Army chief General Sarath Fonseka will be
produced before the Court Martial this week
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Fonseka calls up daughters, suspends fast
Times of India
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's detained
ex-army chief Sarath Fonseka has suspended his fast unto death after the
military allowed him to speak to his daughters using
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Daily Mirror
Personnel from Norochcholai police post, Kalpitiya police, Sri Lanka Navy
and the Sri Lanka Air Force rushed to the scene of the disaster and
managed
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CricInfo.com
Sri Lanka's Inter-Provincial Twenty20 tournament - which ended on Sunday
with Wayamba winning for the third year running - didn't cause too many
ripples
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CID to trace Dhanuna through ISP
Mar 9 (DM) The CID informed the Colombo Court
Magistrate today that it had obtained the Internet Protocol (IP) addresses used
by Dhanuna Thilakaranthna and were trying to trace his whereabouts through this
information. Submitting a report in court, the CID informed the Magistrate that
the IP addresses which were used by Dhanuna belonged to a United States based
Internet Service Provider (ISP). |
Govt, USAID, partners hand over livelihood equipment to former LTTE combatants
Mar 9 (IOM) The Sri Lanka Country Director of USAID
and Sri Lanka's Commissioner General for Rehabilitation today handed over
equipment to help over 550 former Tamil Tiger combatants to start new civilian
jobs in eastern Sri Lanka. The handover in Batticaloa, which included canoes,
pumps, engines and tool kits for rice paddy cultivation and fishing, was part of
a USAID-funded IOM pilot project to |
Most election offices illegal: Monitors
Mar 9 (DM) Political parties and independent groups
contesting the April 8 general election have violated the election law by
putting up co-ordinating offices in excess of the number stipulated in the
Parliamentary Election Act, polls observers said yesterday. The Act states that
each political party and independent group can have only one election co-ordinating
office for every polling booth. PAFFREL said it had noticed 15 political offices
belonging to the same party in the Matara town alone |
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The hardness of
hardware and softness of software
(DN)
Ranil
was always soft on the rich, hard on the poor. Indeed he treated the less
privileged with a kind of paternalism that was nauseating. He frequently
insulted their intelligence and took pot shots at their sense of dignity,
assuming that promising bracelets and necklaces would be sufficient to win their
vote |
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Ranatunga frowns
Daily Mirror
Ranatunga told a news conference yesterday that he and his former colleague
and Sri Lankacricket captain
Mahela Jayawardene had participated in a special
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UN concerned on lack of progress
Daily Mirror
... lack of progress of a
joint statement which both he and President Mahinda Rajapaksa had agreed
during the visit to Sri Lanka last
year by the UN chief.
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'Five charges against Fonseka'
Mar 8 (DM) General Sarath Fonseka will be tried on
over five charges under the Army Act and will face a court martial within the
next few days, Army Spokesperson Major General Prasad Samarasingha said.
According to the military, the summary of evidence over charges against General
Fonseka, made in compliance with provisions of the Army Act was completed and
handed over to Army Commander over the weekend.
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St Anthony’s relics in procession
Mar 8 (DM)
 Relics
of St Anthony of Paduwa who is venerated by Catholics and Non Catholics reached
Colombo yesterday amidst a prayerful welcome by thousands of devotees who were
gathered by the side of the roads from Katunayaka to Colombo yesterday. The
relics reached St Anthony’s Church Kochchikade around 6pm last evening after
which a mass was held by Archbishop of Colombo Rev Malcolm Ranjith
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AFP
COLOMBO — India's external intelligence agency tried to undermine Sri
Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse at polls in January and wanted him
defeated,
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Reuters India
COLOMBO, March 8 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares hit a record high on
Monday led by local buying in hotel and travel shares on hopes
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Lanka Business Online
Mar 08, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's investment promotion agency said it has
approved an investment by a unit of Lankaclear, the national clearing
house
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Arrest of
6 LTTE suspects in Berlin: Lankan mission gave sensitive info to German
Intelligence
Mar 7 (Island)
 Sensitive
information provided to the German Intelligence Service by the Sri Lanka Embassy
in Berlin and complaints made by the peace-loving Tamil community in Germany led
to last week’s arrest of six Tamil men suspected of raising funds for the LTTE,
Major General Jagath Dias, Sri Lanka’s Deputy Ambassador in Berlin saidty
Ambassador in Berlin said
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The Hindu
Visiting Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao called on Sri Lankan President
Mahinda Rajapaksa here on Sunday and exchanged views on whole range of
issues
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Daily Mirror
beat Sri Lanka 3-2 with victory in the final singles match of the Davis
Cup Oceania Zone Group II tie in Colombo today. Sri Lanka began the
final day
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FM
admits seeking UN job for son
Mar 7 (ST) Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama
admitted yesterday that he had appealed to a UN official for a job for his son.
Mr. Bogollagama, who is campaigning for the April 8 parliamentary elections
under the slogan that he had “won the world” as Foreign Minister, wrote to an
official in the Sri Lanka Permanent Mission in New York that a letter requesting
the job be handed over to a very senior UN official.
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Nandikadal revisited
Mar 7 (ST) Around 10,000 motor cycles and 25,000 bicycles belonging to LTTEers
and civilians who fled, are seen stacked in the Wellimulliwaikkal and Nandikadal
areas and other areas in the Mullaitivu district. They, together with the
innumerable ruined abodes ranging from what were once thatched cottages to well
built houses, remain as the legacy of the three decade old war
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Nalanda
restrict Ananda to 191
A penetrative spell of fast bowling from right-arm pacer and fresher Rangana
Cooray who returned impressive figures of 17-3-54-5 helped Nalanda bundle out
Ananda for a paltry 191 all out, before replying with 69 for 2 when bad light
stopped play, on a level-pegging day one of the 81st Battle of the Maroons begun
at SSC grounds yesterday.
Nalanda having won the toss had no hesitation in asking their rivals to take
first lease of the SSC track and saw Rangana Cooray getting into his act
immediately as he priced out four of the top Ananda bastmen cheaply
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The Hindu
Photo: AP Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa has taken exception to
the intention of the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to appoint a panel
of experts
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Hindustan Times
Sri Lanka on Saturday said that the decision of the UN Secretary General
to constitute a special committee to advise him on the island nation's
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Colombo Page
Mar 05, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa said the newly
established Coast Guard Force can effectively curb the Human smuggling
and drug
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Sripathy’s wife goes to ‘strengthen the hands’ of President
(Lanka-e-News, March 5, 2010, 6.00PM)
UNF Gampaha District leader and candidate for the upcoming General elections,
Dilrukshi Sooriyaraachi met the President Mahinda Rajapakse |
Election chief cuts down party offices Friday, 05
March 2010 01:51
Elections Chief had decided to limit the number of election coordination offices
set up by the political parties for the up coming general election in April this
year. Accordingly a candidate would be allowed to set up only one Central Office
for each District and one for each electorate, sources said while the office
could be used only till mid night of the Election Day.
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Old
Anandians donate Rs. 1,750,000 for war heroes
Old Anandians live in UK handed
over a sum of Rs. 1,750,000.00 for the welfare of war heroes to Secretary
Defence Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Ministry, today (05 March).
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BBC News
The Sri Lankan election commission has ordered that all posters and
cardboard cut-outs of candidates be removed in keeping with
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German police arrest six Tamil separatists
Mar 5 (DPA) German police have arrested six leading
Tamil separatists, the federal prosecution agency said Friday. The men - three
German and three Sri Lankan nationals - are suspected of belonging to an
organisation which extorts money from ethnic Tamils living in Germany, to fund
Sri Lanka's rebel Liberation Tiger of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) group.
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