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The Marriage Made in Hell
by Tisaranee Gunasekara“Religions may begin as vehicles of longing for mysteries beyond description but they end up claiming exclusive prescriptive rights to them”. - Richard Holloway (New Statesman –...
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Vandalised Swastika pond. Pic by Karunaratne GamageTreasure hunters vandalise ancient Swastika PondJune 30, 2013, 10:11 pmBy Karunaratne GamagePolonnaruwa CorrArchaeological monument Sawasthika Pokuna...
View ArticleNPC polls: SLMC to go it alone
June 30, 2013, 10:10 pmBy Cyril WimalasurendreKANDY – Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) will contest the forthcoming Northern Provincial Council (NPC) election on its own.SLMC Leader and Justice...
View ArticleCasino raided for evading tax
June 30, 2013, 10:11 pmBy Chaminda Silva andPradeep Prasanna SamarakoonThe Organised Crimes Division of the police, early yesterday morning, raided a Casino at Bambalapitiya patronised by the elite...
View ArticleImmorality of Mahinda Rajapaksa Regime
Amending the 13th Amendment:June 30, 2013, 9:20 pmSome UPFA Ministers pledging to defend the 13th Amendment. (File Photo)by Sumanasiri LiyanagePresident Mahinda Rajapaksa and his closest associates...
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Ayoma wins the day
*War on terror revisitedJune 30, 2013, 9:22 pmLt. Col. Gotabhaya Rajapaksa taking over the First battalion of the Gajaba Regiment (I GR) from Gamini Angammana at Saliyapura, Anuradhapura, immediately...
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Amare: Farewell, my dear friend!
June 30, 2013, 9:26 pmBy Dr. Upul WijayawardhanaJust over three months ago, when I met Amara Hewamadduma at his brother-in-law’s funeral, it did not occur to me, even in the wildest of my dreams, that...
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Communist Party of Sri Lanka celebrates 70th Anniversary
June 30, 2013, 9:25 pmby Dew GunasekaraGeneral SecretaryCommunist Party of Sri LankaJuly 3rd is our Party’s birthday. Our Party has turned 70 years. It also coincides with the 80th Anniversary of the...
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How Large is the Sri Lankan Global Middle Class?
June 30, 2013, 9:15 pmBy Dr. Nisha Arunatilake, Research Fellow – IPSIntroductionIn Sri Lanka there is evidence of a growing middle class. The incidence of poverty in the country has sharply come down...
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The economy is growing, but where are the jobs?
June 30, 2013, 9:18 pmThe Sri Lankan economy is reported to have grown by 6.4 % in 2012. This was less than what was hoped, but still a robust level of growth. In 2010 and 2011 growth was an extremely...
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A criminals’ paradiseJune 30, 2013, 9:19 pmThere’s apparently no agreement among scholars on the origin of the pithy saying, "The law is an ass", though the general consensus is that Dickens...
View ArticleTamil youth in East face stiffer racial discrimination: TNA MP
[TamilNet, Sunday, 30 June 2013, 23:22 GMT]In yet another instance of the structural genocide taking place in the country of Eezham Tamils, students from the East stand now to lose the opportunity to...
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Sinhala occupation of Kokku'laay lagoon tripled after 2009
[TamilNet, Sunday, 30 June 2013, 23:35 GMT]Strategically located Kokku'laay lagoon on the borders of Trincomalee district and Mullaith-theevu district has become the haven for Sinhalese fishermen who...
View ArticleIt is time India corrects its Sri Lanka policy - IANS India Private LimitedBy...
It is impossible to believe that the forced withdrawal of two Sri Lankan army officers from the Defence Service Staff College in Wellington in Tamil Nadu will not affect ties between New Delhi and...
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Minister Basil Rajapaksa to hold talks with India on Sri Lanka's...
Sun, Jun 30, 2013, 11:58 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. June 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa will leave for India this week to appraise the...
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Sri Lankan principal dies during leadership training
Sun, Jun 30, 2013, 09:53 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. June 30, Colombo: A principal of a Sri Lankan school died today during a leadership training session at the Rantambe military...
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Las Vegas Cirque du Soleil performer dies
Sarah Guyard-Guillot (L) had performed in the Ka show since 2006A performer in the famous Cirque du Soleil has died after falling off a stage during a show in Las Vegas.Paris-born Sarah Guyard-Guillot...
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Egypt's army gives parties 48 hours to resolve crisis
Egypt's army has given the country's rival parties 48 hours to resolve a deadly political crisis.It would offer its own "road map" for peace if Islamist President Mohammed Morsi and his opponents...
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Hong Kong marchers demand China uphold democracy pledge
BBC's Juliana Liu: "Protesters... do not trust Mr Leung and they believe he is Beijing's man"Tens of thousands of people have marched in Hong Kong to demand China honour promises to hold fully...
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Jiah Khan: Dead Bollywood star's boyfriend Suraj Pancholi bailed
Jiah Khan made her Bollywood debut in 2007Actor Suraj Pancholi, who was arrested after Bollywood actress Jiah Khan killed herself last month, has been freed on bail by the Mumbai high court.The court...
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