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BJP threat to establish Eelam in SL: Govt. should reassess foreign policy – UNP
April 5, 2013, 9:42 pmby Zacki JabbarThe failure of the government to provide meaningful devolution to the North and East of the country, had resulted in India’s government in waiting, Bharatha Janatha...
View ArticleIndian Navy spots Chinese subs in Lankan waters
April 5, 2013, 9:44 pmChinese submarines had been spotted in South Sri Lankan waters by Indian Navy, Headlines Today news service of India Today magazine said yesterday.The HT story said: For the first...
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No govt. decision yet to probe Matale mass grave – Nimal
All extra-judicial killings of all eras should be probed transparently – SajithApril 5, 2013, 9:08 pmBy Ravi LadduwahettyThe Government has not as yet decided to probe the Matale mass graves and the...
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Ranmasu Uyana - A Chinese Connection
April 5, 2013, 12:00 pmby Dr. Rohan H. WickramasingheInstitute for Tropical Environmental StudiesGoldfish – or more precisely the ornamental goldfish (Carassius auratus auratus) kept in aquaria and...
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Leafing through …the pages
April 5, 2013, 12:00 pmReminiscences of a public servant who served four Presidents for a period of twenty years, during a Public Service career extending over a period of forty -four years..by Chandra...
View Article‘Where every prospect pleases, man alone is vile’
April 5, 2013, 8:10 pmBy Dr. Devanesan NesiahThe above is a line from a beautifully haunting hymn written by Bishop Heber of Calcutta who, clearly, had an imperialistic mindset. He visited our island...
View ArticleEnduring allure
April 5, 2013, 8:14 pmThe Kathmandu Post/ANNEver since it was first declared the highest peak on Earth in 1856 by the Great Trigonometric Survey of British India, Mount Everest has fascinated many....
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A tribute to an outstanding Sri Lankan
H. L. de. Silva’s fourth death anniversaryApril 5, 2013, 8:15 pmBy S. C. Crossette ThambiahI pen these few words in memory of a close friend and colleague – the late Desamanya H.L. de Silva,...
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Power supply plans fizzling out
April 5, 2013, 8:17 pmWhen the country faced a power crisis the government was encouraging the private sector to set up power generation plants to supply power to the CEB.Now the government is saying...
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Cash-greedy cricketers and spineless officials
April 5, 2013, 8:20 pmTamil Nadus Chief Minister Jayalalitha attributes her ban on Sri Lankan cricketers playing in her backyard in Chennai to the "barbaric acts" against Sri Lankan Tamils, alleged...
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Liberty Plaza signs up for Rs. 600mn BOI project
April 5, 2013, 7:35 pmDr Nalaka Godahewa formally receives the BOI Certificate of Registrations from Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena , Minister of Investment Promotion.Liberty Plaza signs up with the BOI for...
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THE FINAL COUNT DOWN
April 5, 2013, 7:30 pm(Dedicated to the memory of our beloved Sir Arthur C Clarke, with love and deepest respect)by Dottie Weerasooriya, his personal secretaryAs we commemorated the fifth year of Sir...
View ArticleEditorial - Island.lk
Counting the dead belatedlyApril 5, 2013, 8:10 pmSri Lankans are very liberal with numbers. In a country which is home to about twenty million humans, they claim, there are three hundred and thirty...
View ArticleThe Great Afghan Corruption Scam How Operation Enduring Freedom mutated into...
Washington has vociferously denounced Afghan corruption as a major obstacle to the U.S. mission in Afghanistan. This has been widely reported. Only one crucial element is missing from this routine...
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Gurgaon businessman who raped daughter for three years sent to judicial...
| A businessman who repeatedly raped his minor daughter for three years was sent to 14 days judicial custody by a local court in Gurgaon on Friday afternoon.The accused, whose companies' annual...
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Lashkar-e-Taiba decoded: US Military report establishes undeniable links...
A staggering 94 per cent of fresh recruits of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) see Jammu and Kashmir as a fighting front and hail mostly from Pakistan's Punjab province from families having links with the...
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Maker of Sadda Haq Kuljinder Sidhu to move court over film's ban Vikas Kahol...
| Punjabi film Sadda Haq, released worldwide on Friday, faced a setback at home when the Haryana government and the Chandigarh administration banned its screening.Punjab had already banned the...
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Dark side of the glitter: Bollywood's bad boys have mastered the art of...
Infamy seems to have little or no effect on stardom in Bollywood. Enjoying their demi god status, Bollywood superstars in trouble with the law rarely suffer a dent in popularity.The Supreme Court's...
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Mumbra is a victim of greed and all round apathy
Mumbai, April 6: Most visitors to Mumbai think it to be corrupted version of Mumbai. Mumbra is a corrupted version of Mumbai in social and economic sense. It is a victim of urbanisation, quick money,...
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Heritage Histories
What they are and How they Operate through Jaffna Central College and St. John’s College Histories| by S. Ratnajeevan H. HooleNote: This is an expanded version of an article written for print using the...
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