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Sri Lanka Marxist party has no faith in government genuinely addressing...
Wed, Apr 10, 2013, 08:31 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Apr 10, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Marxist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) says it does not believe that the current government...
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Sri Lanka Tamil leaders demand an interim self-government
Wed, Apr 10, 2013, 10:24 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Apr 10, Colombo: The Tamil people in Sri Lanka can find solutions to their grievances only through an interim self-government,...
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Sri Lankan actors reach out to their Tamil Nadu counterparts Meera Srinivasan
3The Hindu Members of South Indian Film Artistes' Association and other representatives of Tamil film industry at a day-long fast on April 2, 2013 in Chennai demanding rehabilitation of Sri Lankan...
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US warns: SL could return to conflict
... unless reconciliation and accountability issues are addressedApril 9, 2013, 9:11 pmBy Zacki JabbarExpressing concern about the deterioration of Sri Lanka’s human rights situation, the US said on...
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Indian diplomat flays Rajapaksa brothers for Tamils’ plight
April 9, 2013, 12:00 pmBy S. Venkat Narayan Our Special CorrespondentNEW DELHI, April 9: A just-retired senior Indian diplomat today blasted Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his brother,...
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Ranil asks govt. if it will talk to US
April 9, 2013, 9:27 pmOpposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday demanded in Parliament that the Government reveal whether it had any intention of holding negotiations with the US on the progress...
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Who is responsible – II?
April 9, 2013, 7:07 pmAfter the collapse of the Soviet Union, India has gravitated towards US and the west and she is more interested being the Regional power under the US world power. There is no so...
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VOICE OF SANITY
April 9, 2013, 7:10 pmby Shyamon Jayasinghe, MelbourneWhen we observe Buddhist monks full of rage and lust for the exercise of physical power going about the country with a creed of hate and a call to...
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Tigers benefit from IPKF experience
War on terror revisitedApril 9, 2013, 8:21 pmby Shamindra FerdinandoA major drawback experienced by government forces was the lack of combat troops necessary to proceed with large scale operations....
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Afghanistan, the drug addiction capital
By Tahir QadiryBBC News, KabulAfghanistan produces 90% of all opiate drugs in the world, but until recently was not a major consumer. Now, out of a population of 35 million, more than a million are...
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Africans complain of discrimination in Mumbai, India
Sheeba Rani has been ostracised by many friends and relatives for marrying Nigerian Sambo DavisAfricans staying in and around India's commercial capital, Mumbai (Bombay), complain of indiscriminate...
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Bangladesh opposition editor Mahmudur Rahman arrested
Mr Rahman has been accused of besmirching Bangladesh's reputationThe acting editor of a pro-opposition newspaper in Bangladesh has been arrested on several charges, including sedition, police...
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India policemen suspended for 'taking bribes' in Mumbai
This is the first time so many policemen have been suspended in MumbaiThirty-six policemen in the Indian city of Mumbai have been suspended after they were allegedly filmed taking bribes, officials...
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Buddhist treasures
TEXT & PHOTOGRAPHS BY BENOY K. BEHL Buddhism was symbolically planted in Sri Lanka along with the Bodhi tree in the 3rd century BCE. Today, both the faith and the venerated tree continue to...
View ArticleSri Lanka's Hatton National Bank to sell Rs4bn debt
Apr i1, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Hatton National Bank Plc is planning to sell 4.0 billion rupees of subordinated debt, which has been rated 'A+(lka)(EXP)' one notch below its long term rating, Fitch...
View ArticleBritish Airways flights to Sri Lanka from April 15
British Airways flights to Sri Lanka from April 15Apr 11, 2013 (LBO) - British Airways will resume flights to Sri Lanka from April 15 thrice a week via Maldives using Boeing 777-200 equipment, the...
View ArticleSri Lankan energy utilities lose Rs150bn in 2012, bank debt Rs245bn
Apr 10, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's state energy utilities lost 150.9 billion rupees in 2012, which is equal to 2.0 percent of gross domestic product, while debt taken from banks to fund losses rose 53...
View ArticleChandigarh-born lawyer poised to become top US judge
Washington, April 11: Described by President Barack Obama as a "trailblazer", Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth 'Sri' Srinivasan appears poised to become the first South Asian...
View ArticleSri Lanka's CEB urged to have competitive bidding for all new plants
Sri Lanka's CEB urged to have competitive bidding for all new plantsApr 10, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Electricity Board should have competitive bidding for all new plants, electricity...
View ArticleBy Asantha Sirimanne Sri Lanka to publish accurate private savings number
Apr 10, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka will consider publishing an accurate number for private savings from next year, separating out state enterprises which are lumped together as 'private' firms at the...
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