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Sri Lankan President assures Islamic countries to take action against...
Wed, Apr 17, 2013, 08:58 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Apr 17, Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa today assured the Islamic countries that Sri Lanka is committed to...
View ArticleMassive electricity price hike effective from April 12
* PUC reneges on its promises: April 17, 2013, 9:55 pmBy Ifham NizamWith the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), the regulatory body giving the green to the Ceylon Electricity Board...
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UNP deplores unjust electricity tariff hike on low income households
April 17, 2013, 9:57 pmThe latest electricity tariff hike was a heartless move and it would hit the low income households hard with medium to long term negative development consequences, the UNP said...
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Arun sets embarrassing posers for TNA: Sampanthan’s support for SF queried
April 17, 2013, 9:59 pmBy Shamindra FerdinandoSLFP organizer for the Batticaloa electorate Arun Tambimuttu yesterday said that the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) would never have backed retired Gen....
View ArticleSri Lankan Peace and Tamil Nadu Politics
April 17, 2013, 7:30 pm Whenever Tamil Nadu politicians rise against Sri Lanka, our reaction is to disregard them as internal matters of India. We ignore the fact that we have been politically,...
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Needed: a qualitatively better ‘discourse’ on ‘terror’
April 17, 2013, 8:08 pmIn this photo provided by The Daily Free Press and Kenshin Okubo, people assist an injured after an explosion at the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP)...
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Solar Power and Net-metering
April 17, 2013, 8:13 pmBy JayanthaRanatungaPast President of the Institution of Engineers. Former Chairman of the National Engineering Research & Development CentreAnyone who generates electricity...
View ArticleEditorial - Island.lk
Abusing music as a battering ramApril 17, 2013, 8:03 pmThat in the Cold War era, the US spared no effort in its campaign to engineer the downfall of the Soviet Union is only too well known. But, a...
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Arrest warrant issued for Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf
A court in Pakistan has ordered the arrest of Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf over the house arrest of judges in March 2007.Mr Musharraf was present at the Islamabad High Court when...
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Have a heart for Golconda, it’s crumbling!
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Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf: Court orders ex-ruler's arrest
"High drama and farce" as Pervez Musharraf speeds away from a court which ordered his arrest, as Orla Guerin reportsA court has ordered the arrest of Gen Pervez Musharraf over his attempt when...
View ArticleSri Lanka biz chamber urges transparency at power utility after hike
Apr 19, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Ceylon Chamber of Commerce said the latest hike will see power costs going up by 20 to 30 percent and the state power utility to should follow the directions of the...
View ArticleSri Lanka's central bank makes record Rs66bn in profits
Apr 20, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's central bank made 66 billion rupees in profits in 2012, up 41 percent from a year earlier, helped by gold trading and inflation, official data showed. The central bank...
View ArticleSri Lanka rulers only paid Rs2000 for power: former minister
Apr 20, 2013 (LBO) - Ministers in Sri Lanka paid only 2,000 rupees for power a month regardless of the volume of use, former foreign minister Mangala Samaraweera told reporters in a shock revelation....
View ArticleSri Lanka state-carrier revisiting feasibility of re-fleeting: minister
Apr 18, 2013 (LBO) - State-run SriLankan Airlines is revisiting the feasibility of re-fleeting in the wake of developments in the international aviation market, minister Keheliya Rambukwelle said....
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Swiss bank connection in M&A deals Sachin P Mampatta | Mumbai BS
WikiLeaks documents show acquirers use Swiss banks to sidestep Sebi via back-door paymentsThe contents of an American diplomatic cable sent from Mumbai in the early part of 2009 suggests acquirers...
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Tehelka report misled on British treatment of Tamils: Jaffna academic
[TamilNet, Saturday, 20 April 2013, 08:03 GMT]The Tehelka feature on Friday by Revati Laul is highly appreciable on many counts, as it has brought out the multifaceted genocide committed on Eezham...
View ArticleCanada calls for skills Indira Kannan BS
Canada's immigration rate is twice the rate of the US because it has a policy of promoting skilled immigrants. New changes in its rules are now attracting a lot of professionals, especially from...
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PE firms in talks to buy 80% in Reliance Globalcom BS
A consortium of private equity (PE) firms led by Samena Capital is in talks to pick a majority stake in Reliance Globalcom, the owner of undersea cable firm FLAG Telecom. The deal to this effect is...
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Investors ransack Saradha's Bengal offices, knock at CM's door BS
Frustrated depositors and agents on Saturday vented their anger by ransacking Saradha offices across West Bengal. An agent in Durgapur committed suicide yesterday as news of Saradha promoter’s...
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