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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presented the Women of Courage award to Sri Lankas Jansila Majeed at a ceremony held at the US State Department in Washington, Wednesday. Majeed was among 10 recipients of the 2010 award. US First lady Michelle Obama also attended the event and delivered a speech.... Read more
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The Education Ministry announced yesterday that the first term of the 2010 academic year of all Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim schools countrywide would conclude on April 6.... Read more
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A senior Parliamentary official yesterday claimed that the lackluster attitude on the part of both the government and opposition members of parliament had contributed to the failure to pass some 30 significant Bills that would have had a direct positive impact on the country at large if passed before... Read more
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The Chair of the Coordinating Bureau (CoB) of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) has written to UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, conveying the Movement's concern over the announced intention of the UN Secretary General to appoint and a panel of experts on Sri Lanka.... Read more
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UNP MP Palitha Range Bandara yesterday challenged police to remove all unlawful cut-outs and banners by the deadline set by the Elections Secretariat. Addressing a press conference, Range Bandara said that Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake had ordered police to remove all such cut-outs and... Read more
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Reforms are to be introduced to Sri Lanka’s Family Laws pertaining to General Law, Kandyan Law and some aspects of the Thesawalami and Muslim Personal Law, the Justice Ministry said yesterday. A committee appointed by Justice and Law Reform Minister Milinda Moragoda to consider reforms to... Read more
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The People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL) yesterday said the removal or interdiction of Police officers prior to the general election would play an adverse role on the election process and cause serious issues in future.... Read more
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Lankan Attorney General Mohan Peiris has said he was prepared to offer protection to any journalist that returns to the country from exile; US based media rights group, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said.... Read more
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National Freedom Front leader Wimal Weerawansa giving evidence before the Colombo District Court recently stated he came to know of Retired Major General Wasantha Perera following the military defeats he suffered against the LTTE.... Read more
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India has offered to provide artificial limbs to about 1,000 people who were disabled by the war between the security forces and the LTTE in the Northern and Eastern Provinces.... Read more
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At an identification parade held before Colombo Additional Magistrate Kumari Abeyratne yesterday, three prosecution witnesses identified a Ukrainian woman as the person who was involved in the killing of a Chinese child and a maid servant, and inflicting injuries on the child’s mother at... Read more
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Ceylon Teachers’ Union (CTU) expressed doubts about the promise made by the Education Ministry Secretary to look into the existing salary anomalies of their members. “Education Ministry Secretary Nimal Bandara said that they would take steps to correct the discrepancies in teacher salaries... Read more
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A clothing company managing director, who had allegedly cheated another export company by presenting them with forged documents to be submitted to the Sri Lanka Ports Authority and the Sri Lanka Customs for the clearance of clothing materials, was released on bail by the Colombo Fort Magistrate yesterday.... Read more
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The Democratic National Alliance (DNA) yesterday vowed to take legal action if its leader Retired Gen. Sarath Fonseka was produced before a court martial by the military. DNA frontliner and former JVP MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake told a news conference that there was no provision in the Army Act to produce... Read more
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Minister of Irrigation and the Ratnapura District Parliamentarian of UPFA, Jayatissa Ranaweera was released on bail yesterday by the Embilipitiya Magistrate. He was produced before the Court for allegedly attacking a convoy of vehicles belonging to Rural Development Minister Premalal Jayasekera of the... Read more
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A four-year-old boy, who was thrown into the Kaluganga river in Kalutara was rescued by a truck driver, yesterday.... Read more
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Vehicles damaged after the election campaign office of Deputy Minister Vadivel Suresh was attacked by a mob in Badulla yesterday morning. - Pic. by Palitha Ariyawansa... Read more
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Three serving Major Generals were appointed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday to the military court which will try Retd. General Sarath Fonseka. General Fonseka will accordingly be brought before the Court Martial proceedings on March 16 and 17, Military Spokesman Major General Prasad Samarasinghe... Read more
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A 7.2-magnitude aftershock and four other tremors rocked disaster-hit Chile Thursday, triggering a tsunami alert just minutes before billionaire Sebastian Pinera was sworn in as the new president.... Read more
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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... Read more
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The Kalpitiya police yesterday seized 40 kilogrammes of heroin from Muthupanthiya, Chilaw and it is believed to be the largest ever heroin haul to be nabbed in Sri Lanka, police said. Police spokesman SP Preshantha Jayakody said the heroin valued at about Rs. 240 million was seized after receiving vital... Read more
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The police yesterday arrested UNP Ratnapura District candidate Dunesh Gankanda alleging that he had attacked a group of policemen at the Kahawatte police station. Ratnapura SSP L.J. Kularatne alleged three policemen had been injured in the incident that took place around 5.30 am yesterday.... Read more
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The Supreme Court yesterday directed the Elections Commissioner to ensure that the identification documents allowed for voters during the last Presidential election should be adhered to at the forthcoming Parliamentary elections too for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).... Read more
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A Colombo Court yesterday issued summons on a Judicial Medical Officer (JMO) for having failed to submit to Court a detailed report on the post mortem examination of Balawarnam Sivakumar who was forcibly drowned in the sea off the Bambalapitiya beach.... Read more
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Health authorities yesterday cautioned the public about a growing health threat of sandfly-Welimekka - spreading to other parts of the country with the extended dry season. Sand-fly or Welimekka (Phlebotomus) is generally found mainly in the dry zone.... Read more
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Illegally stored foreign and local liquor worth more than Rs.600,000 was seized and a suspect arrested at Kandakuliya in Puttalam during a raid carried out by Excise Officers. The officials said they believed the suspects were planning to sell liquor at exorbitant prices to devotees attending the St.... Read more
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For the fourth consecutive year, our sister paper “Lankadeepa” was selected as the most popular newspaper in Sri Lanka for 2009 by the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) in association with Nielson Research. Wijeya Newspapers Ltd., Brands Promotions’ Assistant General Manager Sujith... Read more
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Private bus owners who campaign for candidates contesting the April 8 general election by pasting posters or stickers on their buses will not receive the support of the Private Bus Operators Association (PBOA), an official said yesterday.... Read more
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JHU stalwart Patali Champika Ranawaka yesterday charged that some international organizations were trying to create a body similar to the Polish Solidarity Movement in Sri Lanka to gain some control over the country.... Read more
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