Video: Computerised bilingual IDs from Feb

25 Jan 2014

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Commissioner General R.M.S. Sarath Kumara the Department of Registrations of Persons said steps were being taken to issue computerised bilingual identity cards to people from next month

Reversal on land sales to foreigners

25 Jan 2014

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The Government has sought Cabinet approval for legal exemption to sell 25 acres of land in Negombo, 44 acres in Kimbulapitiya and two roods, 26 perches from Bambalapitiya to a Singaporean Company to establish a private university and related infrastructure, Daily Mirror learns

Govt. facing crisis over CM posts: UNP

24 Jan 2014

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UNP media spokesman Gayantha Karunathilaka today spoke of a crisis within the Government over the chief ministerial posts even before submitting nominations with some members lashing out at the former chief ministers

Cartoon of the day

24 Jan 2014

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Cartoon of the day

23 Jan 2014

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I’m a Galloping Horse: Ginger

23 Jan 2014

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  Famous singer Ginger (Judith White) faced the SLFP Nomination Board and is getting active in the on-going election battl With my beauty I will fight for the country - Gayesha Former Miss Sri Lanka and popular model Gayesha Perera faced the Nomination Board of the SLFP recently... Being an actress is just like bein

Lalith Weeratunga in US

23 Jan 2014

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Ahead of the March session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Presidential Secretary Lalith Weeratunga, who is in charge of the National Action Plan for the Implementation of the Recommendations by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), was to leave for the United States (US) yesterday to brief the leaders of that country on the developments here

Scissor blade removed from boy’s head

23 Jan 2014

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A pair of scissors stuck in the head of a 15-year-old boy who was admitted to the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital on Tuesday afternoon, was removed by doctors through surgery yesterday

Video: UNP Buddhadi Wandana begins

22 Jan 2014

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'De Aruna Buddhadi Wandana' programme organised to invoke blessings to the UNP, the country and people began from UNP head quarters Sirikotha today with the participation of UNP National Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe and National organiser Daya Gamage. The vehicle parade will reach Anuradhapura on Saturday 25. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

Have headlights on at daytime: Police tell motorcyclists

22 Jan 2014

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Motorcyclists in the Western Province are requested to travel with their headlights switched on even during daytime from tomorrow, police said

Video: Remanded...

22 Jan 2014

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Tangalle Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Sampath Chandra Pushpa Vidanapathirana, who was arrested last night, was produced in the Colombo High Court and remanded until the trial into the killing of a Britisher was completed. Pix by Samantha Perera

Cartoon of the day

21 Jan 2014

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Video: New Organisers appointed

21 Jan 2014

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New Organisers were appointed to the Western and southern province by the UNP National leader Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Parliamentary complex today. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

Police braces to face protesters

21 Jan 2014

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The Government has purchased ten water cannon Ashok Leyland trucks for riot control under the Indian Credit Line worth millions of rupees, the Daily Mirror learns

Sri Lankan expat executed in UAE

21 Jan 2014

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A Sri Lankan expatriate was executed in the UAE on today for the murder of an Emirati resident, Arabian Business has confirmed

House sessions: Questions over stoppage of live telecast

21 Jan 2014

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The sudden stoppage of the live telecast of Parliament sessions caught the attention of MPs with UNP MP Ravi Karunanayake asking who took the decision to stop it

Live Parliament coverage on PEO TV suspended

21 Jan 2014

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The special live telecast that was launched on Channel 91 exclusively on SLT PEO TV in December last year enabling the public to watch the proceedings of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, has been suspended, sources said

Little Progress on Rights in Sri Lanka: Report

21 Jan 2014

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Sri Lanka made little progress in 2013 in accountability for serious human rights abuses committed during the civil war that ended in 2009, Human Rights Watch said today

JHU organiser arrested

21 Jan 2014

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Jathiaka Hela Urumaya (JHU) Colombo Central Organiser Sumith Weliwita was arrested on charges of having attempted to break into the Prime Minister’s office during a protest on January 8, police said

TN Courts order release of 61 SL fishermen

18 Jan 2014

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Two courts in Tamil Nadu have ordered the release of 61 Sri Lankan fishermen arrested between July and November in 2013