Cameron to demand SL war crimes investigation

08 Nov 2013

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British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday he will demand that Sri Lanka investigates allegations of war crimes and human rights abuses when he visits the country for a meeting of Commonwealth leaders next week

UK Minister meets SL envoy over SL student murder

07 Nov 2013

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UK’s Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Hugo Swire has held talks with Sri Lanka's High Commissioner in London, Dr. Chris Nonis on Wednesday on the recent murder of a Sri Lankan student Thavisha Lakindu Peiris, in Sheffield last Sunday

PM's visit will give India more leverage over SL: TNA

07 Nov 2013

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As Colombo is gearing up to host the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), moderate leaders of the Tamil National Alliance, which formed the Northern Provincial Council Government recently, say they are not opposed to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Sri Lanka, especially if it includes a trip to Jaffna

Video: Katunayake highway the most expensive in the world: UNP

07 Nov 2013

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UNP parliamentarian Mangala Samaraweera said today his party would write to the Guinness Book of Records requesting it to include the Katunayake Expressway as the most expensive expressway in the world

Manmohan’s decision likely tomorrow

06 Nov 2013

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A decision on the participation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the CHOGM Summit in Sri Lanka is likely to be taken tomorrow, highly placed sources said today

Kadirgamar Memorial Oration 2013

06 Nov 2013

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Lakshman Kadirgamar Memorial Oration 2013 organised by the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute for International Relations and Strategic Studies was held today at the Foundation Institute. It was delivered by the World Intellectual Property Organisation Director General Dr. Francis Gurry. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja

Protest against casinos

06 Nov 2013

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National collective against casinos organised a protest today at the New Town hall against establishment of casinos in the country. Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana

Mobile phones banned for passenger bus crew

06 Nov 2013

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Bus drivers would be banned from using mobile phones while driving from tomorrow, Transport Minister Kumara Welgama said

Feast for the eyes

06 Nov 2013

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This wondrous and rare sight of Nelu trees in bloom attracts thousands of local and foreign tourists to the Horton Plains. Nelu flowers bloomed this year, for the first time since 2001. Pix by R. Kogulan

SL welcomes scrapping of UK visa bond proposal

06 Nov 2013

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The Sri Lankan government said today that it welcomed the decision by the United Kingdom to ‘scrap the proposed introduction of a bond to visitors of six countries termed ‘high risk’ and said that it appreciated the removal of such proposed “discriminatory restrictions” for travel

Cartoon of the day

06 Nov 2013

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Demanding relief

05 Nov 2013

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A collective of Trade Unions organised a demonstration in front of the Fort Railway Station this morning demanding relief in the Budget that is to be presented on November 21. Pix by Waruna Wanniarachchi

One arrested over Anuradhapura killings

05 Nov 2013

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A suspect was arrested in connection with the gruesome killings in Halmillakulama this afternoon, police said

Resume external degrees

05 Nov 2013

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A student union to protect external degrees held a protest march from the Colombo Fort to the University Grants Commission (UGC) today, urging the authorities to stop curtailing external degrees and to recommence student registrations. They handed over a petition to the UGC. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja

CHOGM cars

05 Nov 2013

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A Sri Lankan soldier walks past a fleet of new Mercedes–Benz S400 hybrid cars parked at a performing arts centre in Colombo on November 5, 2013, to be used by heads of government attending the 53-member Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka from November 15–17. AFP photo / Pradeep Dilrukshana

UNP Leadership Council speaks

05 Nov 2013

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Six out of nine members of the newly-appointed Leadership Council of the UNP held a news conference at Sirikotha. The Council was headed by MP Karu Jayasuriya. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja

SL navy participates in joint Indo-SL sea exercise

05 Nov 2013

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Sri Lanka Navy’s Offshore Patrol Vessel, SLNS Sagara participates in the joint maritime fleet exercise, ‘SLINEX 2013’, conducted in the seas off Goa in India from November 04th to 08th 2013

Large haul of heroin nabbed at BIA

05 Nov 2013

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A person carrying a foreign diplomatic passport was arrested today at the Bandaranaike International Airport with more than 30 kilogrammes of heroin, the Customs said Pictures

Video: Intermittent Road closures

05 Nov 2013

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Several roads in Colombo are expected to be closed for short time spans and such closures will be confined to the period during which the Commonwealth leaders travel, the Police said

UNP denounces arrest of two IFJ journalists

02 Nov 2013

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The main opposition UNP today denounced the arrest and interrogation of two journalists of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) including its Asia Pacific Director Jacqui Park