WikiLeaks: India gave LTTE Rs 50 lakh as compensation for Indo-Lanka pact

10 Apr 2013

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Did India compensate the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) after the 1987 Indo-Lanka pact and the dispatch of Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) to Sri Lanka? The US administration believed so, according to a cable sent by its embassy here and released by Wikileaks

President laughs at ‘Mattala joke’

10 Apr 2013

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President Mahinda Rajapaksa commenting on opposition criticism about the government’s development drive said in lighter vein said that one opposition member had even remarked that three pilots were needed for a plane to take off from MRIA Pictures

Cartoon of the day

09 Apr 2013

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UNP complains to human rights commission

09 Apr 2013

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UNP MPs Jayalath Jayawardena and Ravi Karunanayake made a complain to the Human Rights Commission today urging the authorities to reveal details of the tests carried out on renal disease in the North-Central Province.Nisal Baduge

Govt. won’t comply with UNHRC resolution: GL

09 Apr 2013

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The Government yesterday reaffirmed in Parliament that it did not concur with the US-sponsored resolution adopted at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions on March 22.

Video: Satyagraha over bus service fee increase

09 Apr 2013

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The All Island Private Bus Owners Federation General Secretary Anjana Priyanjith held a Satyagraha outside the Road Passenger Transport Authority at Battaramulla today urging the authorities to cancel the bus service fee increase.Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana

AG to peruse ‘X-files’

09 Apr 2013

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The extracts of the investigation reports in connection with the popular X-files actress Gillian Anderson’s Sri Lankan property case has been forwarded to the Attorney General for his advice, the CID informed Court today

N. Korea warning- SL stand

09 Apr 2013

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Sri Lankan government was not in a hurry to take any actions based on the warning issued by North Korea, External affairs ministry said

Crises at power stations

09 Apr 2013

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Mass scale tripping at several power stations had caused power disruptions in Colombo and the suburbs on Monday, CEB sources said

Top defence delegation in SL

09 Apr 2013

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A 19-member delegation from the National Defence University (NDU) Pakistan is currently visiting Sri Lanka, the Pakistan High Commission in Colombo said

Bodu Bala Sena goes International

09 Apr 2013

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Bodu Bala Sena is all set to go international, Executive Committee Member Dilantha Vithanage said today

A holy gift

06 Apr 2013

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The Gyalwang Drupka, spiritual head of the Drupka Order of Tibetan Buddhism, presented to President Mahinda Rajapaksa a bone relic of the Buddha as a gift to Sri Lanka. Courtesy President's media

Govt. vows to go ahead with private universities

06 Apr 2013

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Higher Education Minister S.B Dissanayake addressing the opening of the first phase of the Malabe private medical college teaching hospital yesterday said despite whatever criticism the government might face from the medical fraternity, it would continue its efforts to take private medical education to greater heights in Sri Lanka

Geetha hit me with a mug of coffee: PS Vice Chairman

06 Apr 2013

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Bentara-Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha Vice Chairman Ranjith Wickramasinghe charged that Bentara Elpitiya SLFP organiser Geetha Kumarasinghe had hit him with a mug of coffee during a party meeting held recently

'Annual Avurudu Pola'

05 Apr 2013

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The 4th annual Avurudu Pola organised by the Seva Vanitha Unit of the Civil Defence Force was held today at Bambalapitiya. Funds from this event will be used for the construction of 450 houses for Defence Force soldiers. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

Bus driver and conductor sentenced to death

05 Apr 2013

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The Kurunegala High Court today sentenced to death a bus driver and a conductor,who were found guilty of the charge of having caused the death of 41 passengers in a bus-train tragedy in 2005 at Yaangalmodara