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No private buses on Galle Road

04 Jun 2011

12

All private buses operating along the Galle road have joined the strike today after the relevant officials failed to take action against the perpetrators who assaulted the private bus driver on Thursday, President of Lanka Private Bus Owners' Association Gemunu Wijeratne told Daily Mirror online

Five drown in Kottai Kallaru

04 Jun 2011

0

Bodies of five persons who were missing since yesterday after their boat capsized in the Kottai Kallaru Lagoon have been recovered while six persons were rescued by villagers in the area and admitted to the Kalawanchikudy and Batticaloa hospital

Five missing in boat accident

03 Jun 2011

0

Five persons are reported missing while six others were rescued after a boat overturned in the Kottai Kallaru Lagoon in Batticaloa this evening, Kalawanchikudi hospital sources said.

Cabinet should decide – JVP

31 May 2011

1

The JVP today said that the Cabinet has to take a decision to suspend or withdraw the proposed Private Sector Pension Scheme Bill and the SLFP Central Committee, which is a political authority, has no authority to suspend the Bill

Victory for private sector workers

31 May 2011

5

The JVP today said that suspension of the Private Sector Pension Scheme bill was in a way a victory for the private sector workers. The picture JVP MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake addressing the media regarding the suspension of the Private Sector Pension Scheme. Pix by Kithsiri de Mel

Shuan Shuan

31 May 2011

2

Shuan Shuan, a 25-year-old female Giant Panda, chews bamboo shoots at her enclosure at the Chapultepec Zoo in Mexico City May 30, 2011. Marta Delgado, Mexico's minister of environment, announced today in a news conference that Chinese reproduction specialists will travel to Mexico to inseminate Shuan Shuan and Xin Xin with semen obtained from panda bears in China.  REUTERS

Three Uni. students suspended

31 May 2011

12

Three students of the South Eastern University have been suspended following a protest staged during the visit of Higher Education Minister S.B. Dissanayake to the university yesterday, Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) said

Cannot accept SLFP decision - UNP

31 May 2011

11

The United National Party today said that they could not accept the announcement made by the government that the private sector pension scheme will be scrapped, as the decision had been made by the SLFP Central committee

Tamil migrant deported over video

31 May 2011

0

The Immigration and Refugee Board on Monday ordered the deportation of another Tamil migrant from the MV Sun Sea, after finding that his activities in Sri Lanka — including an appearance in a Tamil Tiger propaganda video — constituted membership in a terrorist organization

Police used live bullets – ICEU

30 May 2011

10

The Inter Company Employees Union today alleged that live bullets were used to disperse protesters against the private pension scheme in Katunayake this afternoon. (Updated)

Nine cops including a DIG injured

30 May 2011

9

Nine police officers including DIG Ravi Wijeyagunawardena, two ASPs and a OIC were injured during the clash which took place in Katunayake with FTZ workers a short while ago

No private pension for FTZ

30 May 2011

16

The government today decided to exclude the employees of the Free Trade Zone (FTZ) in Katunayake from the proposed pension scheme for private sector workers, Western Provincial Council Minister Nimal Lansa said today

Rupavahini new Chairman Mohan

30 May 2011

20

Veteran journalist Mohan Samaranayake has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporaton with effect from today.  The appointment letter in this respect was handed over to Mr. Samaranayake by the Minister of Mass Media and Information Mr. Keheliya Rambukwella this morning

Teargas used to disperse protestors

30 May 2011

3

The police used teargas and shot into the air to disperse protesters in Katunayake who were against the proposed private sector pension scheme, Inter Company Employees Union , Vasantha Samarasinghe told Daily Mirror

Against removing posters

30 May 2011

10

The JVP held a protest against the alleged removal of its posters by the defense and local authorities in Fort Railway station today. Some members of the party led by MP Sunil Handunnetti participated in the protest hanging the posters on their necks. Pix by Kithsiri De Mel

Elitloppet trotting

30 May 2011

0

Swedish driver Joakim Lovgren with German horse Brioni crosses the finish line to win the Elitloppet trotting race at Solvalla trotting track outside Stockholm, Sweden May 29, 2011.   REUTERS

UNP wants India’s help

30 May 2011

23

The main opposition UNP today expressed hope that the visit of its leader Ranil Wickremesinghe to India would bring positive results with regard to jailed former Army commander Sarath Fonseka

Nine injured after bus overturn

30 May 2011

4

Six army personnel and three others were injured when a Colombo –Jaffna bound private bus overturned near Omanthai

Five arrested in Castlereagh

29 May 2011

0

Five people were arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) on charges of having been involved in gem mining this morning in the Castlereagh Reservoir where its water level had dropped, the police said

Dengue on the rise

29 May 2011

6

The Colombo Municipal Council said today that during this month alone there have been 222 reported incidents of dengue and one reported death. “There are about 10 to 15 patients being admitted to a hospital each day due to the vast spread of the disease,” CMC Chief Medical Officer, Pradeep Kariyawasam said

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