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No bus fare hike - NTC

07 Feb 2011

11

The National Transport Commission (NTC) said today that bus fares will not be raised in the near future despite a fuel price hike by the Lanka Indian Oil Company (LIOC) recently

No LG election postponement

07 Feb 2011

6

No decision has been made to postpone local government elections despite requests by certain members of political parties to postpone the elections due to the prevailing flood situation, the Elections Department said today

Venues ready for Cricket World Cup

06 Feb 2011

7

The Sri Lankan venues for the Cricket World Cup were not damaged by the prevailing weather conditions, but if the pitch for the practice match is not ready on the scheduled date, it may be shifted to one of the other World Cup venues, Tournament Director 2011 World Cup Suraj Dandeniya told Daily Mirror online

90% paddy cultivation damaged

06 Feb 2011

21

Ninety percent of the paddy cultivation in the flood affected area is estimated to be damaged, the exact situation can only be ascertained after the water level recedes, Agriculture Minister Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena told Daily Mirror online

Rehabilitants to be monitored

06 Feb 2011

7

Former LTTE carders who were rehabilitated will be monitored for a period of three months after their release, Commissioner General of Rehabilitation Brigadier Sudantha Ranasinghe said.

Payments for flood aid late

06 Feb 2011

3

The government had failed to reimburse money for the purchase of relief items made by officials such as Divisional Secretaries and Grama Seva Niladharis to be distributed among people affected by disasters in the past, and therefore, those officials are hesitant to assist the present flood victims through such measures, the JVP charged today

Eastern Province schools closed

06 Feb 2011

0

Schools in the Eastern Province except those in Dehiattakandiya and Maha Oya education zones will be closed till Wednesday due to the bad weather conditions affecting the province, Provincial Education Director M.T.Nizam said today

Sluice gates opened

06 Feb 2011

3

Several sluice gates of Victoria, Randenigala and Loggal oya reservoirs were opened due to the heavy rains in the area. The pictures show Sluice gates that were open in these three reservoirs. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

SL mindful of reasons for conflict

06 Feb 2011

20

Sri Lanka was proud that it had prevailed over the long standing challenge of armed secessionism that sought to dismember the country, but it was also mindful that the errors, gaps and contradictions of the past led to that thirty years war, Dr Dayan Jayatilleka, Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to France said

Rainfall reducing

06 Feb 2011

3

Rainfall in the Eastern Province has reduced, while heavy showers were reported from Pottuvil and Badulla, more thunder showers can be expected island wide from time to time, the Meteorological Department told Daily Mirror online

'Marathonman'

06 Feb 2011

0

Belgian athlete Stefaan Engels (R), known as 'marathonman', runs his last marathon of the “Carretera de les aigues” (Road of the waters) with supporters on February 5, 2011 in Barcelona. Engels, 48, who set a goal of running 365 marathons in 365 days in several cities in Spain and Portugal with the aim of promoting physical activity and demonstrate that the effort is always rewarded, invites everyone to run with him. &nbs

Two LTTE suspects arrested

06 Feb 2011

8

Two Muslim residents of Sea Street who are suspected to have assisted the LTTE were arrested by the Colombo Crimes Division. Gold jewelry, foreign currency and cash worth Rs. 188,240 believed to have been extorted from the public were also recovered from the two suspects

India expressed concern about SL

05 Feb 2011

4

India expressed its concern about the human rights situation in Sri Lanka and the way the LTTE used civilians as human shields in 2009, the latest WikiLeaks cable reveled

Floods

05 Feb 2011

7

This aeriel photograph shows Sri Lanka's flood-hit north, east Polonnaruwa and central regions that have been flooded for the second time since January, on February 05, 2011. Renewed rains have flooded a large number of towns and villages killing at least 13 and driven away some 800,000 people out of their homes, the Disaster Management Centre said. AFP PHOTO

Prabhakaran's mother ill

05 Feb 2011

36

The health of ailing 80-year-old Parvathy Ammal, the mother of former LTTE Chief Velupillai Prabhakaran is deteriorating and she is being treated at the Valvettithurai hospital in Jaffna, former TNA MP Sivagilingam said

Lankan war criminals in UK

05 Feb 2011

39

Hundreds of suspected war criminals are living in Britain including 73 from Sri Lanka, despite recommendations by a UK Border Agency unit that action be taken against them, UK media reported

Toppled

05 Feb 2011

2

A lorry which was transporting fish toppled into Ma oya injuring three including the driver. The lorry which toppled got trapped in the river bank.

Burst dam displaces 400 families

05 Feb 2011

7

More than 400 families were displaced in Dutuwewa, after a dam in Kiwulkadawela tank burst unleashing 55,000 cubic acres of water to the nearby area. Coconut trees in the area were reportedly uprooted by the forceful water gushing  from the broken dam

Air support for flood affected

05 Feb 2011

4

The Sri Lanka Air Force have deployed eight helicopters consisting of Bell 212s and Mi17 helicopters for rescue operations in flood affected areas including Anuradhapura and Batticaloa. More than 17000 kilos of relief supplies have been airlifted for the victims

Lankan identified as thief

05 Feb 2011

26

A maid and her Sri Lankan lover have been identified by the Kuwaiti Capital Investigations Department as those who stole the gold jewelry and watches worth KD 8,000 from a Kuwaiti citizen’s home in Kaifan, Kuwait

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