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Latest News HeadlinesSri Lanka Army unloads ammunition consignments in JaffnaEven after a lapse of one-and-a-half-year, the families of at least 100 civilians killed and 84 wounded in Vaakarai region of Batticaloa district during Sri Lanka Army (SLA) offensive, are still waiting for their compensations from the Government of...
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Cabinet approves electricity shock for Sri LankaCabinet yesterday approved a proposal to increase electricity tariffs. According to sources, there will be no increase up to 90 units there will be an increase of 20% to 25% above 90 units. The decision not to increase tariffs below 90 units h...
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Ltte Attempt To Retake Ilanthiven R..The LTTE on Monday made an abortive bid to regain Ilanthiven on the Mannar front. Their assault ended in disaster with the loss of at least 26 cadres when the army repulsed their attack at around 9.30 a.m. on Monday. Earlier, troops captured Ilanthi...
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Liberating East & North - why it is so painful to LTTEAny military movement to bring about peace is characterized by a set of clearly defined strategic objectives. In the recent past, the Sri Lankan security forces conducted operations in the East to liberate the civilians from clutches of the world`s ...
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Rajapakse family as well as we are responsible for making the country a failed state - RanilRajapakse family as well as all the governments that ruled the country are responsible for making the country a failed state, said the Opposition Leader and the leader of National Congress Ranil Wickramasinghe yesterday (10) at the launch of Nationa...
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Sri Lanka tops South East Asia in Malaria controlSri Lanka has won kudos as being the first among all South East Asian countries which had successfully controlled the Malaria epidemic. Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry sources said. The sources said that in 2007 Sri Lanka recorded only 196 M...
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LTTE ending use of child soldiers in Sri Lanka - US Wednesday, 12 March 2008 - 9:15 PM SL Time The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is eliminating the recruitment and use of child soldiers, the US State Department said this week in its annual human rights report. The LTTE had not complied with its promise to end the practice by end of 2007, but its policy of recruiting one person from each family targeted those 18 years or older, the report said. Sri Lankan government forces were complicit in conscripting children for the TMVP (Karuna Group), which used coercion, extortion, rape, and murder to force children and adults to join their ranks, the report said.
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60 SLA killed in 48 hours in Mannaar Sri Lanka - LTTE Wednesday, 12 March 2008 - 4:47 AM SL Time Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) Operations Command in Mannaar told TamilNet Tuesday that 60 Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers were killed on Sunday and Monday when the Tigers confronted 3 major attempts by the SLA to advance into LTTE territory in Mannaar. At Paalaikkuzhi, a large ground push launched by the SLA was thwarted by the Tigers on Monday in which 20 SLA soldiers were killed and 63 wounded. Simultaneously, the SLA has suffered heavy casualties on another push, at Parappaangka`ndal. Further, the LTTE claimed that its snipers have gunned down 18 SLA soldiers on Monday. On Sunday, 22 SLA soldiers were killed in the jungle area of Karampaikku`lam in Keerisuddaan.
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Sri Lanka rupee at 14 month high and shares steady Wednesday, 12 March 2008 - 12:27 AM SL Time The Sri Lankan rupee climbed to a new 14-month high on Monday as banks and exporters sold dollars, expecting inflows from a syndicated loan to put upward pressure on the local currency.
Shares closed little changed after erasing early gains, with some blue chips like Commercial Bank of Ceylon COMB.CM that fell after two block deals were done at below market prices, traders said. The rupee -LKR=- rose to 107.45/50 per dollar, its highest
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Sri Lanka Army unloads ammunition consignments in Jaffna Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 8:00 PM SL Time Even after a lapse of one-and-a-half-year, the families of at least 100 civilians killed and 84 wounded in Vaakarai region of Batticaloa district during Sri Lanka Army (SLA) offensive, are still waiting for their compensations from the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL). In the meantime, the families of the victims of previous SLA offensives before the Cease Fire Agreement (CFA), who were assured of their sanctioned compensations, complained that the authorities were still delaying their payments. Before the local elections in Batticaloa in March 2008, the GoSL offered some fishing nets to fishermen societies and gifted 25,000 rupees per temple in Vaakarai.
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Cabinet approves electricity shock for Sri Lanka Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 7:03 AM SL Time Cabinet yesterday approved a proposal to increase electricity tariffs. According to sources, there will be no increase up to 90 units there will be an increase of 20% to 25% above 90 units. The decision not to increase tariffs below 90 units has been made with a view to encouraging consumers to cut down on consumption of electricity. In addition, the Electricity Board has decided to add a 30% fuel surcharge to the bills of consumers who use more than 90 units. The revision is aimed at reducing the huge losses incurred by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), which amount to Rs 43 billion.
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Ltte Attempt To Retake Ilanthiven R.. Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 6:59 AM SL Time The LTTE on Monday made an abortive bid to regain Ilanthiven on the Mannar front. Their assault ended in disaster with the loss of at least 26 cadres when the army repulsed their attack at around 9.30 a.m. on Monday. Earlier, troops captured Ilanthiven in the wee hours of the morning. `LTTE radio intercepts revealed that a large number of women cadres were killed and injured in the confrontation,` the Media Centre for National Security said adding that even the names of those who have been killed in the confrontation are in the hands of the army.
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Liberating East & North - why it is so painful to LTTE Wednesday, 12 March 2008 - 5:06 AM SL Time Any military movement to bring about peace is characterized by a set of clearly defined strategic objectives. In the recent past, the Sri Lankan security forces conducted operations in the East to liberate the civilians from clutches of the world`s most dangerous terrorist group, the Tamil Tigers (LTTE). The objective behind the whole operation was to let the people in the East enjoy the fruits of democracy while minimizing civilian and military casualties. This week we saw how the people in the East enjoying that freedom by electing their democratic representatives who would replace terrorists and proxies of terrorists. The East is re-awakening with fast advancing new infrastructure projects sweeping the hearts and minds of the tired civilians with hopes for a better future for their young ones. Now they can rest without the fear of their children being abducted by the LTTE to be human bombs, enjoy seeing their children going to school, and experience the power of peace and harmony. On the other hand, the security forces are proud to watch this uprising that they brought forth with unprecedented low casual rates.
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Rajapakse family as well as we are responsible for making the country a failed state - Ranil Wednesday, 12 March 2008 - 4:55 AM SL Time Rajapakse family as well as all the governments that ruled the country are responsible for making the country a failed state, said the Opposition Leader and the leader of National Congress Ranil Wickramasinghe yesterday (10) at the launch of National Discourse Manifesto at Colombo New Town Hall. Addressing the seminar themed `National Policy through National Discourse,` Mr. Wickramasinghe said that Sri Lanka now ranks first among the countries where the highest number of disappearances are reported and the sovereignty has dilapidated.
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All Lankans must enjoy equal facilities, privileges - President Tuesday, 11 March 2008 - 7:30 AM SL Time President Mahinda Rajapaksa stressed the need of providing all facilities and privileges enjoyed by the people in the South of the country, to our fellow citizens in the North and East as well. President Rajapaksa made this observation when he addressed the third Annual Conference of the Sri Lanka Independant Professionals` Organisation at Temple Trees last Friday. He pointed out that over six hundred proposals stipulated in the multi-party oriented Mahinda Chintanaya (MC), has been fulfilled already to date, a unique feature being the eradication of terrorism, with the unitary-state framework being maintained.
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Sri Lanka tops South East Asia in Malaria control Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 7:07 AM SL Time Sri Lanka has won kudos as being the first among all South East Asian countries which had successfully controlled the Malaria epidemic. Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry sources said. The sources said that in 2007 Sri Lanka recorded only 196 Malaria patients down from 591 in 2006. The number of Malaria patients recorded in Sri Lanka in 2005 was 1640. No patient has died from Malaria in Sri Lanka after the year 2000. This is a record in South East Asia. In 2007 one patient died and he was suffering from a combination of Dengue and Malaria.
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US$ 1b Mumbai investment for housing in Sri Lanka Wednesday, 12 March 2008 - 5:10 AM SL Time Bharti Airtel Lanka and the Atlantis Developments Private (Ltd) have signed two agreements with BoI yesterday to commence two new projects in Sri Lanka. Our construction projects consist of 60,000 houses with an estimated cost of US$ 1 b and US$ 500 million had already been allocated for the first project. First phase of the project will be located in Rajagiriya, in one and half acre land. We will build 272 luxury apartments initially with an investment of US$ 13 million and these houses will consist of 32 floors. This project is sponsored by Natvar Parikh and Co. (Pvt) Ltd,` Managing Director, Atlantis Developments (Private) Limited, Apurva Parikh said.
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President inaugurates Sri Lanka Savings Bank Tuesday, 11 March 2008 - 7:28 AM SL Time Marking a milestone in the annals of the indigenous banking history, President Mahinda Rajapaksa ceremonially opened the State-owned Sri Lanka Savings Bank (SLSB) in Borella yesterday. Addressing a simple opening ceremony at the bank, President Rajapaksa noted that this too was an integral part of the Mahinda Chintanaya, the budget and the banking policies of the Government, being fulfilled and seeing the light of day, while simultaneously eradicating terrorism in all its manifestations. The country had also launched mega-development projects in an array of infrastructural-development fields, and meanwhile consolidated the State sector, enhancing salaries too, he said.
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When political pots and kettles disparage one another Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 6:59 AM SL Time The Batticaloa mini polls have left the government cock-a-hoop, the NGO fraternity crestfallen, the LTTE irate and the UNP disappointed. The government has every good reason to preen itself on the polls outcome both politically and militarily. It has gained a tremendous boost for its southern political project by clearing the Eastern Province and successfully conducting an election in Batticaloa, besides bagging the Batticaloa Municipal Council. The military icing on its political cake is that the LTTE failed to scuttle the polls, contrary to anticipation in some quarters that the Tigers would pull a rabbit out of their hat at the last minute. The electoral victory of the Karuna Group has obviously perturbed the Tigers more than their military losses in the East.
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A triumph for democracy Wednesday, 12 March 2008 - 5:00 AM SL Time Democracy has triumphed in the East. What is of import is not who has won the local government bodies in the Batticaloa District but the fact that the Karuna Group (TMVP) has entered the democratic mainstream and Monday s polls were peaceful and free and fair but for some minor incidents. Those who went all out to thwart that election by citing various reasons have had to eat their words. The voter turnout (56 per cent) was impressive.
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A shocking crime! Sunday, 9 March 2008 - 7:56 AM SL Time It is with shock and dismay that we note the killing of TNA MP K. Sivanesan on Thursday. With his tragic end, the number of the slain members of the present Parliament has risen to six. Sivanesan was travelling through an LTTE-held area when a claymore mine hit his vehicle. The kneejerk reaction of the LTTE was to blame it on the army long rangers. The government lost no time in holding the LTTE responsible for the blast. If the LTTE s claim is true, then what has become of its impregnable defences? Is it being beaten at its own game? And where have all its shadow warriors gone? Is it that the LTTE has come to such a pass that it cannot at least ensure the safety of its proxies in a terrain that it claims to be its separate state?
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Experienced Thomians meet rejuvenated Royalists Thursday, 13 March 2008 - 7:00 AM SL Time It will be the experience of the Thomians and the spirits of the Royalists that will be tested when the teams meet in the 129thBattle of the Blues encounter at the SSC Grounds, today. Having packed their side with eight coloursmen who featured in the 2007 victory and two freshers who have stood shoulder to shoulder with the seniors this season, third year coloursman Jehaan Thahir will have one of the best Thomian sides in recent history in the Battle of the Blues today. Third year colousman Dinal Nanayakkara will have a rejuvenated team consisting of six coloursmen and freshers who produced their best batting performance recently, to obtain the ideal boost for the Big Match .
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Gayle highlights Sri Lanka s strengths Wednesday, 12 March 2008 - 5:02 AM SL Time West Indies captain Chris Gayle has pinpointed in-form batsmen Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara as well as bowling duo Muttiah Muralitharan and Chaminda Vaas as Sri Lanka`s biggest threats, cricket365.com reports. Muralitharan and Vaas are set to lead Sri Lanka`s attack during the two Test matches and three one-day internationals.
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Sri Lanka`s Jayasuriya faces axe for West Indies series Wednesday, 12 March 2008 - 4:57 AM SL Time Sanath Jayasuriya faces being dropped from Sri Lanka`s one-day squad for the three-match series against West Indies, starting next month. Cricinfo has learned the side has been picked - without Jayasuriya - and is awaiting ratification by the sports minister. The squad is also likely to be without Muttiah Muralitharan, the offspinner, and Lasith Malinga, the fast bowler. While Murali is being rested, Malinga is believed to have suffered a knee injury that will require rest for about three to four weeks. He will be replaced by fast bowler Nuwan Kulasekara for the Test and ODI series.
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