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Latest News HeadlinesSri Lanka`s apex court upholds government ban on websitesSri Lanka `s Supreme Court Wednesday has rejected a petition filed by a media watchdog and upheld a government ban on certain news websites. According to a report in India n media, the apex court has said that the freedom of expression was not...
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Judge s house bombed .A bomb has been hurled at the residence of Marawila Additional District Judge and Magistrate Chandana Kalansuriya at Marawila a short while ago. No casualties reported, police said
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Lankan Group Donates Air Tickets Fo..The Sri Lanka n Community Benevolent Fund in Qatar has donated air tickets to repatriate 16 community members held at the detention centre. Sri Lankan Ambassador Jayantha Palipana received the tickets from an SLCBF delegation led by president Geor...
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Crucial announcement on SF likely on Saturday .Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka is most likely to be released from jail next Saturday on the day of the third year anniversary of the war victory against LTTE separatists, the Daily Mirror learns. A Senior Cabinet Minister told Daily Mirr...
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DNA parliamentarian discusses Sri Lanka`s jailed Army commander`s release with the PresidentTiran Alles, a parliamentarian of Sri Lanka `s Democratic National Alliance (DNA) led by former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka , today met with President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees to discuss Fonseka`s release. Alles who was overseas unt...
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Sri Lanka tourist arrivals up by 9 percent in AprilSri Lanka `s tourist arrivals rose 9.0 percent in April this year compared to the same period last year, the data released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) Wednesday showed. The month recorded 69,591 tourists arriving in ...
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Sri Lanka Opposition Leader calls on President Monday, 14 May 2012 - 9:45 PM SL Time Sri Lanka`s President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Leader of the Opposition and the United National Party Ranil Wickremasinghe met at the Temple Trees today (14).
The Opposition Leader was accompanied by UNP parliamentarians Joseph Michael Perera, Tissa Attanayake, John Amaratunga, Ravi Karunanayaka, and Lakshman Kiriella. Ministers Maithripala Sirisena, Nimal Siripala de Silva, Susil Premajayantha, Dullas Alahapperuma, and Basil Rajapaksa were also present at the occasion.
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Bomb found before Ranil s arrival at Batticaloa meeting Sunday, 13 May 2012 - 3:02 AM SL Time A hand grenade had been recovered from a hotel in Batticaloa yesterday, before UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe s arrival to address a Lions Club meeting.
Informed sources said that the UNP leader s security personnel, on doing a last minute check of Cope Inn, down Trinco Road, Batticaloa the venue for the event, had found the grenade concealed behind a window sun screen.
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UN Country Director praises SL s progress Friday, 11 May 2012 - 3:50 AM SL Time No country could boast of a rapid post war recovery than Sri Lanka, a top UN official said yesterday. The United Nations Development Programme, Country Director, Douglas Kay said that he was fortunate to witness a positive process in social, economic and political changes during the past year in Sri Lanka.
Speaking at a regional workshop titled `Decentralization and Climate Change in Colombo on Monday, he said when he visited the country in 2007, at a time there was unimaginable turmoil, having a workshop of this nature was almost an impossibility. He also said that the UNDP s role was to assist in policies and sustainability and less on humanitarian support to Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka`s apex court upholds government ban on websites Thursday, 17 May 2012 - 10:24 AM SL Time Sri Lanka`s Supreme Court Wednesday has rejected a petition filed by a media watchdog and upheld a government ban on certain news websites. According to a report in Indian media, the apex court has said that the freedom of expression was not an absolute right and could be restricted and refused to hear the petition filed by the Free Media Movement (FMM) against government`s ban on five websites.
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Judge s house bombed . Thursday, 17 May 2012 - 10:15 AM SL Time A bomb has been hurled at the residence of Marawila Additional District Judge and Magistrate Chandana Kalansuriya at Marawila a short while ago. No casualties reported, police said
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Lankan Group Donates Air Tickets Fo.. Wednesday, 16 May 2012 - 1:44 PM SL Time The Sri Lankan Community Benevolent Fund in Qatar has donated air tickets to repatriate 16 community members held at the detention centre. Sri Lankan Ambassador Jayantha Palipana received the tickets from an SLCBF delegation led by president George P G Bandula. Minister and deputy chief of mission Sithara Khan, Sri Lankan Labour Bureau deputy general manager Wanasekara, SLCBF vice president Tennisan de Silva, secretary Dhammika Jayasena, adviser Lalith Jayasekara and committee member Roshan Balasooriya were present.
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Crucial announcement on SF likely on Saturday . Thursday, 17 May 2012 - 10:41 AM SL Time Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka is most likely to be released from jail next Saturday on the day of the third year anniversary of the war victory against LTTE separatists, the Daily Mirror learns. A Senior Cabinet Minister told Daily Mirror yesterday that United People s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) seniors have pointed out that if something unfortunate were to happen to Mr. Fonseka while in jail, the government might have to face disastrous repercussions locally and internationally.
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DNA parliamentarian discusses Sri Lanka`s jailed Army commander`s release with the President Thursday, 17 May 2012 - 10:38 AM SL Time Tiran Alles, a parliamentarian of Sri Lanka`s Democratic National Alliance (DNA) led by former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka, today met with President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees to discuss Fonseka`s release. Alles who was overseas until yesterday had met with the President this morning and discussed several technicalities related to Fonseka`s release. Soon after the meeting with the President, Alles visited Fonseka at the Nawaloka Hospital where he is receiving medical treatment for a lung ailment.
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Doctors` union of Sri Lanka Colombo National Hospital to launch strike Wednesday, 16 May 2012 - 1:43 PM SL Time The Colombo National Hospital branch of the Government Medical Officers` Association (GMOA) of Sri Lanka has passed a resolution proposing to launch an island wide strike from May 21. The National Hospital branch is the main branch of the GMOA and the members there have proposed to launch the strike to win the Rs. 29,000 transport allowance. Around 400 union members participated in the chaotic meeting held yesterday. The powerful health sector union launched an island wide token strike Friday demanding the authorities to grant the transport allowance that had been promised in 2008 for doctors in the public health sector.
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Sri Lanka tourist arrivals up by 9 percent in April Thursday, 17 May 2012 - 10:36 AM SL Time Sri Lanka`s tourist arrivals rose 9.0 percent in April this year compared to the same period last year, the data released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) Wednesday showed. The month recorded 69,591 tourists arriving in the country compared to the 63,835 arrived in April 2011. Tourist arrivals from Western Europe reached 139,692 during the first four months of this year rising 19.4 percent from same period of last year. However, year-on-year arrivals from the United Kingdom declined by 11.3 percent in April 2012.
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US national jumps off Colombo hotel balcony Thursday, 17 May 2012 - 10:31 AM SL Time An American National committed suicide by jumping off a fifth floor balcony of a five star hotel yesterday morning, an eye witness had told the police. Police Spokesman SP Ajith Rohana said that the foreigner had allegedly jumped off the Cinnamon Lakeside Hotel in Colombo around 10.45 a.m. and had succumbed to his injuries while he was being treated at the Colombo National Hospital around 2.45 p.m. A Slave Island police source said that the victim was British born but had take American citizenship. The deceased had checked into the hotel yesterday morning. He had been working for a company at Battaramulla. According to his visa, he had arrived in Sri Lanka on March 10.
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Father sexually abuses daughter Thursday, 17 May 2012 - 10:26 AM SL Time A father who was arrested on charges of having sexually abused his nine year old daughter has been remanded further till 21 May following a Magistrate Court order. At the hearing, appearing on behalf of the defendant, attorney-at-law Chanaka Kapurubandara appealed to the Magistrate to release the defendant on bail stating that he had no connection to the case and was not guilty of the charges and also because he has at the time been imprisoned for a period of one month. However, the appeal was turned down.
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Campus Circus sans paan Thursday, 17 May 2012 - 10:45 AM SL Time Ancient Roman patricians used bread and circuses (panem et circenses) to distract plebeians from their burning problems and lull them into a false sense of contentment. Their trick worked. The present-day Sri Lankan rulers have gone one step ahead they are treating plebs to circuses sans bread! The government`s latest circus is now on. Higher Education Minister S. B. Dissanayake has started a talent contest for university students. Perhaps, his realisation that the use of kevita (goad) in dealing with undergrads has not produced the desired results may have prompted him to come out with Kavitha (the name of the contest). It has suddenly dawned on him that university students have talents, which must be recognised, appreciated and promoted. How sweet of him!
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Z-score review: Don`t throw out the baby Tuesday, 15 May 2012 - 9:53 AM SL Time The present government is in the habit of dislodging systems that work perfectly, making an unholy mess thereof and then going hell for leather to bring order out of chaos, but in vain. Higher Education Minister S. B. Dissanayake has told this newspaper that he intends to appoint a ministerial committee to review the Z-score system currently used to select students to universities. This scaling method implemented way back in 2000/2001 worked smoothly until 2011, when the means and variances of subjects from the old and new syllabi were pooled to calculate the Z-score and rankings botched up as a result. The matter is now before the Supreme Court, which is expected to give a ruling shortly.
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Resignation the best course Sunday, 13 May 2012 - 11:19 AM SL Time We do not apologize for returning once more to the problems unleashed by the National Savings Bank s ill advised and ill-conceived deal to buy a stake in The Finance Company, the country s oldest established finance company long quoted on the Colombo Stock Exchange. The NSB made a belated statement last week returning to the subject after Dr. P.B. Jayasundera, the Secretary to the Treasury, intervened. Its apologia cut little ice with the public as it in effect bleated ``we won t do it again. Even the framing of the statement left much to be desired as exemplified by its last paragraph reading (sic): ``As a socially conscious and a responsible state-owned financial institution, we wish to give a strong pledge to the general public that we would continue to uphold all traditions of our bank and as done in the past continue our quest in having the depositors and other stakeholders total interest foremost in our minds in the future as well as the leader in developing you and the country. Ugh!
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Anusha loses Olympic hopes at Women s World Boxing Championship Thursday, 17 May 2012 - 10:50 AM SL Time Sri Lanka women boxers Anusha Kodituwakku and Nilmini Jayasinghe were eliminated in the first round and Pre-quarter final stages respectively at the Women s World Boxing Championship which serves as a qualifier for London Olympics. Competing in the 51kgs weight category at the Women s World Boxing Championship now in progress in China, Kodituwakku suffered an 18:8 points (3:1, 4:2, 4:2, 7:3) defeat at the hands of Sumeyra Yazici of Turkey according to the AIBA website.
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Sri Lanka tour: Snub only a temporary setback, says Wahab Riaz Wednesday, 16 May 2012 - 1:49 PM SL Time KARACHI: Snubbed fast-bowler Wahab Riaz has termed his omission from the Sri Lanka bound squads a temporary setback, saying he will regain his place in the side by showing his worth though sheer hard work. The left-armer failed to find a place in any of the three squads despite selectors opting for separate teams for all formats. The 26-year-old filled the vacuum left by the bans handed out to Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif and a five-wicket haul in the 2011 World Cup semi-final against India predicted a bright future for Wahab.
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Middlesex get Malinga for county Twenty20 Sunday, 13 May 2012 - 11:23 AM SL Time Sri Lanka fast bowler Lasith Malinga is to play for Middlesex in English county cricket`s Twenty20 competition, the club announced Thursday. The 28-year-old, whose unusual `slingshot` action makes him difficult to face, is one of the world`s leading limited overs bowlers and is currently the leading wicket-taker in the Twenty20 Indian Premier League, having taken 20 scalps for the Mumbai Indians.
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