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`India were a step ahead of us` - Sangakkara
Sunday, 3 April 2011 - 8:59 AM SL Time
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Kumar Sangakkara, the Sri Lanka captain, took heart from his team`s performance to reach the final of the World Cup but described the defeat to India in Mumbai as `hugely disappointing`
Gautam Gambhir and MS Dhoni struck match-winning 90s to get India`s chase on track after those two early setbacks, and Sangakkara admitted his bowlers didn`t apply enough pressure. `After we got the first two wickets, we weren`t really tight enough with our bowling. We bowled quite a few loose balls and Gambhir and Kohli made us pay for that. MS really stuck it out there and saw through the tough periods. Once they matched and then went past the asking-rate, it was very difficult to pull them back.
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Bayliss - SL cricket needs major clean-up:
Friday, 8 April 2011 - 6:21 PM SL Time
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Sri Lanka`s outgoing coach Trevor Bayliss on Thursday said the country needed a strong and stable cricket administration to allow players to focus only on the game and not be distracted by politics.
On the field, we`ve done pretty well for past 18 months, Bayliss said in an interview with AFP. Getting to the World Cup final itself is an achievement, though we lost (to India).
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EPF/ETF money to fund the new pension fund
Saturday, 9 April 2011 - 9:32 AM SL Time
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The government has dropped a controversial move to acquire the entire gratuity payment of private sector employees to support the setting up of a pension fund.
The government recently presented to Parliament a Bill for the proposed new pension amidst protests by some trade unions. The draft revealed that the government had softened its stance and was now asking for not less than 10 per cent of the gratuity from employees.
Employers and employees would have to contribute 2 per cent each to the proposed pension fund.
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Move towards direct democracy
Sunday, 10 April 2011 - 8:13 AM SL Time
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These events across the seas must resonate in Sri Lanka, surely. It was this very week that a Cabinet Minister close to the President complained that the country`s construction industry was doomed to failure because of corruption. He cited examples of contractors bribing officials to get their shoddy plans and sites passed. What he did not say was how officials in government and municipal agencies need to be greased not only to break the law but act in order to protect others who break the law.
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Then comes the Tomato mafias
Monday, 11 April 2011 - 4:23 PM SL Time
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Sri Lanka`s vegetable traders who are often accused of keeping prices up through a purchasing `mafia` have now been accused of lowering prices through imports, according to a media report.
Sri Lanka`s The Sunday Times newspaper said local tomatoes were being sold for prices between 100 to 120 rupees and vegetables imported from India was being sold at around 60 rupees a kilo.
Sri Lanka`s farmers, particularly rice farmers, are pampered with massive fertilizer subsidies charged from taxes on other goods and services, and are also given price support schemes with public money.
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Is Sharapova back as a real contender?
Thursday, 14 April 2011 - 6:42 PM SL Time
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Maria Sharapova`s driving forehand doesn`t really fill me with wonder and excitement, but I am full of admiration for her drive to succeed.
She burst onto the tennis scene as a 17-year-old in 2004, beating two-time defending champion Serena Williams in the Wimbledon final, but having reached the top of the rankings herself, her career went into decline from late 2008 after a long absence due to injury.
With her looks, physique, and bulging bank balance, the Russian could have easily retired with her three major titles in hand, safe in the knowledge that her name is imprinted in the record books and her face likely to adorn the cover of glossy magazines for years to come.
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Libya: Obama, Cameron and Sarkozy vow Gaddafi must go
Friday, 15 April 2011 - 2:38 PM SL Time
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In a joint opinion piece to be published Friday, the leaders of the United States, Britain and France lay out in stark terms their contention that Libya`s future must not include its leader, Moammar Gadhafi.
`It is unthinkable that someone who has tried to massacre his own people can play a part in their future government,` said the article, titled `Libya`s Pathway to Peace,` by U.S. President Barack Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy. `It would be an unconscionable betrayal.`
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Amin confident of solving Lankan players participation crisis
Saturday, 16 April 2011 - 1:02 PM SL Time
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VADODARA: Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Chirayu Amin said on Friday that he expected the issue of Sri Lankan players` participation in the league to be resolved soon. Amin said that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president is in touch with his counterpart in Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). `The BCCI top brass is in touch with SLC and they will resolve the issue. It is an issue between SLC and its players who are playing in IPL 4. We are expecting that the issue will get solved by next week,` Amin told TOI.
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Sweeping tax benefits for Shangri-La
Sunday, 17 April 2011 - 7:18 AM SL Time
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Shangri-La Investments Lanka (Private) Limited which will build a luxury hotel and residential villas in Hambantota at a total investment of around US$ 109 million (Rs. 12 billion) will get several tax-free concessions, the Government has decided, according to a gazette notification.
The company has spent around US$ 3.5 million (Rs. 386 million) to buy private land in Hambantota for the project which the government believes is in the national interest and will bring economic and social benefits to the country.
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Syria lifts emergency after 48 years
Wednesday, 20 April 2011 - 6:27 AM SL Time
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(CNN) -- Syria`s Cabinet passed a bill abolishing the country`s notorious state-of-emergency law as another day of clashes erupted in the simmering country`s heartland, Syrian media reported Tuesday.
The decision is among several measures passed on legislative decrees by Syria`s recently appointed Council of Ministers. President Bashar al-Assad has to give the final approval to the move, according to analysts.
`The package of strategic bills is part of the political reform program that aims at bolstering democracy, expanding citizens` participation, strengthening national unity, guaranteeing the safety of country and citizens, and confronting various citizens,` state-run Syrian Arab News Agency reported.
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Sports minister says Lanka players to play IPL till May 18
Friday, 22 April 2011 - 9:30 AM SL Time
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Sri Lanka Cricket has decided to allow its cricketers to play in the IPL till May 18, after a meeting with sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage. The board had earlier asked the players to return on May 5 in order to prepare for the tour of England, which begins with a practice match against Middlesex on May 14. However, they have now issued a release saying the players have only to arrive in time for the second warm-up game, against England Lions, starting May 19. The first Test is on May 26.
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Nawalapitiya Chandiya stands humbled
Saturday, 23 April 2011 - 10:45 AM SL Time
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Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.` Ronald Reagan the 40th President of the United States.
Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage addressing the media a week ago to announce the national selection committee gave an assurance that Sri Lanka`s IPL bound players would be recalled by the 5th of May and that he would take tough actions against any player who did not comply.
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Sri Lanka s biggest investment zone at Hambantota
Sunday, 24 April 2011 - 7:38 AM SL Time
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The southern town of Hambantota, currently seeing most of the development in the country with an airport, sports facility and convention centre and other mega facilities, is set to witness the construction of Sri Lanka`s biggest investment zone at its port site -- the size being almost equal to all investment zones in the country put together.
All the investment zones (12) together in Sri Lanka managed by the Board of Investment total 2,770.69 acres (1121 hectares) while the new investment zone site at Hambantota amounts to 2,717 acres (1100 hectares)
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Trade unions to protest against private sector pension scheme
Monday, 25 April 2011 - 8:42 PM SL Time
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Apr 24, Colombo: Several trade unions in Sri Lanka are to hold a conference on Tuesday (26) to create awareness among the people about the ill effects of the government`s proposed private sector pension scheme.
Ceylon Teachers` Union (CTU) head, Joseph Stalin told ColomboPage that the union together with several others has organized a conference on Tuesday morning at the J.R. Jayewardene Center and afterwards a protest at the Lipton Circus.
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Sri Lankan Housing Minister in Kibera Visit
Thursday, 28 April 2011 - 2:57 PM SL Time
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Visiting Sri Lankan housing minister Vimal Weerawansa has called on the Kenyan private sector to increase housing investments to improve living conditions in slums across the country.
Weerawansa said upgrading the housing units would go a long way in improving living conditions for the people living in informal settlements and slums.`At some point in Sri Lanka, we also had such poor living conditions in shanties but managed to change the situation when the private sector started to invest in housing,` he said when he toured Kibera slums last week accompanied by Universal Peace Federation ambassador to Kenya Dr Hasmukh Dawda.
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Tillakaratne`s allegations - It is Politics in cricket says Sports minister
Saturday, 30 April 2011 - 3:57 PM SL Time
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Sri Lankan Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage Friday rubbished claims made by former captain Hashan Tillakaratne that match-fixing is a common phenomenon in the country`s cricketing circles.
Tillakaratne alleged that match-fixing in Sri Lanka has been going on since 1992.
Aluthgamage said that Tillakaratne`s views are personnel and there is no proof behind his allegations.
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Govt. digging in for battle with UN. - Sundaytimes lashes out UPFA
Sunday, 1 May 2011 - 8:01 AM SL Time
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Naturally, Dr. Peiris, the country`s External Affairs Minister, expected foreign governments and the United Nations to believe what he said was the true position. Is this fact or mere fiction?
As he spoke to foreign diplomats on Thursday morning at the External Affairs Ministry in Fort, just over a kilometre away, at a news conference at the Mahaweli Centre at Green Path, a senior Cabinet colleague, Dallas Allahapperuma, said just the opposite. This is how last Thursday`s state run Daily News reported the event under the headline ` UPFA May Day rally - THOUSANDS TO SHOW NATION`S OPPOSITION TO DARUSMAN REPORT.` It said,`Sixteen parties allied to the United People`s Freedom Alliance (UPFA), trade unions, other organisations and hundreds of thousands of people will participate in UPFA May Day rally, which will show the nation`s opposition to the Darusman Report, SLFP Treasurer and the Vocational Training and Skills Development Minister Dullas Allahapperuma said.
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