Mar 14
Mar 14
Public warned over rising dengue cases in Sri Lanka
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Mar 14, Colombo: Sri Lanka Health Ministry has warned the public to be more vigilant with the beginning of the rainy season as the hemorrhagic dengue fever can become an epidemic in the country.
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Mar 14
More officials to man polling centers for Sri Lanka general election
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Mar 14, Colombo: Sri Lanka Election Secretariat is in the process of allocating election officials to the thousands of polling centers in the country. The Election Secretariat has issued a special circular on the deployment of officials for election duty.
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Mar 14
Foreign election monitors to arrive in Sri Lanka
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Mar 14, Colombo: People's Action For Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL), an election watchdog in Sri Lanka says that foreign monitors will arrive in the country before the first of April to monitor the upcoming parliamentary elections.
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Mar 14
Fire destroys famous cinema hall in Jaffna
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Mar 14, Jaffna: A popular movie theater in Jaffna has been completely destroyed by a fire, the police said.
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Mar 14
Sri Lanka poll monitoring groups say authorities inactive against election law violations
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Mar 14, Colombo: Sri Lanka poll monitoring groups say both the police and the Election Commissioner's office are inactive against the election law violations by all political parties.
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Mar 13
President pays homage to historic Mahiyangana Temple
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Mar 13, Mahiyangana: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa paid homage to the historic Mahiyangana Raja Maha Viharaya in Mahiyangana of Uva Province this morning (13).
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Mar 13
Revenues of Sri Lanka Railways up for 2009
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Mar 13, Colombo: Sri Lanka Railways revenues have risen last year earning over four billion rupees, Railways Commercial Superintendent Wijaya Samarasinghe said.
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Mar 13
President pays homage to historic Mahiyangana Temple
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Mar 13, Mahiyangana: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa paid homage to the historic Mahiyangana Raja Maha Viharaya in Mahiyangana of Uva Province this morning (13).
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Mar 13
Sri Lanka Tamils urged not to fall for day-dream deliberations by Tamil parties
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Mar 13, Jaffna: There are feasible ways to win the rights of the Tamil people in Sri Lanka and day-dream deliberations of certain Tamil politicians cannot do anything good to the people, leader of the Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) said.
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Mar 13
Sri Lanka Navy finds explosives and suicide jackets in a dinghy
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Mar 13, Colombo: Sri Lanka Naval troops attached to the Point Pedro Naval Detachment in the Northern Naval Area recovered a haul of C 4 explosives and suicide jackets concealed in the bottom of a dinghy on Thursday, the Navy reported.
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Mar 13
First election campaign rally of Sri Lanka ruling party in Kandy
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Mar 13, Colombo: Sri Lanka ruling United People's Freedom Alliance will launch its election campaign from the hill capital of Sri Lanka, Kandy on March 19.
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Mar 13
Sri Lanka opposition leader to celebrate his birthday with religious activities
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Mar 13, Colombo: Sri Lanka's opposition United national party leader Ranil Wickremasinghe is to celebrate his 61st birthday with island wide religious ceremonies.
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Mar 13
Extra security for distribution of Sri Lanka poll cards
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Mar 13, Colombo: Sri Lanka Police will provide additional police protection for the distribution of the official poll cards for the upcoming general election.
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Mar 13
Sri Lanka lifts taxes on gold imports
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Sri Lanka has lifted taxes and levies on gold imports from to promote jewellery industries in the co..
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Mar 13
Bribery Commission of Sri Lanka to be defunct from March 29
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Mar 13, Colombo: The current term of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery and Corruption in Sri Lanka comes to an end on March 29 and the Commission would be defunct until new appointments are made to it on the recommendations of the Constitutional Council, which is yet to be reconstituted.
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Mar 13
Sri Lanka opposition wants cash from Elections Department for votes received in 2004
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Mar 13, Colombo: In line with the election laws in the country, Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party has requested the Elections Department for the cash it is entitled to receive for the votes polled at the last general election.
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Mar 13
Sri Lanka removes taxes on gold
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Mar 13, Colombo: In an effort to boost the jewellery industry in the country, the government has removed the taxes and other levies applicable on gold imports, effect from March 1, 2010, the Central Bank announced.
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Mar 13
Marxists say Sri Lanka’s ex-military leader not charged for alleged conspiracy as previously claimed
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Mar 13, Colombo: The Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna says that the charges brought against Sri Lanka's former Army Commander General (Retired) Sarath Fonseka do not include the allegations leveled against him initially upon his arrest by the military last month.
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Mar 13
Sri Lanka ruling party to campaign on Mahinda Chinthana policies at general election
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Mar 13, Colombo: Sri Lanka's governing United People's Freedom Alliance General Secretary, Education Minister Susil Premajayantha said the party would not present a new manifesto for the forthcoming general election.
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Mar 13
Sri Lanka Elections Commissioner orders IGP to take action to curb election law violations
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Mar 13, Colombo: Sri Lanka Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dishanayake had ordered the police chief Mahinda Balasuriya yesterday (12) to remove all illegal banners, posters and cutouts by March 15th and to take in to custody the Sri Lanka Transport board (SLTB) buses that display advertisements of various political candidates.
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Mar 13
New Employees’ Pension Fund to be established
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Mar 13, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Treasury Secretary Dr. P.B. Jayasundara has said that a new Employees' Pension Fund will be established with the next budget.
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Mar 13
Rewards as facades
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Jansila Majeed of Puttalam has done Sri Lanka proud. She received the 2010 Woman of Courage award on..
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Mar 13
UN intervention sought in Rizana case
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RIYADH: The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is to seek the United Nations High Commissioner s i..
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Mar 13
Moragoda says LTTE rehab efforts on track Move to permit ex-combatants to live with their families Special camp for LTTE couples 11,000 acre farm to accommodate 11,000 persons
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An internationally backed effort to rehabilitate over 10,000 LTTE cadres in government custody is on..
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