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An Indian vessel with 13 Indian crew members was hijacked - for the second time in six months - Dec 16 by a gang of 8 to 9 pirates off Somalia, maritime officials said here Thursday.
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The government has adopted double standards and is giving, to the world and the local masses, different interpretations of the newspaper remark attributed to Gen. Sarath Fonseka with the sole intention of slinging mud at him, said his co-spokesman Anura...
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Elections chief Dayananda Dissanayake has instructed senior officials of the government to refrain from making statements supportive of or against any of the candidates to next month's presidential polls.
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At least 34 persons were injured when the Colombo - Vavuniya mail train derailed at Galgamuwa early this morning, police said.
The last three compartments of the train had derailed.
Eight persons were rushed to the Anuradhapura Hospital and the others t...
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Jakarta - One of about 250 Sri Lankan asylum seekers who have refused to leave a cargo boat moored at a port in Indonesia's Java island has died, reports said Thursday.
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A high powered delegation led by Mr. T.H. Radhakrishnan , President of the Trichy Travel Federation and leading personalities in the fields of Higher Education , Medical Institutions and Hospitality Industry who are members of the Trichy Travel Fed...
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Fitch Ratings-Colombo/Mumbai/Singapore-24 December 2009: Fitch Ratings Lanka has today affirmed Union Bank of Colombo Ltd's (UB) National Long-term rating at 'BB+(lka)'. The Outlook is Positive.
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Fitch Ratings-Colombo/Mumbai/Singapore-24 December 2009: Fitch Ratings Lanka has today affirmed Pan Asia Banking Corporation PLC's (PABC) National Long-term rating at 'BBB-(lka)'. The agency has also affirmed PABC's proposed subordinated debenture issue o...
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Media spokesman for Campaign for Free and Fair elections (CaFFE), Keerthi Tennekoon regretted that no political party has taken any action to protect the voting rights of the IDPs in the North.
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The 11th contingent of Sri Lankan army troops for the United Nations peace keeping mission in Haiti ceremonially bid farewell this morning at the Sri Lanka light Infantry regimental parade ground in Panagoda army camp.
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As humanitarian workers, we strive to 'build back better' after a disaster - we seek to improve the situation rather than simply restoring the status quo - and ensure that the most vulnerable people don't slip through the cracks. These goals are often o...
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Five years since the Boxing Day tsunami devastated the coastlines of India and Sri Lanka, killing thousands and destroying countless homes and livelihoods, many communities are still struggling to rebuild their lives. This is despite massive aid flows t...
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By DENIS D. GRAY
BANGKOK — A plane seized in Bangkok with a cache of North Korean weapons wasn't headed to Iran, a senior Thai police official said Wednesday, contradicting a report from arms trafficking experts.
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Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake in a special statement said that the cabinet condemns comments made by Former Chief of Defense Staff General Sarath Fonseka that allege senior LTTE officials were shot dead by the army on the orders of the governm...
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Rohitha Bogallagama yesterday summoned the Head of the European Union Delegation to Sri Lanka Ambassador Bernard Savage to discuss an observation made by the Ambassador with regard to the candidacy of retired Chief of Defense...
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A protest campaign against the attack on JVP Member for Maharagama MC Stanley Perera by thugs of Western PC Minister Upali Kodikara was held by the JVP today (23rd).
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The second reading of the budget proposals of Maharagama MC was defeated a second time yesterday and a group of thugs of UPFA Provincial Minister Upali Kodikara has assaulted JVP Member of the MC Stanley Perera for voting against the budget.
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The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society launched a public awareness project on influenza A H1 N1 using its branch network and mobilizing volunteer base throughout the island to educate the people about the measures that they should focus on to protect themselve...
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Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's challenger on Tuesday accused him of putting his family ahead of the military after the victory in the civil war, unlike Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi who made then Army Chief Sam Manekshaw a Field Marshal ...
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An American Airlines plane has overshot the runway on landing in the Jamaican capital Kingston, injuring more than 40 people, officials say.
Flight AA 331 from Miami, with about 150 people on board, is reported to have broken apart after the incident at ...
