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12 Sri Lanka foods visitors have to try – CNN
The Teardrop of India or Pearl of the Indian Ocean are among many nicknames for Sri Lanka. But a more accurate description...
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Jt. Opposition front, not UNP, to select common candidate
The UNP said yesterday that the joint opposition’s common candidate would be selected by consensus after it had formed...
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Moves to patch up with Nonis
Moves are a foot with the use of certain channels to re-instate Dr. Chris Nonis as the Sri Lankan High Commissioner in Britain...
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JVP sees split in UPFA over 2015 polls
The opposition Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) says there is a clear split in the ruling UPFA over the snap Presidential...
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Sajith against MR’s third term
United National Party (UNP) Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa had pledged to back a people’s struggle to prevent the incumbent...
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Ebola surveillance and contingency planning ongoing in UK
Overall risk of Ebola remains low but robust, well-tested infectious disease systems active permanently in UK. Public Health...
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President declares open three MTLs in Kuliyapitiya area
[By Janaka Alahapperuma] Mahindodaya Technological Laboratories (MLTs) built at three schools in the Kuliyapitiya Educational...
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Indian Defence Secretary calls on the President
[By Janaka Alahapperuma] Indian Defence Secretary Mr. R.K. Mathur made a courtesy call on President Mahinda Rajapaksa at...
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No official resignation from SL High Commissioner in UK Chris Nonis; says Cabinet spokesperson
Cabinet Spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said that the External Affairs Ministry has not yet received a resignation...
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President declares open Veressa River walking tracks
[By Janaka Alahapperuma] The Veressa River walking tracks, an area for jogging and exercising was officially declared open...
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Forward march of the government for the welfare of common masses will not be halted- President Rajapaksa
[By Janaka Alahapperuma] “This government is committed to provide benefits to all segment of the society and did not...
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37 Lankans trapped in Iraq brought back
Thirty seven Sri Lankans, initially believed to be held hostage by Iraqi rebels will be brought back to Sri Lanka today,...
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What a fitting tribute to Sri Lanka cricket legend Mahela
[By Janaka Alahapperuma] Sri Lanka bade farewell to their former test and ODI captain Mahela Jayawardena this morning (18...
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බ්රිතාන්යයේ ටැක්සි ලංකාවේ සංචාරක කර්මාන්තයට තල්ලුවක් දෙයි
[ජනක අලහප්පෙරුම ලන්ඩනයේ සිට] ලන්ඩනය, බර්මින්හැම්...
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Annual Sri Dalada Perahara comes to an end Diyawadana Nilame hands over the Sannasa to the President
[By Janaka Alahapperuma] Diyawadana Nilame Pradeep Nilanga Dela handed over the Sannasa this afternoon (11 August) to President...
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Anura reveals names of relatives in Foreign Service
While criticizing the country’s foreign policy JVP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday revealed names of relatives...
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New passport pass-back service for UK visa applicants in SL
The British High Commission in Colombo today announced the launch of a passport pass-back service for UK visa applicants...
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Sri Lankan cyclists spark police scramble after riding on M74 on Wednesday
Avoiding long-haul truckers, slow-moving caravans and tractors is not many people’s idea of the ideal warm-up for a Commonwealth...
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Protest on Lanka cleared by Glasgow
Organisers of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow today admitted they had decided to allow a Tamil group to protest outside...
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MR wants world leaders to see SL’s reality
President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Sunday said he wishes to see more foreign leaders visiting his country to experience the island’s...
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Absolutely poverty-free Sri Lanka by 2020, predicts PB
‘Sri Lanka will have attained the status of an advanced middle-income country by 2020, absolutely free of poverty, Dr....
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Foreign couple sentenced to death Murder of child and maid
The Colombo High Court yesterday sentenced to death a Ukrainian couple found guilty of a double murder committed in 2010. They...
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Three Supermoons in a Row – NASA
In June of last year, a full Moon made headlines. The news media called it a “supermoon” because it was 14%...
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Google adds sinhala languages to Gmail
Google has added 13 languages to Gmail’s interface to now cover 94 percent of the world’s Internet population, the company...
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Dayasiri, Harin exchange blows
North Western Province Chief Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara and United National Party (UNP) parliamentarian Harin Fernando...
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Govt. shedding crocodile tears to pacify Arab nations – UNP
The UNP said yesterday that the government having used the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) to attack Muslims in Alutgama and Beruwela...
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Visa for Gnanasara Thera considered in accordance with rules-UK
Britain said that any visa application from Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera of Bodu Bala Sena would be considered in...
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How Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara lost his American visa
Prompt Action by the US Embassy in Colombo has scuttled the well laid plans of Bodu Bala Sena(BBS) General Secretary Ven....
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Secretary of Jathika Bala Sena and Mahiyangana Pradeshiya Sabha member Watareka Vijitha Thera arrested
Ven. Watareka VijithaThera was arrested by the Colombo Crimes Division after he was discharged from the Colombo National...
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Britain hails appointment of experts
British Foreign Secretary, William Hague, has welcomed the appointment of a team of experts to investigate alleged abuses...
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SL businessman jailed over football match-fixing plot
A footballer and two Asian businessmen have been jailed for plotting to fix the results of English lower league matches. Michael...
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Video: Who is behind Sri Lanka’s religious violence?
Tensions are running high in the Democratic Socialist Republic after the worst acts of religious violence in decades. The...
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Indefinite curfew reimposed in Alutgama, Beruwala. Forty one persons arrested
Police have arrested 41 curfew violators and those who caused violence in Alutgama on Sunday night which resulted in two...
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Alutgama violence under probe by three separate police units
Investigations into the Alutgama violence on Sunday night had been handed over to three separate teams, the Criminal Investigations...