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| TNA drops bombshell 04/12/2011 | neyo Following the first round of scheduled talks with the government, the Tamil National Alliance dropped a bombshell when it announced it would not be a member of the Parliamentary Select Committee prepared to explore means to resolve the ethnic [ ... ] |
| Failed LG candidates yet to declare assets 04/12/2011 | neyo Fifty per cent of local government election candidates who lost the election have failed to declare their assets and the Elections Department is in a quandary how to address the issue, Elections Commissioner, Mahinda Deshapriya told media.&rs [ ... ] |
| P. B. Jayasundera either clueless or misleading public on budget deficit? — Ravi K 04/12/2011 | neyo The budget deficit was actually 7.3 percent of GDP and not 6.2 percent as claimed by the government, the UNP’s National Organiser Ravi Karunanayake MP, said yesterday. Speakingn to"a weekend newspaper and said that that the [ ... ] |
| Soaring costs pose big challege to reducing post-harvest wate 04/12/2011 | neyo Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE [ ... ] |
| Mano Wickramanayake no more 03/12/2011 | neyo
Long standing Group Director of Capital Maharaja Organization Mano Wickramanayake, passed away today (03). |
| Search warrant for KP 03/12/2011 | george A court in Chennai has issued a search warrant to Interpol against LTTE’s chief arms procurer Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP in connection with offences such as crimes involving the use of weapons, explosives, criminal conspiracy a [ ... ] |
| Met Dep admitted its failure 30/11/2011 | george The Meteorology Department (MD) dmitted that they failed to give adequate warning to the country and especially to fishermen in the Deep South, about the impending gale force winds and storm that wrecked havoc destroying property a [ ... ] |
| RW denied of make a special statement in Parliament 30/11/2011 | george
The ruling party denied Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe an opportunity to make a special statement in Parliament yesterday.
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| TNA MP Sridharan stop speaking for the second time reading budget debate 30/11/2011 | george TNA MP S. Sridharan who attempted to speak for the second time in the second reading stage debate in Parliament yesterday had been prevented by the Chair. An MP is allowed to speak only once in a debate. MP Sridharan spoke in the second r [ ... ] |
| JVP rebels boycott CC meeting 30/11/2011 | neyo A group of dissident JVPers yesterday boycotted a Central Committee meeting at Pelawatte party headquarters, alleging that they had been man-handled on the pretext of being frisked by some thugs brought in there by those loyal to leader Somaw [ ... ] |
| Fight for Fonseka, fight for your rights, Ranil tells people 29/11/2011 | george Renewing his call for all citizens to unite in unseating the Mahinda Rajapaksa regime, securing freedom for war hero Sarath Fonseka and finding solutions for other burning national issues, opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe today led re [ ... ] |
| Seven nails removed from Sri Lankan housemaid in Damam 29/11/2011 | george According to Saudi Media, seven nails have been found embedded in a Sri Lankan housemaid employed in Dammam. The Arab News website had posted an article that the nails were removed from the woman’s body following surgery o [ ... ] |
| Norochcholai power plant shut down due to internal fire 29/11/2011 | neyo Due to an internal fire inside the coal crushing machine at the Norochcholai Coal Power Plant, the plant has been temporarily shut down, the Power and Energy Ministry sources told the Digathanews. No major damages have been reported an [ ... ] |
| Polls chief to sue two LG members 29/11/2011 | neyo Commissioner of Elections Mahinda Deshapriya will initiate legal action against two Local Government members who have not declared their assets and liabilities. They are Nadil Dhushantha Malagoda (UNP) in the Colombo Municipal Coun [ ... ] |
| UPFA ruling Bandarawela PC budget defeated 29/11/2011 | neyo Despite President Mahinda Rajapaksa's warning for diciplinery action against Local Government members for defeating budgets in respective Local Goverments , members of the Bandarawela Pradeshiya Sabha was defeated after voting for t [ ... ] |
| Massive support pledged for UNP’s anti-govt. protest - Tissa 28/11/2011 | george UNP general secretary Tissa Attanayake says tomorrow’s major demonstration against the authoritarian government starting at Hyde Park in Colombo at 2.00pm has massive support pledged by other political parties, trade unions as well as [ ... ] |
| Prof Vitharana against devalue the rupee 28/11/2011 | george Senior Minister Prof. Tissa Vitharana tells parliament today that he is not happy with the government's decision to devalue the rupee by three per cent. Prof Vitharana UPFA member represents Samasamaja Party always critical wit [ ... ] |
| First accident on the Southern Expressway happend 28/11/2011 | george The first accident on the Southern Expressway occurred today (November 28) at 7.15am when a speeding vehicle toppled over injuring two persons, the galanigama Police stated. The vehicle was unable to control its speed causing it to topp [ ... ] |
| Rains to continue 28/11/2011 | george Showers expected today in the Western and Southern Provinces. Thunder Showers will develop at several places during the afternoon or evening, the Meteorological Department said. The death toll from the strong winds and rain experience [ ... ] |
| University teachers join fight against private universities 28/11/2011 | george
University teachers have joined the on-going campaign against establishing private universities in the country, claiming that they do not want education to be turned into a commodity.
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| JVP unemployment figure is more than the government figure 28/11/2011 | neyo
Around 1.5 million youth in the country are jobless according to official statistics but the actual figure could be around 2.5 million, the JVP’s youth wing, Socialist Youth Union (SYU) yesterday claimed. |
| All opposition parties to join a massive protest on Tuesday-Tissa 27/11/2011 | neyo United National Party (UNP) will hold a protest rally at national level in Colombo on Tuesday (29) on several important issues. UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake says that the protest will be based on three main issues. The party [ ... ] |
| Dozens of soldiers killed in NATA helicopter attacks -Pakistan 27/11/2011 | george
Pakistani officials on Saturday accused NATO of conducting a helicopter attack on two military checkpoints at the northwestern border with Afghanistan, in strikes that military officials said killed at least 25 soldiers. |
| Dust tea for local consumption pure Ceylon tea for export 27/11/2011 | neyo Sri Lanka is one of the best tea producing countries in the world. Unfortunately Sri Lankan citizens don’t get changes to taste cup of a pure Ceylon Tea because mostly tea dust and rejected tea is available in the market. [ ... ] |
| Baratha’s daughter to form a new party 27/11/2011 | george The daughter of the late Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra, Hirunika Premachandra says that she will create her own political party for people who are ready to rally round her, and those who respect law and order. She said her &ld [ ... ] |



