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Tamil Nadu boycott: Sri Lankan exporters remain unruffled 3 Feb 2012 06:12:20 GMT The government yesterday expressed confidence that the boycott imposed by the Tamil Nadu state on Sr.. |
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Of that wildcat strike 3 Feb 2012 06:12:20 GMT The only thing railway workers are capable of doing on time is downing tools. Their wildcat strike o.. |
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Lanka looking for new oil options 3 Feb 2012 06:12:20 GMT Sri Lanka is looking at the possibility of striking fresh deals with Saudi Arabia and Oman for oil i.. |
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Minister asks Sri Lanka political parties to participate in PSC to learn government`s stance 3 Feb 2012 06:12:20 GMT A Sri Lankan government minister called on all political parties to participate in the parliamentary.. |
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Sri Lanka ups policy rates . 3 Feb 2012 06:12:20 GMT The Monetary Board of Sri Lanka has finally decided to increase the policy rates by 50 basis points .. |
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Hospitals to be given medicine and equipment to treat bird flu 3 Feb 2012 06:12:20 GMT The medicine and necessary medical equipment needed to treat bird flu will be supplied to hospitals .. |
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Sri Lanka Customs officials nab Indian national trying to smuggle over 150 kilos of big onion seeds 3 Feb 2012 06:12:20 GMT Officials from Sri Lanka Customs at the Katunayake International Airport have nabbed an Indian who w.. |
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First Fatal accident on E01 3 Feb 2012 06:12:20 GMT A 26-year-old was killed when his car skidded off the road on the Southern Expressway (E01) reportin.. |
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Educational policy and employment 3 Feb 2012 06:12:20 GMT The government has arrived at the decision to take the necessary measures to encourage more secondar.. |
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Lankan woman dies in Kuwait 3 Feb 2012 06:12:20 GMT A woman who worked in a factory in Kuwait since the age of 22 was suddenly found dead. Her body was .. |
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Embilipitiya Paper Mill of Sri Lanka reopens today under a new management Sat, Feb 4, 2012, 07:42 GMT Feb 04, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Embilipitiya Paper Mill officially starts operations today under a new management. |
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Opposition Leader of Sri Lanka faces protest by party members during visit to Beruwala Sat, Feb 4, 2012, 07:35 GMT Feb 04,Colombo: Leader of Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP), Ranil Wickremasinghe faced a protest by party members when he visited Beruwala during a visit to the South. |
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Sri Lankan court fines railway official for dengue mosquito breeding grounds in work site Sat, Feb 4, 2012, 07:28 GMT Feb 04, Colombo: A Sri Lankan court has fined the Chief Technical Engineer of the railway yard of Sri Lanka Railways in Ratmalana for allowing dengue mosquito breeding areas in the site. |
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Sri Lanka to release 1,600 prisoners for Independence Day Sat, Feb 4, 2012, 07:00 GMT Feb 04, Colombo: Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms Minister of Sri Lanka Chandrasiri Gajadeera said that 1,600 prisoners would be released to mark the Independence Day this year. |
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Colombo Mayor to get residents involved in the administration of Sri Lanka's capital city Sat, Feb 4, 2012, 06:43 GMT Feb 04, Colombo: The newly elected Mayor of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) A.J.M. Muzammil says that a new mechanism would be initiated to get the residents of the city to play an active role in the city's administration. |
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Sri Lanka main opposition solicits support from other forces to campaign against lawlessness Sat, Feb 4, 2012, 06:36 GMT Feb 04, Colombo: Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) says that support from other forces would also be gathered to form a broad front to agitate against the current states of lawlessness in the country. |
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Sri Lanka bribery officials arrest local government politician while soliciting bribe Sat, Feb 4, 2012, 06:28 GMT Feb 04, Kandy: Sri Lanka Bribery or Corruption Investigation Commission officials arrested a head of a local government council Friday (03) on charges of soliciting bribes. |
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Sri Lanka will achieve unity through a home-grown program of action - President Sat, Feb 4, 2012, 06:19 GMT Feb 04, Colombo: Sri Lanka has made immense sacrifices to achieve peace and unity in the country and will not hesitate to take its own decisions in future to secure those objectives, island nation's President Mahinda Rajapaksa said in a message to mark the country's 64th Independence Day. |
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Queen congratulates Sri Lanka on 64th Independence Day Sat, Feb 4, 2012, 05:57 GMT Feb 04, Colombo: The Queen Elizabeth II of England has sent a congratulatory message to Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa on the country's 64th National Independence Day. |
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Sri Lanka celebrates 64th National Independence Day Sat, Feb 4, 2012, 05:45 GMT Feb 04, Colombo: Sri Lanka today celebrates the 64th anniversary of gaining independence from the British colonial rule in 1948 with pomp and pageantry in the sacred city of Anuradhapura in the North Central Province. |
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Agriculture Faculty of Sri Lanka's Jaffna University to be established in Kilinochchi Fri, Feb 3, 2012, 17:21 GMT Feb 03, Colombo: Sri Lanka University Grants Commission plans to establish the Agriculture Faculty of the University of Jaffna in Kilinochchi. |
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister vows to take back Kachchativu from Sri Lanka Fri, Feb 3, 2012, 16:49 GMT Feb 03, Colombo: The Chief Minister of India's Tamil Nadu state, J. Jayalalithaa has once again vowed to take Sri Lanka's Kachchativu islet back to stop alleged attacks on Tamil Nadu fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy. |
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IMF commends Sri Lanka's commitment to reduce budget deficit, change in policy rates Fri, Feb 3, 2012, 15:28 GMT Feb 03, Colombo: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has commended the Sri Lanka Central Bank's to raise the monetary and exchange policy rates and the government's commitment to reduce the budget deficit. |
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Sri Lanka Marxist party suggests building a Sri Lankan identity to resolve the ethnic issue Fri, Feb 3, 2012, 14:43 GMT Feb 03, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Marxist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) says the ethnic issue could be resolved by building a Sri Lankan identity. |
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Sri Lankan court to hear habeas corpus filed for the two missing Marxist party activists Fri, Feb 3, 2012, 14:33 GMT Feb 03, Colombo: A Sri Lankan court today granted approval to proceed with the habeas corpus case filed by relatives of two missing members of the Marxist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) dissident group. |
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U.S. official in Sri Lanka to discuss Iran oil sanctions Fri, Feb 3, 2012, 08:25 GMT Feb 03, Colombo: Luke Bronin, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the United States Department of the Treasury arrived in Sri Lanka Thursday with a four-member delegation. |
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Sri Lanka allows foreign companies to engage in "Margin Providing" Fri, Feb 3, 2012, 07:32 GMT Feb 03, Colombo: Sri Lanka has decided to permit foreign owned companies registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka as "Margin Providers" to lend credit to investors of the Colombo Stock Exchange. |
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Sri Lanka Central Bank raises policy interest rates to control credit growth and imports expenditure Fri, Feb 3, 2012, 07:15 GMT Feb 03, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Central Bank today said it has decided to increase both the Repurchase rate and the Reverse Repurchase rate by 50 basis points each to 7.50 percent and 9.00 percent, respectively for the first time since 2007. |
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Sri Lanka's Tamil party and Free Media Movement in a conspiracy against the government - report Fri, Feb 3, 2012, 06:29 GMT Feb 03, Colombo: Sri Lanka's state-owned Sinhala daily The Dinamina reported today that intelligence units have revealed information on a joint conspiracy by the country's major Tamil party, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) with the media right organization, Free Media Movement (FMM) to discredit Sri Lanka. |
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Sri Lankan government grants nurses' union's demands Fri, Feb 3, 2012, 06:14 GMT Feb 03, Colombo: Sri Lanka Public Service Nurses' Union (PSUNU) says the government has agreed to grant solutions to 12 demands put forward by the union. |
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Sri Lanka's first-class cricket to be played for days Fri, Feb 3, 2012, 05:56 GMT Feb 03, Colombo: The cricket authority, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has decided to convert the present inter club cricket tournament to a four-day series of encounters from 2014. |
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Sri Lankan government taking measures to save six fishermen abducted by Somali pirates Fri, Feb 3, 2012, 05:17 GMT Feb 03, Colombo: Sri Lanka Minister of Fisheries Rajitha Senaratne says his Ministry is working with an unnamed Somali person to save the six Sri Lankan fishermen who have been held for ransom by the Somali sea pirates. |
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Sri Lanka intelligence probing Eastern Province Chief Minister's secret Swiss tour Fri, Feb 3, 2012, 04:44 GMT Feb 03, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Sinhala daily The Divaina reported that the Easter Province Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan was engaged in a secret tour in Switzerland. |
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First fatal accident on Sri Lanka's Southern Expressway Fri, Feb 3, 2012, 04:31 GMT Feb 03, Colombo: The first fatal accident ton Sri Lanka's first ever expressway claimed the life of a 26-year-old man in pre-dawn hours of Friday, the police said. |
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Sri Lanka Customs officials nab Indian national trying to smuggle over 150 kilos of big onion seeds Fri, Feb 3, 2012, 02:16 GMT Feb 03, Colombo: Officials from Sri Lanka Customs at the Katunayake International Airport have nabbed an Indian who was trying to smuggle over 150 kilos of big onion seeds to the country. |
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Opposition party leader of Sri Lanka warns against accusing Colombo MC of corruption Fri, Feb 3, 2012, 02:11 GMT Feb 03, Colombo: Leader of Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) Ranil Wickremasinghe says the UNP led Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) should not be accused of any corruption or irregularities. |
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Minister asks Sri Lanka political parties to participate in PSC to learn government's stance Fri, Feb 3, 2012, 01:45 GMT Feb 03, Colombo: A Sri Lankan government minister called on all political parties to participate in the parliamentary select committee (PSC) proposed to find a political solution to the ethnic issue, if they wished to know the government's stance on the matter. |
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Sri Lanka resettles over 210,000 war-displaced families Thu, Feb 2, 2012, 19:18 GMT Feb 02, Colombo: Less than three years after the war Sri Lanka has resettled 98 percent of the nearly 300,000 war-displaced people in the North, a government minister said. |
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Sri Lanka seeks US$213 million World Bank assistance for metro Colombo development Thu, Feb 2, 2012, 16:46 GMT Feb 02, Colombo: The Sri Lankan Cabinet of Ministers has given permission for the government to conduct negotiations with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRB) of the World Bank to obtain US $213 million loan for the implementation of the Metro Colombo Urban Development Project. |
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Tamil speaking accountants to be recruited for Sri Lanka's North and east Thu, Feb 2, 2012, 16:10 GMT Feb 02, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government is to hold a competitive examination to recruit accountants proficient in Tamil language to serve in the country's Tamil-dominated North and East. |
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Sri Lanka begins preparations for CHOGM 2013 Summit Thu, Feb 2, 2012, 15:19 GMT Feb 02, Colombo: Sri Lanka has begun preparations to host the 2013 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) that will bring the leaders of 54 member countries of the Commonwealth to the island. |
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Sri Lanka to impose spot fines for motorists not wearing seat belts Thu, Feb 2, 2012, 14:43 GMT Feb 02, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Cabinet has granted approval to impose spot fines on motorists who are not wearing seat belts. |
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Sri Lanka still undecided on presenting LLRC report to the UNHRC Thu, Feb 2, 2012, 14:27 GMT Feb 01, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government today said that a final decision was yet to be taken with regard to whether or not to hand the report of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) later this month. |
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No bird flu threat in Sri Lanka Thu, Feb 2, 2012, 14:10 GMT Feb 02, Colombo: Sri Lankan health authorities have assured that the death of a large number of fowls earlier at a chicken farm in Bingiriya in the North Western Province is not due to bird flu and there is no cause for concern. |
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Sri Lanka Supreme Court issues notice on Education Minister on A/Level results petition Thu, Feb 2, 2012, 07:50 GMT Feb 02, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Supreme Court today ordered the Court Registrar to issue notice on the Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena and four other respondents in a Fundamental Rights petition filed in courts seeking the withdrawal of the controversial 2011 GCE Advanced Level examination results and the release of fresh results. |
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Sri Lanka's national carrier to recruit more pilots Thu, Feb 2, 2012, 06:45 GMT Feb 02, Colombo: Sri Lanka's national career SriLankan Airlines says more pilots will be recruited with its plans to expand the services. |
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Sri Lanka suspends importing five food crops due to self-sufficiency Thu, Feb 2, 2012, 06:32 GMT Feb 02, Colombo: Sri Lankan government has decided to suspend import of five types of grains and pulses with immediate effect. |
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Sri Lanka in discussions with oil producing countries on oil imports Thu, Feb 2, 2012, 06:12 GMT Feb 02, Colombo: Petroleum Minister of Sri Lanka Susil Premajayantha says that authorities have commenced discussions with several oil producing countries on the possibility of importing oil from those countries following the economic sanctions imposed on Iran by the United States and European Union. |
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Sri Lanka's Eastern Province passes resolution seeking land powers to the provinces Thu, Feb 2, 2012, 04:28 GMT Feb 02, Colombo: The Eastern Provincial Council of Sri Lanka has unanimously passed a resolution in the Council that land powers should be allocated to the provinces according to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. |
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Sri Lanka Muslim Congress proposes a separate Muslim administration unit Thu, Feb 2, 2012, 04:17 GMT Feb 02, Colombo: Secretary of Sri Lanka's major Muslim party Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) Hassan Ali says his party will ask for a separate Muslim administrative unit in the Eastern Province. |
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