tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-233424522012-02-16T14:44:38.553+05:30Let's discuss about Sri LankaPrathibha Gamagenoreply@blogger.comBlogger2961100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23342452.post-67832527207618722862010-12-31T23:57:00.000+05:302010-12-31T23:57:45.929+05:30

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Sri Lankas sole budget career Mihin Lanka has expanded it’s fleet and has added more destinations. Mihin Lanka now flies to 9 destinations in 6 countries. Dhaka, Male and Jakartha are the new additions to Mihin Lanka’s route network. With the increasing number of tourist arrivals Mihin Lanka has a big potential to grow as a feeder airline for the flag career Sri Lankan air lines.  

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Rakesh Junjunwala a top investor mostly into gambling and real estate business, has revealed his plans to start gambling business in Sri Lanka. Rakesh was a chartered accountant by profession and now he is India’s 52nd and world’s 1052nd richest person.  Apart from the gambling industry Rakesh has a diversified investment portfolios in real estate and stock markets. Sri Lanka recently passed a

Prathibha Gamagenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23342452.post-4351190029673422922010-11-13T00:39:00.001+05:302010-11-13T00:39:19.271+05:30

Populer Jamaican Grammy winning Reggae/Dancehall artist  Sean Paul  has arrived in Sri Lanka. He is to be performed in “Sean Paul Live in Concert” which will be held tomorrow in Sugathadasa indoor stadium, Colombo  –  Sri Lanka.With the end of 30-year war, tourist arrivals are picking up and more similar events are scheduled with the participation of top international artists.   

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Muslim congress has decided support the government of Sri Lanka in the parliament.  Currently there are 8 MPs in the parliament representing Muslim congress and they recently voted in favor of 18th amendment proposed by the ruling party of Sri Lanka   

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The gaming bill presented to the parliament by minister Sarath Amunugama passed with a majority. This allows businessman to setup casinos in designated areas in the country thus attracting mainly foreigners. But Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna an opposition party opposed this move claiming that this will affect country’s rich cultural heritage. Sri Lanka is experiencing a massive pickup in the

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A group of prisoners have attacked policeman who were doing a search operation inside the prison. It is reported more than 40 have been admitted to the hospital.Situation is under control now. Very frequently small arms, drugs, mobile phones are smuggled into prisons and prison officers should be more vigilant to stop these illegal actions.

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SriLankan Airlines will acquire its first brand new aircraft in more than a decade, among the seven aircraft it plans to take delivery of by the end of 2011. They include five Airbus A320’s, including three brand new aircraft, and two Twin Otter floatplanes.SriLankan’s CEO Manoj Gunawardena said: “We will be celebrating an important new chapter in the history of SriLankan Airlines with the

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Two crew members aboard an American UPS cargo plane are believed to have been killed after the aircraft crashed inDubai today.According to a United Arab Emirates official who appeared on local television station al-Arabiya, the plane was attempting to land at Dubai International Airport when it crashed due to technical problems. Witnesses reported seeing the aircraft setting fire to vehicles as

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Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology Men’s Badminton Team won the Dr.Amith Munindradasa Memorial Challenge Trophy at the Inter University Badminton Championship 2009. Last years Inter University Badminton Champions, University of Moratuwa was defeated 3-2 in the final match played at the new Gymnasium University of Moratuwa.SLIIT – Woman’s Badminton Team won the runners-up trophy, while

Prathibha Gamagenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23342452.post-87471391938031440902009-06-18T15:05:00.001+05:302009-06-18T15:05:53.223+05:30

Vanni TNA MP pours scorn over Prabhakaran ChelvanayagamPublished by editorBreaking NewsJun 18, 2009Two Failed Tamil Leaders - Late Prabhakaran and Late S.J.V. ChelvanayakamColombo, 18 June, (Asiantribune.com): Vanni TNA Member of Parliament is the surprise addition to the growing tribe of leaders who are pouring scorn over Prabhakaran and Chelvanayagam The surge of surrender of erstwhile LTTE

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Nadira GUNATILLEKE The number of deaths from Dengue has risen to 127 by yesterday. Over 9,000 persons have been infected with dengue so far, a Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry spokesman said. He said this is the highest number of dengue deaths since 2000. In 2004, the highest number of dengue cases were reported and it was 15,463 but only 88 dengue deaths were reported in the same year. This

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by P. Krishnaswamy Several Tamil and Muslim political parties are rallying round the ruling UPFA in the run up to the Vavuniya UC and Jaffna MC polls, which are expected to be held early next month, authoritative political sources said. Polls to the two local government bodies are very significant in that they mark the beginning of the first phase of post conflict measures towards restoration

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Walter JAYAWARDHANA Alan Keenan of the International Crisis Group addressing members of Chatham House in London said giving immediate attention to Muslim refugees who were chased out of Jaffna in 1990 October is not appropriate. Keenan was referring to nearly 100,000 Muslims chased out of Jaffna Peninsula in an act of ethnic cleansing by Velupillai Prabhakaran allowing them to carry only the

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Wasantha Ramanayake The Supreme Court yesterday annulled the decision to alienate 500 houses in Norochcholai, Deegawapiya since they were not duly made in terms of applicable laws. The Court ordered the respondents to duly allocate the houses in terms of applicable laws and ordered the State to pay the petitioners a sum of Rs. 150,000 as compensation. Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva PC

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Sri Lanka's minister of justice Mr. Amarasiri Dodangoda passed away this evening at the Colombo national hospital. He was born in 18th of October, 1948. Mr. Dodangoda represented Galle district and he was a senior member of the Sri Lanka freedom party.

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LTTE Terror leader Velupille Prabhakaran has shot dead by Sri Lanka army. Not only Sri Lankans but also whole world was waiting so eagerly to know the fate of this world’s most ruthless terror leader. Await more information.

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A 30 year long war with one of world’s most deadliest and ruthless terrorist organization LTTE has almost nearing it’s end. At the time of writing, pro LTTE websites has acknowledged it’s defeat. In the mean time dozens of LTTE top ranked terror leaders have either killed or surrendered to Sri Lanka armed forces. LTTE political wing head Nadeshan, So called peace secretariat head S. Pullitheban

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Sri Lankas worst ever terrorism is about to end and it is a matter of another couple of hours. It is reported that number of LTTE top ranked leaders are either killed or surrendered to government forces by now. Several reliable sources has reported that LTTE leadership Vellupillei Prabhakaran has either died or captured bt the army. Sri Lanka army is in the process of clearing up the area

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Suspected LTTE supporters has hacked Sri Lanka Army official website this morning.  At present the website is offline and it is reported that the officials are working hard to restore the site as soon as possible. Sri Lanka Army has cornered the world's most brutal terrorist to a small area of about 8sq kilometers and operations are continuing to overwhelm terror outfits.

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The Western Provincial Council (WPC) elections polling begined at 7.00am this morning and successfully concluded at 4.00pm in the evening. The number of eligible voters were 3,820,214 and are expected to cast at 2,769 polling centers in the Colombo,Gampaha and Kalutara districts. Out of the qualified voters 53% in Colombo, 60% in Kaluthara and Gampaha have cast their vote.

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Sri Lanka Army has started the world’s largest hostage rescue mission to rescue more than 50 000 innocent civilians who have taken hostage by ruthless LTTE or Tamil Tigers. This mission has almost become  a success which has rescued more than 30 000 people already. Await more news…

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Sat 19th Apr:-Kings XI Punjab Vs Chennai Super Kings 4.00pm(India)(+5.5GMT)Delhi Daredevils Vs Rajasthan Royals(Delhi) 8.30pm(India)(+5.5GMT)Sun 20th Apr:-Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Deccan Chargers 4.00pm(India)(+5.5GMT)Mumbai Indians Vs Royal Challengers      8.30pm(India)(+5.5GMT)Click here to watch IPL Free Web Cast on these times.

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Sri Lanka army has fully liberated Puthukudiirippu area from LTTE terror clutches this morning. Mr Udaya Nanayakkara said LTTE leaders Vidhusha, Dheepan, Durga, Nagesh and Gadafi whois the private security office of Prabhakaran have died along with more than 200 LTTE carders. It is also reported that Bhanu has injured from the army attacks. Now LTTE is restricted to government declared “no fire

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A bomb blast which has taken place in Akuressa near Matara has killed around 10 persons. According to the available information blast has taken place at a public function. According to the avaialble information around 20 people have injured including government minister Mahinda Wijesekara.

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The Board of Investment of Sri Lanka granted investment approval to Aus Agri (Private) Limited and Sheila Baxter Training Centre (Private) Limited. Mr. Dhammika Perera, Chairman / Director General signed the agreements on behalf of the BOI and formally presented the BOI Certificate of Registration to the investors. The investment agreement signed with Aus Agri is for a pioneering project to

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Sri Lankan cricketers including Kumar Sangakkara, Ajantha Mendis, Thilan Samaraweera and Tharanga Paranavithana and two others have injured from this incident. According to the available information team has caught in crossfire between Police and an armed group near Gadaffi stadium, Pakisthan. Sri Lankan sports ministry has called off the Pakistan tour and team will return to Sri Lanka soon.

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Sri Lanka’s well known businessman Mr. Lalith Kothalawala has been remanded by the Mt.Lavinia magistrate this afternoon. Mr. Kothalawala is a top businessman in Sri Lankan who has more than 250 businesses where most of them are financial institutions such as banks, finance companies and real estate companies. The controversial Golden Key credit card company which was owned by him crashed off

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A returning LTTE aircraft after dropping a bomb to Colombo, has been shot down by SLAF in Katunayake. According to the available information a body of the pilot has been found so far and search operations are continuing.Around 35 people have injured by the bomb blast. LTTE crafts have dropped the bomb to the inlend revenue department building but most probably their actual target might be some

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Air defense systems of Colombo city has activated as a security measure. Most of the areas are experiencing an intentional power cut also. Await more information.

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The highly aggressive Sri Lankan mobile market has shaken once again with the introduction of a new tariff plan by Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel. India’s Airtel started operation in Sri Lanka from the January this year and almost all the existing operators started slashing mobile charges aggressively. However Airtel came up with a “Very Simple Plan” of Rs 2/min outgoing to any network with incoming

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Pix by Gemunu Wellage, J. Weerasekera, Shane Seneviratne, Hiran Priyankara Jayasinghe, Kanchana Kumara Ariyadass, Pushpakumara Jayaratne, Augustine Fernando and Hilton Berenger Given Sri Lankas violence-ridden elections in its recent history, the run-up to yesterday's polls in the Central and North Western Provinces was surprisingly calm and peaceful, according to police and polls monitors.There

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Repeat performance at polls, says report Several election-related incidents, including attacks on vehicles, canvassing and chasing away voters, were reported from the North Western and Central Provinces yesterday. People's Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL) charged that election propaganda was carried out by two UPFA candidates on the day of polling through a radio channel in

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North Western Province Asif Fuard reporting from Puttalam As in other districts, Puttalam saw a relatively low voter turnout for yesterday's provincial elections with most people apparently more interested in their daily chores than in voting. Many polling stations reported a shocking turnout of less than 20 voters upto noon. Some of them were empty with only the Presiding

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By our correspondents      10 February 2009 As part of its campaign for the February 14 provincial elections in Sri Lanka, a Socialist Equality Party (SEP) team visited Udappu, an isolated fishing village in the Puttalam district of Northwestern province. The SEP is standing two lists, each of 19 candidates, one for Puttalam district and the other for Nuwara Eliya district in

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The Center for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) yesterday said the total number of election related incidents of violence in both the Central and North Western Provinces had reached 80 by 12 noon yesterday. CMEV Co Convener Dr. P. Sarawanamuttu said in a statement yesterday that there have been a total of 48 major incidents and 32 minor incidents reported. There had been

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Lumbini Edirisinghe International tenders will be called in two months from foreign entrepreneurs to invest in the proposed Kalpitiya Integrated Tourism Resort Development Project (KITRDP) in the Puttalam district, along the north western coast of the country. The total cost of investment will be Rs. 400 billion. The proposed Kalpitiya Tourism Zone is an eight-mile long strip of land in the

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Sangakkara - Hutch or Airtel? By Hilal - Posted on 30 January 2009 I stumbled on a story in the Island publication the other day titled: 'I changed from cricket to marketing. That's a very easy way out – A mock hero' . Revata S. Silva puts a nonsensical spin to Kumar Sangakkara switching over as brand ambassador of Hutch to Airtel. "Ten days ago, when Sangakkara appeared in a TV

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President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that his government had no intention of privatizing any public enterprises. "My government had not resorted to privatizing any government ventures in the past, and there are no plans of doing so even in the future", the President told a well attended meeting of teachers, bank employees and lawyers from Wayamba (North Western Province) at the Kandy Janadhipathi

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Flashback to Wayamba 1999 The North Western Province or Wayamba has recorded the worst election marred by violence and mayhem in post-independence Sri Lanka. The infamous Wayamba 1999 election is still considered to be the biggest black mark in Sri Lanka's violence riddled election history. Among the many incidents of violence and mayhem reported at the 1999 Wayamba elections was when in

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War victories become deciding factor though people face economic hardship By Kelum Bandara and Padma Kumari From the sun-soaked fishing villages of Puttalam to lush coconut groves in Kurunegala, each political party involved in the Wayamba Provincial Council election is  taking time to reflect on the long campaign as the February 14th election date now draws closer . In the

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By the our reporters 2 February 2009 The Sri Lankan government's ongoing military offensive against the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has not only created a massive humanitarian crisis in the northern Wanni area, where UN agencies have warned that least 250,000 Tamil civilians are trapped without shelter or adequate food. Thousands of Sri Lankan soldiers, nearly all of

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L.S. Ananda WEDAARACHCHI The latest special Economic Zone will be set up in Kaldemulla, Ratmalana to provide essential food items as well as textiles and garments to the public. Trade, Marketing Development, Co-operatives and Consumer Affairs Minister Bandula Gunawardena said that Ratmalana Special Economic Zone will have textiles and garments sections that the earlier

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With the latest victories of Sri Lankan armed forces it is believed that the terror leader Velupillai Prabhakaran will try to escape from the countryas soon as possible. So as a security measure, regional countries like India and Malaysia have taken steps to prevent him from being entered in to their respective countries. It is also reported that a fears battle has been taken place yesterday in

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India’s top mobile operator Airtel entered Sri Lankan market with it’s launch on this Monday. Bharathi Airtel became the 5th operator to enter Sri Lanka which has  a high competition among the existing mobile operators. Airtel Sri Lanka has offering outgoing calles to any network at Rs 2.00 and incoming totally free. One other interesting fact is they don’t have any peak/offpeak times which

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  What's Government's Policy?   By Latheef  Farook   Our beautiful island Sri Lanka continues to bleed owing to the ethnic conflict created by politicians who used racism to win elections without thinking of the consequences. As a result we continue to lose precious lives .The island's limited resources, with this year's earmarked defense budget exceeding Rs 177 billion, which otherwise could

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Saturday, 10 January 2009 Highways Minister A. L. M. Athaulla yesterday called on the government to resettle all those Muslims who were evicted from Jaffna in July 1991 and are now living in refugee camps in Puttalam or with their relations in the South. Addressing a news conference at the Presidential Secretariat, he said that the Muslims have also undergone severe hardships due

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The editor of popular English news paper “Sunday Leader” Mr LAsantha Wicramathunga has died short while ago. He was shot by an unidentified gunman this morning near Bakery Junction in Attidiya. Mr Wickramathunga admitted to Kalubovila hospital in a critical condition and officials said that he has been undergone an immediate surgery also.

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  Saturday, January 3, 2009, 8:08 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Jan 03, Colombo: Sri Lankan government will deploy 15,000 police personnel to maintain law and order during the upcoming provincial elections. The polls for the Central and North Western Provincial Council are scheduled to be held on February 14. The polls will be

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F. Faisal Faleel Son of Police Sergeant Cassim Jayah and Nona Jayah, Tuan Buranudeen Jayah was born on January 1, 1890 in Galagedara and was a legend in his time. A man of multifaceted career, he was a patriot, educationist, benefactor, principal, freedom fighter, Minister and diplomat. He received his primary education at SPG School, Kotahena and won a scholarship to St. Thomas College, Modara

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The long awaited 5th mobile operator, AirTel will start operations from the 12th of January. They have already started their advertising campaigns with longer television advertisements and full page newspaper advertisements. Meanwhile AirTel has given the facility to pre-register for their network and suggest a mobile number that they wish to obtain. Full list of Airtel dealers are given below.

Prathibha Gamagenoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23342452.post-80260851067529303282009-01-06T14:15:00.001+05:302009-01-06T14:15:38.766+05:30

Sirasa-MTV studious at Depanama LIBERATED!!  An armed group of about 10 to 12 men had forcibly entered the Depanama, Pannipitiya MBC-MTV transmission station, popularly known among SL listeners and viewers as 'Sirasa' around 2.00 am and had set the Main Controlling Room (MCR) on fire after vandalizing the whole complex, say media personnel who rushed to the scene when news about

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Elections for the north western and central provincial councils will take place on February 14th, announced the Elections Secretariat. Nominations for the two PC polls closed at noon yesterday (Dec. 31). For Kurunegala district in NWP, eight political parties and five independent groups have qualified to contest the election. Nominations from two parties and two independent groups had been

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Sri Lanka president Mahinda Rajapakshe officially announced that government troops have captured LTTE terror headquarters Kilinochi. SL Army troops have suffered heavy resistance from the LTTE but have successful accomplished their goal. Several foreign media has also reported this victory of the Sri Lankan troops. BBC website has reported the news in their home page as a breaking news head line

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Government troops have now entered Killinochi town beating all the enemy resistance. Government media reported that troops have taken over control of Railway station along with some other key areas in Killinocchi town. His Excellency Mahinda Rajapakse will address the nation this afternoon.  

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Government of Sri Lanka unveiled a major relief package yesterday which will benefit  most of the population in Sri Lanka. This package includes tax reductions, encouragements for industries and specially price reductions of daily needs. The full relief package is as follows.Diesel, Kerosene and furnace oil reduced by Rs 10/= per litre.Petrol for three wheelers reduced by Rs20/= and by Rs2/= per

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 Stanley Seneviratne - Kurunegala North Group Corr. Police seized a large consignment of illegally felled trees worth millions of rupees during a raid last week in the deep Tabbowa Reserve in the North Western Province. Police revealed that the trees placed on tractors were ready to be despatched. Several people were also arrested. The consignment was to be sent to timber merchants in

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A male suicide carder has blown himself near the Watthala St Ann's church killing 6 Civil Defense Force members. According to the available sources he has blown himseld when the officers are trying to stop him entering the nearby CDF office.There are around 19 people have sustained injuries and admitted to the hospital. LTTE is suffering heavy damages than ever in the Ealam War history. It is

Prathibha Gamagenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23342452.post-67508414913711253312008-12-28T10:14:00.001+05:302008-12-28T10:14:32.984+05:30

Fri, 2008-12-26 03:39 Colombo, 26 December, (Asiantribune.com): Sri Lanka Government is planning to launch a US Dollar 4 billion eco-friendly mega tourism project in 2009. According to Bernard Goonatileke, Chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism Board and Chairman of the Kalpitya Integerated Tourism Development Board, arrangements are completed to launch to turn Kalpitya as the tourist destination for

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The ruling UPFA and the main opposition UNP say they will hand in their nominations for upcoming provincial polls on December 30th. Spokesmen for the two parties say their lists of nominations were in the final stages of preparation. The leftist JVP says it has finalized its list of candidates. Meanwhile, an independent group led by a Buddhist monk, Ven. Battaramulle

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The JVP said yesterday it had finalized the North-Western and Central Provincial Councils nomination lists which would be handed over to the Elections Commissioner on December 30 or 31. JVP propaganda secretary and Parliamentarian Vijitha Herath told the Daily Mirror that the party had picked former provincial councillors Samansiri Fernando and Nimal Herath as the chief

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H.M. Abeysinghe, Kuliyapitiya group correspondent Priorities of the Government are wiping out terrorism, achieving self-sufficiency in food and providing infrastructural facilities to the rural areas said the Minister of Media and Information Anura Piryadarshana Yapa. Minister Anura Priyuadarshana Yapa being conducted to the venue to commission the concreted Wadumunnegedara -

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Mr. Lalith Kothalawala has been mobbed by a group of Golden Key customers at a function held at BMICH this afternoon. The Goldenkey credit card company which is owned by the Ceylinco group, announced that they have revealed a major credit card scam and will take quick actions to minimize the effect on their customers. As the first step, they had organized two day meeting to discuss about this

Prathibha Gamagenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23342452.post-78315866748430066532008-12-20T17:26:00.001+05:302008-12-20T17:26:21.831+05:30

Uditha Kumarasinghe The Government has expended Rs.14,000 million to implement the infrastructure and livelihood development projects of the "Gama Neguma" programme for year 2008, This development is the main national development drive implemented by the Government to achieve an overall economic growth in the country under the 'Mahinda Chinthana' manifesto. The 'Gama

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S. M. Wijayaratne Kurunegala corr Nearly two per cent of the school going children in the Kurunegala and Puttalam districts are suffering from poor eyesight while another 20 per cent are suffering from dental disorders. The North Western Province Provincial Council Health Ministry has planned to conduct 145 mobile eye clinics and 45 mobile dental clinics in schools next year to provide them

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S. M. Wijayaratne - Kurunegala correspondent In an attempt to increase milk production in the Kurunegala district, the People's Bank, Bank of Ceylon and Wayamba Development Bank are offering Rs. 500 million as self-employment loans to prospective dairy farmers. Under the "Mahinda Chintana" development programme of improving livestock development activities in the Kurunegala and Puttalam

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by K. Godage Vaiko is scum and to describe him as a Joker is to be kind. He, a supporter of terrorism in Sri Lanka, is a despicable scoundrel. Yes, we have been far too tolerant of him. How could we ever forget his statement after the attempted assassination of President CBK "She needs to be lucky every time but WE need to be lucky only once", which you reproduced at the commencement of your

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May be the mostly awaited mobile network Airtel, is about to strart it's operations in Sri Lanka very soon. The launch has been postponing several times since last year by the company. The network prefix will be 075 and the network id is SRI-05. If you do a GSM network search most probably you will be able to see that Airtel network is up and running. In the mean time Airtel has set up some

Prathibha Gamagenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23342452.post-35140973587062332162008-12-08T17:36:00.001+05:302008-12-08T17:36:50.435+05:30

08-12-2008 The Australian High Commission marked International Day of Persons with Disabilities with disabled children from the Puttalam District in an event organised by Child Vision Puttalam. The organisation specialises in the provision of therapy and early intervention for children with disabilities in the Puttalam District. Cecilia Brennan Second Secretary, participated in

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by Lalin FERNANDOPULLE lalin@sundayobserver.lk   The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) will nab errant traders trying to exploit consumers during the festive season, said Chairman, CAA, Rumy Marzook. He said raid squads will be deployed in all districts to check whether traders display price tags and conform to the maximum retail price imposed on essential items under the

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How do you see the recent developments taking place in the country? Rishad Bathiudeen - Minister of Resettlement and Disaster Relief Services: The President took the decision to liberate the uncleared areas from Mavil Aru to Thoppigala and now progressing towards the North to end the suffering of the people. While a huge volume of money is spent on these humanitarian operations, Government

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The best of CV Gooneratne and AHM Azwer A. H. M. Azwer To keep Parliament proceedings alive and interesting is an impossible task for parties representing that August Assembly. For a Speaker, Deputy Speaker or a Deputy Chairman of Committees, it is a headache and a nuisance to have a Member who continues to interrupt each and every Member on his feet. But, if that Member

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The popular free web mail service from Google, GMail has added a new feature to the service called GMail themes. GMail themes willpersonalize your GMail look according to the them you select. Presently GMail have around30 very colourful themes to choose from. You can change you them by clicking on "Settings"and then "Themes" or either the direct link that will be automatically appeared insideyour

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Another key point in the northern province Pooneryn has fallen to Task Force 1 of Sri Lanka army this morning. Capturing of Pooneryn is very vital to Sri Lankan troop as it opens a land route between South and North. This liberation is after 20 years and will be one of the greatest defeats in the ealam war history because with this lost, LTTE loose the total control of the west coast of Sri Lanka

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Military spokesman has announced that two LTTE light aircraft have drooped two bombs targeting Kelaithissa power station. Kelanithissa power station located north of Colombo City is a key station for generating electricity by thermal power mainly for requirements of Colombo city.Two wings of a cooling fan have been damaged by the blast. Meanwhile it is being reported that fire brigade has been

Prathibha Gamagenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23342452.post-6951683196074128292008-10-28T23:45:00.004+05:302008-10-29T00:02:29.361+05:30

Sound of anti aircraft gunfire heard in Colombo between 11.30 pm to 11.4o pm this evening. According to the available information anti aircraft defence systems have been activated in Colombo fearing of a possible LTTE attack using light airplanes. As a security measure power to the Colombo has also being cut. Meanwhile MCNS reported that two bombs have been dropped near Mannar military

Prathibha Gamagenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23342452.post-46295472413710215892008-10-24T22:08:00.002+05:302008-10-24T22:12:56.444+05:30

Famouse Sri Lankan music composer Premasiri Kemadasa has passed away this evening at the age of 71.Mr Kemadasa also knows as "Kemadasa Master" well known for exploring the various styles of music around the world and endeavored to develop his very own style of music. He combined Sinhala folk tunes, Western music, Hindustani music  and many other styles of music in his compositions.Mr Kemadasa is

Prathibha Gamagenoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23342452.post-45922243307025153912008-10-21T10:27:00.003+05:302008-10-21T10:41:54.300+05:30

Revolutionary postpaid package "Upahara" is selling like hot cakes these days and could be the most successful post paid package ever in Sri Lankan mobile market. In the meantime Blaster from Dialog has become a good opponent for Upahara. But it seems due to the nature of the advertising by both companies it has become a real mess  selecting a suitable package. There fore thought of doing a

Prathibha Gamagenoreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23342452.post-44968493674620493122008-10-17T12:12:00.003+05:302008-10-17T12:26:37.074+05:30

Sri Lankan troops on "Wanni Operation" have entered LTTE terror outfits in nothern Sri Lankan despite of rainy whether conditions. Video from MOD Sri Lanka. 

Prathibha Gamagenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23342452.post-84725421216566277312008-10-14T13:49:00.002+05:302008-10-14T13:55:33.051+05:30

Football team of Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology has won the runners-up at the interuniversity football championship which was held recently. They have been able to archive this because of the unmatched support provided by administration of the institute, to uplifts the sports facilities inside the university. Meanwhile SLIIT Rugby team won a 15-a-side rugby match against the HSBC

Prathibha Gamagenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23342452.post-44010241156960323102008-10-13T23:42:00.000+05:302008-10-13T23:43:50.795+05:30

Consumer Affairs Authority has suspended manufacturing and distribution of Edna chocolates in Sri Lanka. Consumer Affairs Authority has taken this decision as milk which is imported from China is suspected to contain a chemical called Melamine. Recently Singapore announced that melamine was found in 3 Chinese food products and several babies in China got sick after consuming Chinese milk

Prathibha Gamagenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23342452.post-29703796326976651962008-10-11T13:06:00.001+05:302008-10-11T13:08:49.127+05:30

Leader of MDMK party of India, V. Gopalsamy also known as Vaiko has been arrested while he was on a protest near central government office in Chennai. Another dozens of protesters have also been arrested along with Vaiko. Vaiko is known for supporting tamil tigers whic is a terrorist group fighting for a separate land in the northern part of Sri Lanka. As the government forces has now entered

Prathibha Gamagenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23342452.post-73041552430350972362008-10-09T14:12:00.002+05:302008-10-09T14:35:12.909+05:30

An explosion has been occurred targeting Minister Maithripala Sirisena near Boralasgamuwa short while ago.According to the available information minister has escaped but one civilian has died and two others have injured.

Prathibha Gamagenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23342452.post-12025552772428317442008-10-06T09:53:00.005+05:302008-10-06T10:15:36.922+05:30

UNP North Central Province opposition leader Maj General Janaka Perera has been killed by a suicide blast near the Anuradhapura old bus stand this morning. Explosion as taken place around 8.45 a.m this morning inside the United National Party office in Anuradhapura.According to the available information, 22 persons including wife of Mr Janaka Perera, UNP organizer of Anuradhapura district Dr John

Prathibha Gamagenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23342452.post-71292158775904555412008-10-06T09:32:00.002+05:302008-10-06T09:36:03.591+05:30

An explosion has taken place near Anuradhapura old bus stand this morning. It is belied that this is a suicide attack carried out by LTTE terrorists.Await for more information.

Prathibha Gamagenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23342452.post-74538875518067062662008-10-01T21:33:00.010+05:302008-10-04T08:10:03.846+05:30

Former minister Kingsley T Wickramarathne has passed away this evening at a private hospital. He was the minister of trade and finance in 1994 PA government and later appointed as the southern province governor.  Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) which is the largest IT institute in Sri Lanka was one of the key effort made by Mr. wickramarathne, to enhance the IT industry in

Prathibha Gamagenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23342452.post-19745564520712847712008-10-01T11:16:00.006+05:302008-10-01T11:37:57.001+05:30

SL Army troops of the 57 Division at North of Vannivilankulama have captured a 500m long airstrip on Tuesday (Sep 30), believed used by LTTE for emergency landing of their light aircrafts. According to military the airstrip was located 7km Northwest of Mankulama and about 500m West of the A-9 trunk road in general area Pankikkankulama.

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A small scale blast has occurred in Malwattha road- pettah, short while ago. Blast has occurred inside a van and several vehicles have slightly damaged from the incident. Two people have injured from the incident and according to the director of the Colombo general hospital Mr. Hector Weerasinghe, they are simple injuries.

Prathibha Gamagenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23342452.post-67214029077687100242008-09-26T19:33:00.005+05:302008-09-26T21:18:35.552+05:30

Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has announce a list of businessmen who are not authorized to take money deposits from general public. CBSL has only authorized 32 finance companies, 23 commercial banks and 14 specialized banks to run financial businesses. Please visit http://www.cbsl.gov.lk/images/press.jpg for the full list of authorized financial institutions. You can also download the official

Prathibha Gamagenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23342452.post-73244145607692718772008-09-23T18:43:00.005+05:302008-09-23T19:12:55.468+05:30

Mostly awaited IPTV service from Sri Lanka Telecom officially launched yesterday. Internet Protocol Tele Vision (IPTV) is a new revolution in the television history where service providers can utilize existing copper cable network to deliver high quality videos and sound using Internet Protocol. Internet Protocol is a set of rules defined for exchanging data across a network infrastructure.

Prathibha Gamagenoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23342452.post-49041560052417156022008-09-21T23:39:00.007+05:302008-09-23T13:22:33.795+05:30

Former Sri Lankan president Dingiri Banda Wijetunga has passed away this morning. Mr Wijetunga became the president of Sri Lanka after the killing of presedent Ranasinghe Premadasa in 1994.Mr. Wijetunga was a minister of many key areas like ports, telecommunication, power and high ways.Funeral will be held on next 25th at Gatambe ground - Kandy. As a tribute to late president, all the government

Prathibha Gamagenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23342452.post-54303004322332842092008-09-16T14:04:00.005+05:302008-09-16T14:24:23.595+05:30

An explosion has occurred in Horton Place Colombo 7 around 1.45pm. According to the availalble information the explosion has occured insde a passenger carrying bus. Around four people have got minor injuries as all the passengers have evacuated from the bus before the explosion occures. Bus was plying from Mattakkuliya to Moratuwa.Await more information.

Prathibha Gamagenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23342452.post-29742861541239079702008-09-11T19:44:00.003+05:302008-09-12T10:05:07.574+05:30

An explosion has occurred near the Kelaniya railway bridge. According to the available information this explosion has occurred on a railway track. No one has injured from this incident and only one rail has slightly cracked from the blast.A similar incident happened yesterday also at Mt. Lavinia on a rail track.

Prathibha Gamagenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23342452.post-71721249346211498762008-09-01T18:57:00.006+05:302008-09-01T23:54:39.493+05:30

New totally outgoing free package has been launched by Mobitel recently targeting all government workers and retired government servants. Under the theme "Me Upaharaya Rajjya Sewaya Pinisai "Mobitel is planning to make outgoing calls within the same package totally free and also offer commpetitive rates for other networks also. Customers will be required to adhere to the "Fair Usage Policy" (FUP)

Prathibha Gamagenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23342452.post-32378998320287251842008-08-26T22:12:00.005+05:302008-08-26T22:31:38.124+05:30

LTTE light air crafts has dropped two bombs near Trincomalee navy camp this evening. According to the available information LTTE crafts have not succeeded this time also with their lightweight training air planes.LTTE terrorists has acquired several light weight air crafts which are designed for mainly training purposes. They launched several air attackes on Katunayake, Colombo and Welioya areas

Prathibha Gamagenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23342452.post-30688481456350782292008-08-25T12:13:00.002+05:302008-09-01T23:35:17.261+05:30

A private passenger carrying bus which was plying from Matara to Colombo has been collided with a lorry at Pothupitiya - Wadduwa. According to the avaialble information the driver of the private bus has lost control due to the speed and colided with the lorry.12 persons have injured including drivers of both vehicles.

Prathibha Gamagenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23342452.post-63294282912693862182008-08-20T22:03:00.004+05:302008-08-20T22:13:24.484+05:30

Micro Cars ltd the automobile manufacturer in Sri Lanka with a vision to provide solution to the transport infrastructure needs of the country launched first ever Sri Lankan built Double Deck Bus branded as "DuoDeck".The Micro Cars ltd manufactures the Micro Duo deck buses targeting both the local and international markets. The first bus of their production was donated by proprietor of Micro

Prathibha Gamagenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23342452.post-29593704035156492682008-08-07T22:58:00.003+05:302008-08-07T23:33:09.651+05:30

Recently TRC implemented new set of rules to ensure the mobile Subscriber Identification Modules(SIM) is used only by the respective owner. TRC took this measure as a solution to the security loopholes which are there regarding mobile phones identities. At an stage where security personals are dealing with a most deadlyest sucide terrorist group it is vital for them to be able to track down the

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Final session of the Sirasa Dancing Star, the popular dancing talent search organized by Sirasa TV was held at BMICH today. Sirasa Dancing Star was a novel experience for the Sri Lankans and according to the organizers this talent show helps Sri Lankan stars to show up their talents and become mature in the field with the feedback they get from the well experienced judging panel. Dushanth

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