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DIG Vaas interdicted - Police Media Spokesman DIG Vaas Gunawardena who is in remand over the alleged involvement in an abduction and murder of a businessman has been interdicted, the Police Spokesman has said.Read more... |
Pro-Eelam workers arrested in Ooty Some 600 activists belonging to pro-Tamil Eelam outfits were on Tuesday arrested for allegedly attempting to march to the Defence Services Staff College at Wellington,Read more... |
Court allows S'gamuwa U'grads to sit exams The Court of Appeal Monday issued an interim order allowing the four students who were suspended by the administration of Sabaragamuwa University to sit the examinations.Read more... |
Mythological bridge row: Karunanidhi threatens to launch DMK protest against Tamil Nadu Govt Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader and former Tamil Nadu chief minister Muthuvel Karunanidhi has warned incumbent Chief Minister J.JayalalithaaRead more... |
JHU forwards 21st Amendment Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) presented its bill which sought to repeal the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, on Tuesday.Read more... |
Two nabbed over Colombo Port terminal fire Two persons have been arrested by the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) in connection with the fire which broke out at the warehouse of the Colombo Port in May, police sources said.Read more... |
Voting rights bill for displaced passed in parliament The Registration of Electors (special provisions) bill that ensures voting rights to displaces persons in the North was passed in parliament with amendment on Tuesday.Read more... |
Lankan nabbed with heroin at BIA A Sri Lankan (53) was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport with more than a kilo of heroin on Tuesday, Customs Media Spokesman Leslie Gamini said.Read more... |
Hundreds of Lankans turned back in Jeddha Hundreds of Sri Lankan expatriates who were asked to appear at the deportation center in Jeddah for biometric recording Monday,Read more... |
PS Member’s son assaults principal The son of UPFA Mihintale Pradeshiya Sabha member R.A. Anil, Nipuna Madusanka has assaulted the principal of the school where he is currently studying, sources said.Read more... |
India to convey its view on S Lanka's 13th Amendment after consideration Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday said India would convey its views on alleged attempts by political parties in Sri Lanka to repeal the 13th Amendment to its Constitution, after considering its implications.Read more... |
Embilipitiya PS Chairman released on bail Embilipitiya Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman M.K. Amila who was remanded over an alleged assault on two police officers has been released on bail,Read more... |
Two dead and seven injured in accidents Two people have died and seven were injured in an accident involving three vehicles at Melsiripura, Dematagolla Tuesday morning, police said.Read more... |
NWP PC member expelled from SLFP North Western Provincial Council member Ananda Sarath Kumara has been expelled from the SLFP and barred from contesting future polls and is expected to resign from the council, SLFP sources said.Read more... |
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Whatmore eyes World Cup after Pakistan flop Pakistan coach Dav Whatmore said Tuesday the team would be reviewed with an eye on building for the 2015 World Cup after their dismal showing at the Champions Trophy in England.Read more... |
Taylor better Test skipper than McCullum, says New Zealand media The New Zealand media has said that the under the leadership of former captain Ross Taylor, the Black Caps Test team had been making significant progress than they are doing under current skipper Brendon McCullum.Read more... |
Oz heading into Ashes with 'not a great deal of confidence', says Bailey Australia's stand-in captain George Bailey has admitted that his team is heading towards next month's Ashes series with 'not a great deal of confidence'.Read more... |
India's batting looks ominous: Mahela Senior Sri Lanka batsman Mahela Jayawardene has said they need to contain the "strong Indian batting" when the two teams meet in the Champions Trophy semifinal Thursday.Read more... |
Champions Trophy: Srinath to be match referee for first semi-final India’s Javagal Srinath was on Tuesday appointed as match referee for the first Champions Trophy semifinal between England and South Africa at the Oval on Wednesday.Read more... |
Dilshan swoops to send Sri Lanka into semi-finals Tillakaratne Dilshan took a brilliant one-handed catch to end a stubborn last-wicket partnership of 41 as Sri Lanka beat Australia by 20 runs on Monday to reach the Champions Trophy semi-finals.Read more... |
Warner risked Ashes spot with bar brawl, says Clarke
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Troubled opener David Warner has risked his place in Australia's Ashes team after his late night bar-room fracas with England player Joe Root, captain Michael Clarke said on Monday.Entertainment
Jay Z's million-album Samsung sale unlikely to count for charts Rapper Jay Z's upcoming studio album will go to a million users of Samsung smartphones three days before its official release in a promotional deal, but the distribution is unlikely to count toward official sales figures, an industry expert said on Monday.Read more... |
Nigella Lawson's husband downplays photos of him grabbing her neck Former advertising tycoon Charles Saatchi on Monday downplayed photographs in which he is shown grabbing his wife, celebrity chef Nigella Lawson, around the neck, saying it was just a "playful tiff."Read more... |
International
Greek court orders state TV reopened, PM offers compromise
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Turkey could deploy army to quell protests Turkey's deputy prime minister said on Monday the armed forces could be called up if needed to help quell popular protests that have swept Turkish cities in the last two weeks, the first time the possibility of a military role has been raised.Read more... |
Snowden hits back against critics of NSA leaks The former National Security Agency contractor who revealed the U.S. government's top-secret monitoring of Americans' phone and Internet data fought back against his critics on Monday, saying the government's "litany of lies" about the programs compelled him to act.Read more... |
Putin faces isolation over Syria as G8 ratchets up pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin faced further isolation on the second day of a G8 summit on Tuesday as world leaders lined up to pressure him into toning down his support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.Read more... |
Biggest protests in 20 years sweep Brazil As many as 200,000 demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil's biggest cities on Monday in a swelling wave of protest tapping into widespread anger at poor public services, police violence and government corruption.Read more... |
A Greek court ruled that shuttered state broadcaster ERT must reopen immediately, a court official said on Monday, offering the squabbling ruling coalition a way out of a political crisis over the station's abrupt closure.Business News
Lanka GDP grows 6.0 pct y/y in Q1, helped by state spending
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SL Central Bank Intervenes Sri Lanka's central bank intervened in the currency market on Friday, selling dollars to stabilise the rupee after it had fallen to a more than six-month low.Read more... |
Sri Lanka c.bank may take more measures to get lending rates down Sri Lanka's central bank could take more steps to reduce high lending rates if commercial banks do not fall in line with monetary policy rate cuts, a top central bank official said on Thursday. Nandalal Weerasinghe, deputy central bank governor,Read more... |
CBSL to introduce relaxations to foreign exchange regulations The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has said that it will introduce new relaxations to foreign exchange regulations in order to achieveRead more... |
Sri Lanka's first quarter economic growth beat market expectations, which economists attributed to high state investment in construction that compensated for sluggish private sector expansion at a time borrowing costs are high.Travel
Sri Lanka: Udekki Surrounded by nature, with simple-but-stylish rooms and great food, the super laid back Udekki feels more like staying with friendsRead more... |
Hotel Insider: Coco Bay Unawatuna, Sri Lanka
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