Unprecedented unity among educational sector trade unions of Sri Lanka

A newly formed Collective of Educational Administration, Principal and Teacher services of Sri Lanka holding a press conference yesterday protested the moves by the government to hand over the administrative work of the educational offices to the Sri...

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The statement of R. Sambanthan, the leader of the Ilankai Thamil Arasu Kachi (ITAK) after 14th convention

Photo: Sambanthan waving Sri Lanka flag at 2012 May Day of joint opposition in Jaffna. The incident caused controversy. Tamil nationalists say the flag was placed in the hand of the Tamil National Alliance leader's hand fraudulently. The statement...

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Over 100 young men fleeing 'Wonder of Asia' arrested by Sri Lanka police

Sri Lanka police nabbed around 119 persons who attempted to migrate illegally to a foreign country. Police say a set of racketeers who were involved in the trafficking have also been arrested. The arrested persons included six who handled the trafficking...

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Sri Lanka Minister slams UNHRC, US, EU and India while another blames Sinhala chauvinists for abetting Tamil Diaspora

The Minister kissing an Iran official Sri Lanka Minister of Power and Energy Champika Ranawaka said to a local Sinhala language radio, Hiru FM, that the service extension granted to UNHRC Chairman Navanithan Pillai was the next move of the actions...

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Sri Lanka opposition MP to be arrested for attacking a man

Sri Lanka police say that they will arrest opposition MP of United National Party Dunesh Gankanda for allegedly injuring a persons. The MP is alleged of assaulting an individual and biting his nose. According to Police Media Spokesperson , the incident...

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Sri Lanka Planetarium, an astronomical marvel in an astrology worshipping land

Still, school children visit Colombo planetarium as a regular place of their visit to the capital city. I visited it once when I was a school boy and due to nostalgia I went there once again as a young man. It was not as exciting as it was in...

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Sri Lanka Sports Ministry to ban administration for 10 years for officials that submitted false information to AAA

Sri Lanka Minister of Sports Mahindananda Aluthgamage said in the parliament yesterday that a 10 year ban on administration would be imposed on the two former administrative officials who are suspected of providing false information to the Asian Athletics Association (AAA). Answering a query raised by the United National Party (UNP) MP Sajith Premadasa,...

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Asian Athletics Association decided to go ahead with Asian Junior Athletics Championship in Colombo

Sri Lanka Minister of Sports Mahindananda Aluthgamage says that the Asian Athletics Association (AAA) has changed the decision to cancel the 15th Asian Junior Athletics Championship 2012. The sports event is scheduled to be held from June 9 to 12 in Sugathadasa National Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka. AAA changed the decision within 24 hours due to...

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Sri Lanka fails to host sian Junior Athletics Championship; bid to host the 2017 Asian Youth Games

Asian Athletics Association cancelled 15th Asian Junior Athletics Championship 2012 that was scheduled to be held from June 9 to 12 in Sugathadasa National Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka due to the incompletion of Sugathadasa Stadium where the events...

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Public money spent in Sri Lanka to develop infrastructure for private sea plane business

Sri Lanka Minister of Civil Aviation Priyankara Jayarathna said at the beginning of this month that the state owned Sri Lankan airline would terminate its loss making sea plane operations within four months as the current lease agreements of sea planes...

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Release of Sri Lanka's former Army Commander form jail is more controversial than sending him to jail

Source: Albert Bigelow Paine, Thomas Nast: His Period and His Pictures, 1904  Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa's media spokesman Bandula Jayasekara says that the cabinet has granted approval to release Sarath Fonseka. The proposal...

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Sri Lankan politician distributing sarees with funds for increasing nutrition

The government Councillors of the Southern Provincial Council of Sri Lanka accuse that the Chief Minister Shan Vijayalal de Silva is using funds available for the development work to activities like distributing sarees. Southern Provincial Councillor...

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Packaging exhibition in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s Packaging Industry exhibition, named as ‘LANKAPACK 2012’ is scheduled to be held from 25th to 28th of May. Nearly 150 exhibitors are expected to take part in it. 40 international exhibitors, representing companies from countries including...

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Sri Lanka opposition MP wants state media head summoned to parliamentary privileges committee

Sri Lanka's major opposition United National Party (UNP) MP Anoma Gamage has written to the speaker of parliament, Chamal Rajapaksa, requesting the Chairman of state-owned Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) Hudson Samarasinghe summoned before...

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Sri Lanka doctors strike today

The Government Medical Officers' Association (GMOA)executive committee has decided to strike work today demanding the arrears of the Rs. 29,000 allowance that was granted in 2008. A spokesman of the GMOA said that the allowance paid so far is Rs. 15,000 and they were fighting for none months to win the rest and the arrears. The spokesman said that...

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Sri Lanka opposition forms a joint committee to protest against government

Sri Lanka opposition has appointed a joint committee to carry forward the joint opposition programmes. This committee met yesterday after holding the joint opposition May Day in Jaffna. Major opposition United National Party, major Tamil constituent Tamil National Alliance, Democratic People's Front, Left Front and Nawa Sihala Urumaya are in this...

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Tamara Kumamayakam, the weeping Sri Lankan Tamil woman in diplomatic service

Tamara Kunanayakam, Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva is crying. Her tone has changed to the tone similar to other Tamils, the Diaspora Tamils, the LTTE Tamils or the other disgruntled Tamils.  Listen to Tamara! She...

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Sri Lanka imposes new import tax on milk powder

Sri Lanka government has increased the import tax of the milk powder with immediate effect. Accordingly, an import tax of 15% or Rs. 92 is to be imposed on a kilo of imported milk powder. Government sources say that the aim of the tax is to discourage...

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Four Sri Lankans arrested for smuggling diamonds from Greece

A stock of diamonds and jewellery attempted to be smuggled to Sri Lanka has been arrested by the customs. Three Sri Lankans were arrested under suspicion of attempting to smuggle these items hidden in computers. They have been sent to Sri Lanka...

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Sri Lanka police treasure hunting in Anuradhapura

A senior police official of the North Central Province of Sri Lanka said that an investigation was under way regarding an incident of police Special Task Force (STF) wngaging in treasure hunting in Mahawilachchiya area of the province. Several villagers...

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Sri Lanka's former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka severely ill

A website in Sri Lanka reported today that the former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka is suffering from a severe bronchitis. Fonseka who is jailed now was admitted into Nawaloka private hospital last week following a court order due to serious illness. Fonseka...

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Sri Lanka wildlife officials withdrawn from duties related to wild elephants

All Sri Lanka Association of Wildlife Officials says that it has withdrawn from duties pertaining to wild elephants. The wildlife officials came to this decision after a group of villagers attacked them as they were attempting to rescue a wild elephant...

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