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Sri Lanka to resume refinery on Friday

Chairman of the Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha transferred to Rag...

Cricket: SLC selectors present proposal to elevate present s...

UNP concerned about interrogation of Delgoda by CID

Several UNP MPs held a press conference to express concern about the interrogation of a representative of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Sri Lanka, Sagarika Delgoda by the CID recently.

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Chairman of the Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha transferred to Ragama hospital

Chairman of the Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha Prasanna Ranaweera and UPFA provincial councilor Nadeeka Sampath who were admitted to hospital following assault have been transferred to the Raga...

Sri Lanka to resume refinery on Friday

(Reuters) Sri Lanka's sole refinery, which was closed last week due to a delayed crude oil delivery, will resume operations in two days with an expected 1 million barrels of Omani crude, Oil Minister ...

Businessman remanded over container of illegally imported items

A garment industry businessman was remanded today after the Customs detected a container of illegally imported items including shoes and clothing valued at over Rs 40 million, Director Revenue T...

Eighteen illegal immigrant smugglers arrested

Eighteen suspects have been arrested for assisting to smuggle Sri Lankan illegal immigrants into Britain in a series of dawn raids across Europe, including in Luton and Essex.

Eleven people were arrest...

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Speculation over N.Korea envoy's China trip

BEIJING, May 23, 2013 (AFP) - Speculation mounted over a top North Korean military official's visit to China Thursday, after few details of his meetin...

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KFC smuggled into Gaza from Egypt

Junk-food starved Gazans can now order Kentucky Fried Chicken to go thanks to a new smuggling service which brings takeout from Egypt via a netw...

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Bangladeshi volunteers haunted by rescue trauma - By Shafiq Alam

SAVAR, Bangladesh, May 21, 2013 (AFP) - Mamun was hailed a hero for pulling survivors from the ruins of Bangladesh's Rana Plaza factory complex but no...

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Business class upgrades on SriLankan Airlines thro’ auction

National carrier, SriLankan Airlines is offering (payment-based Business Class upgrades from Economy class through an online auction system designated...

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Telepathy One: Japan's Answer to Google Glass

Japan is developing its own answer to Google Glass. Worn around your head like a halo the so-called Telepathy One is designed to help you share real-t...

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Free healthcare: Does it have to be?

The Government is to renovate all 330 railway stations around the country using a mix of public and private funding, with a massive effort plann...

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Lankan writers make a mark in Commonwealth literary prizes

Sri Lankan authors Nayomi Munaweera and Michael Mendis are among the regional winners for the 2013 Commonwealth Book Prize and Commonwealth Shor...

Appreciations/Letters

Letter: May Day: Brickbats and bitter truth

May Day is celebrated the world over in memory of the selfless pioneers who fought for workers’ rights. But in Sri Lanka, how many are con...

Interviews/Stories

Christopher Ondaatje, author of The Last Colonial reviews Sonali Deraniyagala’s recently released memoir

Sonali Deraniyagala’s horrific book Wave about her experience in and after the December 26, 2004 Tsunami that struck the south-east coast ...

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Cricket: SLC selectors present proposal to elevate present structure

The Lankan selectors, led by former Sri Lanka captain Sanath Jayasuriya, have forwarded a proposal on developing the cricket structures and standards ...