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Thursday, May 24 2012

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Legal process on Tamil detainees underway ; Dinesh

Experiments on gold find in Kelani river

Enjoining order on broadcast of Olympics

Letter on release of Fonseka

Sri Lankan stocks fall for the 3rd consecutive day of the we...

Letter on release of Fonseka

The letter sent by the Justice Ministry Secetary Kamalini de Silva to the Prisons Commissioner on the release of former Army Commnader Sarath Fonseka from prisons confirms that Mr. Fonseka ...

Legal process on Tamil detainees underway ; Dinesh

The government will not be able to release Tamil detainees in a hurry as they are under investigation, Government Chief Whip Minister Dinesh Gunewardena told the Parliament today.

This was in response...

Experiments on gold find in Kelani river

The National Geological Survey and Mines bureau is carrying out an experiment to establish whether gold has being found in the Kelani River as claimed by the villagers.

This was after villagers in Poo...

Enjoining order on broadcast of Olympics

Colombo Commercial High Court Judge Gamini Amarasekera issued an enjoining order restraining the MBC/MTVChannels Pvt. Ltd. from informing public or telecasting any commercials statingthat the company ...

Four more NSB directors resign over TFC share deal

Four more directors of the crisis-hit National Savings Bank (NSB) resigned on Wednesday, resulting in the entire board now stepping down over a flawed stock market transaction.
Today’s resignations cam...

University non-academic staff on two-day token strike

University non-academic staff staged a protest today (May 23) outside the University Grants Commission.

They are currently on a 48- hour token strike from Tuesday afternoon demanding the authoriti...

Police Commission to probe 129 complaints

The National Police Commission revived after three years has opened
investigations on 129 complaints they have received against the police
from the public, officials of the Commission said today.

The co...

World

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Egypt court convicts police over protest deaths

CAIRO, May 22 (Reuters) - An Egyptian court sentenced five policemen on Tuesday to 10 years each in prison for their role in killing protesters in the...

World Videos

Will.i.am runs with the Olympic torch

Black Eyed Peas singer Will.i.am tweets his way through his stint carrying the Olympic torch in Taunton Somerset.

Courtesy - Telegraph Tv

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Analysis

Looming end of Afghan mission leaves NATO with identity crisis - By David Brunnstrom & Adrian Croft

CHICAGO, May 22 (Reuters) - NATO put on a brave face at its Chicago summit but the reality is that the alliance has been weakened by the euro zone cri...

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Sri Lankan stocks fall for the 3rd consecutive day of the week

Sri Lanka’s stocks continued to fall extending losses in the Colombo bourse on Wednesday despite investor interest in selected blue chip comp...

Discussion/Business Videos

Facebook stock 'will likely pop at the open'

Social network flotation fuels anticipation of a big hike in the stock price when it begins trading Friday on the Nasdaq.

Courtesy - Telegraph Tv

Add ne...

Analysis

TEA assertion on revenue gains doesn’t add up

Letter

The denial by some members of the TEA that they are lobbying to import cheap tea is laughable. The sole purpose of the exercise, as stated in th...

Features

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Nominations for Dr. Ananda Coomaraswamy Fellowship

Nominations are now being invited for the Dr. Ananda Coomaraswamy Fellowship of Sahitya Akademi, India.

Sahitya Akademi, instituted the Fellowship name...

Appreciations/Letters

Appreciation:Adoring Hilton Colombo ‘family’ remembers a very special friend

ANNOUCHKA WEERATUNGA FERNANDO

We are still in a state of shock and disbelief, a month after our dear friend Annouchka left us.
I write these...

Interviews/Stories

Interview : Andrew De Silva of 'Australia's Got Talent'

Having received a standing ovation from all three judges of ‘Australia’s Got Talent’ (including Brian McFadden of Westlife) - ...

Sport

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Athletics: AAA reconsiders appeal; Sri Lanka to host AJAC as planned

The Asian Athletic Association (AAA), today (22) officially granted Sri Lanka the permission to host the 15th Asian Junior Athletic Championship at th...

Sport Videos

Sri Lanka Premier League launched

The once-postponed Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) was launched on Monday (14) by Sri Lanka Cricket officials. The first edition of SLPL will be playe...