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Thursday, May 24 2012

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'I would vote for President Obama': Castro's niece

Chinese couple bury woman alive, sparking outrage

U.S. drone strike kills 10 in northwest Pakistan - Officials

Syria assails rebel town, admits sanctions hurting

Phillip Phillips wins 'American Idol'

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 ...

Another gold detection at BIA

The Customs at the Katunayake Airport has seized gold jewellery valued at over Rs. 45 million brought to Sri Lanka from Singapore today morning, officials said.

They said the gold weighing 5.7 Kgs was ...

Toppled container causes heavy traffic

The traffic flow to Colombo has been interrupted causing traffic congestion due to a container toppled across the road at Nawaloka roundabout in Peliyagoda short while ago, police said.

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Legal process on Tamil detainees underway ; Govt

The government will not be able to release Tamil detainees in a hurry as they are under investigation, minister Nimal Siripala de sivla told Parliament today.

This was in response to a call made by TN...

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...

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U.S. drone strike kills 10 in northwest Pakistan - Officials

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, May 24 (Reuters) - A U.S. drone strike on suspected Islamist militants in northwest Pakistan killed 10 people on Thursday, Pakist...

World Videos

Sherlock Holmes fans fight to save author Arthur Conan Doyle's house

Mark Gatiss, the writer behind the BBC's Sherlock series, says the state of disrepair of Arthur Conan Doyle's house is disgraceful

Courtesy - Tel...

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

David Cameron: EU leaders must agree on a plan for Greece

Speaking outside a summit for Eu leaders in Brussels, the Prime Minister says European leaders must be decisive over Greece.

Courtesy - Telegraph TV

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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...

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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

Letter:Callous bosses who care naught for their employees

It seems that employers in certain private sector companies, and even certain multinational companies, are taxing their employees to the limit, and be...

Interviews/Stories

Combating epidemics when we were Ceylon

Research scholars usually keep to the narrow confines of the subject of their interest. However, Dr. S. Ananda Meegama PhD, an internationally known d...