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Gampaha District UPFA provincial council candidate Kingsley Kasthuriarachchi, still wanted for questioning by the police for the past 11 days in connection with the killing of a JVP member in Veyangoda on April 6, is seen engaged in a friendly chat with a police officer in the Kirindiwela area yesterday during a campaign meeting. See Page 3 for related story.Pic by Saman Kariyawasam.. |
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| End of the way for Norway-
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| A two-day pause in 'offensive operations' and a relative lull during the festive season did not take the world spotlight away from Sri Lanka. Nor did it dull some significant domestic developments. |
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| Crime and corruption taint India's democracy |
| Rahul Deepankar, a distinguished Indian physician from Chicago, said goodbye to his roaring practice to contest election in his country. Being a dalit, he thought he had all the advantages of contesting from a reserved seat. |
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| Shehan’s winning googly |
| Shehan Karunatilaka still has the tickets for every music concert he’s ever been to; the Police, Suzanne Vega and Travis jostle for space alongside The Red Hot Chilli Peppers on a board tacked to a wall in his home. |
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| .... EDUCATION |
| Investing the difference |
| Money! It's one of the most psychologically charged issues of our lives. Most people will give up much more valuable things than money in order to earn more of it; such as, giving up time spent with their families and friends, putting themselves |
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| UN call for pause in fighting rejected |
| A United Nations move for a pause in the fighting in the northern Wanni battle zone -- a prelude to a sea-based evacuation operation of trapped civilians – has met with stiff opposition from the Government. |
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| Rs. 92 billion oil hedging dispute goes for arbitration |
| The Government’s talks with commercial banks over the US$ 800 million (Rs. 92 billion) oil-hedging dispute have collapsed and the issue will be decided by international arbitration, Minister Sarath Amunugama said yesterday. |
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EDITORIAL |
| Electing white elephants |
| While the Government engages an increasingly-agitated International Community, especially 'Election-India' seeking a ceasefire in and around the 'safe zone' in the Wanni, |
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PLUS |
| “Westward ho!” |
| This fascinating account flows, alas! not from my pen, and I claim no authorship. But let me tell you of how I chanced upon the story. I found a copy of an old “Veerakesari” newspaper with a grainy photograph of a Jaffna Thoni |
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FINANCIAL TIMES |
| Chambers concerned over NBL hike |
| Leading chambers of commerce and industry in Sri Lanka are expressing serious concerns about the impending increase in the Nation Building Levy (NBL) to 3% from 1% and its effect on businesses. |
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| Thilan, Dilshan go up the ladder |
| Thilan Samaraweera, who, of late, has become one of the most reliable batsmen in the Lankan line-up, has been included in category two of the SLC yearly contract. |
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>MEDI SCENE |
| Heard about Baha? |
| Five-year-old Kavishka Dilshan, with his head in plaster, is walking around Ward 12 of the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children, oblivious of the fact that he is a tiny trailblazer in Sri Lanka. |
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