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President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his wife being led by Diyawadana Nilame Dela Bandara to the Sri Dalada Maligawa yesterday to pay homage to the sacred Tooth Relics and meet the Mahanayake Theras of the Malwatte and Asgiriya Chapters. The Mahanayake Theras conferred on the President the title ‘Vishvakeerthi Threesinhaladishwara’. Pic by Saman Kariyawasam
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As Lanka celebrates, Govt. faces war with the West -Political Column
Please tell them my patience is running out. Let them not think I am a weak leader. I will meet up with any challenge they pose. If that happens, it can be their end.
New minibrand economic diplomacy
-The Economic Analysis
We have witnessed some of the strangest exercises in diplomacy touching the economy of the country. First, it was British, second it was American.
INTERNATIONAL
Indian PM announces key cabinet posts
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh distributed key cabinet portfolios on Saturday after the Congress party's resounding victory in national elections.
 
 
MAGAZINE
In search of Ravana in Sri Lanka
In a tourist emporium in New Delhi I was being hassled by an overzealous sales assistant. I was getting bored with fending him off. “How about a beautiful statue of Ganesh?” he asked
 
  FUNDAY
The Trade-centre in Colombo
This event took place in 1521 A. D. After this, the Kotte kingdom was to be divided into three. King Jayaweera of Kandy, who was also known as King Vickramabahu, had to intervene in the matter.

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AEI : A popular destination for Higher and Vocational Education among Sri Lankan students
Australian Education International (AEI) supports the suntainable development of a world-class and globally connected international education and training system in Australia.
TOP NEWS
NGOs smuggling IDPs out — Govt.
In the light of this, security sources said, a thorough screening of IDPs was under way in the camps. The purpose was to identify persons who were either guerilla cadres or had links with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
Govt. ready for DNA test as Prabha is cremated
Government has retained samples of body-parts of Liberation Tigers (LTTE) leader Velupillai Prabhakaran for DNA tests before he was cremated on Wednesday in Mullaitivu.
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EDITORIAL
The war ends, the battle for peace begins
In war, to the victor go the fruits of victory, while the vanquished end up with just deserts. That has been the age-old lesson, and this week, after all too long, the Commander-in-Chief of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces, President Mahinda Rajapaksa, was able to announce victory and declare an insurgency of nearly 30 years, closed.
  PLUS
Then they were tears of pain, now happiness
A conflict that had taken a heavy toll of this land reached its bitter end this week with the LTTE’s defeat at the hands of the armed forces. As news of the final victory reached the rest of the country, there was an overwhelming mood of celebration.
  FINANCIAL TIMES
Econ boom in the north soon
Sri Lanka’s northeast region is set for a mini-economic boom in coming months – once the LTTE-freed north is cleared for take-off – with the private sector preparing for huge investments to make up for years of lost opportunities.
SPORTS
Duleep Mendis removed - Minister not kept informed
Sports Minister Gamini Lokuge has summoned the Sri Lanka Cricket Interim Committee for a meeting in the coming week regarding the removal of its CEO Duleep Mendis from the 2011 World Cup Committee.
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