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Female touch for Kiwi boys
It all happened fast, she says. Just days after completing her Masters degree in Australia, the young physiotherapist applied for the post in November last year. It was to be a six month contract.
FINANCIAL TIMES
Local exporters looking for clarity on GSP+

Sri Lankan exporters are looking for clarity on the state of the GSP+, to be able to adjust business strategies. The GSP+ scheme allows duty free export of about 6,000 items to the EU from Sri Lanka. However, the continuation of the GSP+ is now uncertain, as a preliminary report points to an adverse outcome of an EU investigation. At this point, it is the uncertainty that is worrying local exporters.

INTERNATIONAL
Col. Gaddafi wants to 'abolish' Switzerland; set to move UN

Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi is set to ask the United Nations to 'abolish' Switzerland and share the land among its neighbouring countries. The Libyan dictator has filed a motion with the U.N. saying the Alpine state should be wiped off the map and split among France, Italy and Germany.

EDUCATIONS
Building childrens’ background knowledge and thinking skills
The more children know about their world, the easier it is for them to read and learn when they get to school. You have an important role to play in helping children learn new information, ideas, and vocabulary and how to use this knowledge to become full participants in their own learning.
SPORTS
The dreaded finger
Young Sri Lankan opener Tharanga Paranavithana is in no way a man who can relax on the high pedestal, thinking that his place is preserved even for Sri Lanka’s very next Test innings. He may have batted with a lot of grit and technique and also may be the potentially better batsman suited for the top slot, but, yet he is a man who is fighting for survival, grasping for breath and is engaged in an intense battle to be No1 choice in the Lankan batting order.
IT Info
Role of Information Technology in Agriculture

Information Technology (IT) has long been viewed as having great potential for improving decision making in agriculture. IT has connected the world globally and is now changing our life style and social consciousness dynamically. In all phases of the agricultural industry, information technologies are vital to the management and success of a business. Agriculture has also been greatly influenced by IT.

TOP NEWS
Top UN official expelled
James Elder, a senior official with the United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), held a visa until July next year to serve in Sri Lanka. He is the first UN official carrying a UN passport with diplomatic status to be asked to leave Sri Lanka. Two week’s time has been given after he appealed from an order to leave immediately.
Scandalous plunder of a battered people
Members of paramilitary groups are carrying on a lucrative trade smuggling out Internally Displaced People (IDPs) from camps for large sums of money, an investigation by the Sunday Times revealed.
Other News Articles
Immigration Chief transfers BIA official
Sacrificial goats
Another exam snag
Pre-poll violence in H’tota on the increase
Freedom at high price -- Expose by the Sunday Times Insight Team
 
EDITORIAL
Replacing fascism with police state
On the opposite page we detail some of the happenings in the camps housing the Internally Displaced People (IDPs). In recent decades, Sri Lanka has had a chronic refugee problem. There was a time when a million people were in refugee camps some for years on end, like the Muslims driven out of Jaffna and staying in Puttalam. There were refugees of every community in the camps. A million meant that one in 20 Lankans was in a camp -a damning statistic by any standard.
COLUMNS
 
See our tax rupees at work - Political Column
A Chinese envoy once described a restaurant in Colombo as among a handful that served authentic food of his country. Yet, last Sunday afternoon, there were only a few at the restaurant. Past noon, a white clad VIP politico turned up. Escorting him was his bodyguard. If the guard's holster with a loaded pistol bulged out from his tight white shirt, the well-built man had another distinguishing symbol.
Is the economy on the threshold of a boom? - The Economic Analysis
Is the Sri Lankan economy on the threshold of an economic boom? This is the question in the minds of many. The prospect of a sharp revival in the economy is very much in the minds of the government, the business community and foreign observers.
   
PLUS
What's the buzz? - It's Colombo Art Biennale
What better way to experience art than to be a part of it? More than just another art exhibition of which Sri Lanka sees plenty, the Colombo Art Biennale (CAB) promises a lively experience. Under the theme ‘Imagining Peace’, the Biennale brings together leading artists and fresh new talent showcasing their paintings, sculptures, photography, installation art and performance art.
FUNDAY
Veediya Bandara flees
Prince Veediya Bandara had not taken a proper meal for the last few days. Therefore he had a full meal in the 'Danasala'. He rested awhile to be relieved of the weariness of the long journey.
FREE HOLD
Restructuring fallen finance companies the only way forward

The country is still recovering from the financial crisis that occurred with the collapsing of certain reputed financial institutes due to their unlawful method of business conduct.

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Britannia no longer rules the waves but continues to waive the rules
Pre-poll violence in H’tota on the increase
Loyal party supporter left out in the cold
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Assessment and development of natural resources in North-East
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CB announces international bond issue of $500 mln
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The dreaded finger
Lankans looking for ODI reprieve
Talking of basics
Dilshan is he the answer?
Marauding Kandy stamp rugby authority
Umpires muddle to be taken up tomorrow
Australia edge out England in ODI thriller
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Rajeev rises from slumber
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Mazenodians advance to semis
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Don Bosco stuns Army
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50-over game needs an overhaul or it's all over
Tired Bolt yearns for home
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Indika and Chandrawathie come out on top
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Opening ceremony of 2011 WC on Feb 17 in B'desh
Tale of two draws - men's seeds sail, women fail
WI breached ICC agreement by picking third-rate side: FICA
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Strauss criticises format axing
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We've sorted out Mendis: Gautam Gambhir
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Restructuring fallen finance companies the only way forward
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What's the buzz? - It's Colombo Art Biennale
Peace through artists’ eyes
Persecution of writers goes on -- Letter to the Editor
Mother jumbos ‘imprisoned’ with babies -- Letter to the Editor
Soldier and the street dog -- Letter to the Editor
Elegy for a student who died young -- Letter to the Editor
Thaaththa was my greatest hero -- Appreciation
Cherished friend, doting mother and teacher of teachers -- Appreciation
Popular vet, charmer, entertainer and life of the party -- Appreciation
A friend like you is hard to find -- Appreciation
Priest, inspiring preacher and God’s soldier for justice -- Appreciation
Military minds its mine studies
The soldier is first
Century-old temple now a sacred site
A new recipe from Indu & Koluu –“How to catch a man”
Something rare on the screen these days
SLDA wows New Zealand audiences with ‘Sankranthi’
Choir of St. Francis of Assisi in Gospel musical
75 years on Well Mudliyar still brings on the laughter
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