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Displaced families, military and companies seek Menik Farm land
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Massive loan from China to rebuild roads
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Godahewa quits as SLTDA chief, but questions remain
Nalaka Godahewa, Chairman of the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA), resigned on Friday…
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President catches up with protesting Berty
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Issues behind President’s tussle with the judiciary
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Another nut loose in a faulty system
My Dear Malaka, I didn’t think I would have to write to you so…
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Lankans announce their intentions
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Nalanda hit bull’s eye while Devi Balika take girls’ title
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Gutsy Lankans to participate at Mumbai Sevens
Two tournaments one with Bowl and the other with Plate Lankan ruggerites will take…
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Sri Lanka’s loss, Myanmar’s gain
Diesel and Motor Engineering PLC (DIMO), hard on the heels of second hand car…
Rubber plantations in the North-east
New rubber plantations would be established in Sri Lanka’s north-east region aimed at meeting…
Vasu now after SAGT privatisation
Vasudeva Nanayakkara, a combative and spirited Minister in President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s cabinet, is at…
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Obama and Netanyahu discuss Iran
WASHINGTON, Sept 28 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
1,000-year-old Buddhist statue made from a meteorite
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APIIT wins National Moot Competition 2012
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Over 280 students select the Cardiff Metropolitan MBA at ICBT Campus in September
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The many faces of Evita
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Connecting mind and body
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Bring on the Sunburn
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Galle Children’s Festival
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Lankans announce their intentions
The massive number of Sri Lanka supporters that thronged to witness the crucial ICC World Twenty20…
Nalanda hit bull’s eye while Devi Balika take girls’ title
Nalanda College Colombo and Devi Balika Vidyalaya prevailed at the inaugural National Schools Shooting Championship which…
Is Malinga losing his magic ball?
Is the Lankan pace icon Lasith Malinga losing the eggs in his basket? The question was…
Why not get things booming with bamboo?
World Bamboo Day fell on September 18. Technology and research has elevated bamboo, once considered “the…
The many faces of Evita
For a journalist, meeting the cast of the Workshop Players’ forthcoming production of ‘Evita’ can be…
If it isn’t home it’s a camp by another name
Widow Chandran Selvarani, 48, one of the last inmates of the Menik Farm in Chettikulam, Vavuniya,…
Parched Polonnaruwa cries for water
W. Wijeratna (60) says be cannot recall a worse drought in close to three decades, as…
‘Senasuru Maaruwa’ a suspenseful tragedy
Udayakantha Warnasuriya who was well-known for making suspense thriller movies in Sri Lankan cinema has returned…
Lalan Group model: Treating workers with respect, dignity
SAPUMALKANDE, Deraniyagala – When workers at the nursery at Lalan’s rubber plantation at Deraniyagala, some 55…
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Displaced families, military and companies seek Menik Farm land
By By Chris KamalendranBusinessmen and foreign investors are among those who want to secure plots of land in the one-time largest camp for the Internally Displaced People (IDPs)…
Massive loan from China to rebuild roads
China will provide Sri Lanka a loan of US$ 500…
Godahewa quits as SLTDA chief, but questions remain
EU probes China’s alleged bicycle dumping via Lanka
IMF mission here for economic review: Cabraal
CKD: More shocking details
Indian serving life sentence dies at Welikada prison
28 asylum-seekers decide to return home
Minor tremor at Siyambalanduwa
No animal sacrifices this year despite being a daily feature to date
UNP stalwart, former MP and minister, P.C. Imbulana is no more
New Navy Chief is Rear Admiral Colombage
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Lankans announce their intentions
By By M. Shamil Amit Reporting from Pallekele StadiumThe massive number of Sri Lanka supporters that thronged to witness the crucial ICC World Twenty20 Super Eight encounter between Sri Lanka and West Indies…
Nalanda hit bull’s eye while Devi Balika take girls’ title
Nalanda College Colombo and Devi Balika Vidyalaya prevailed at the…
Gutsy Lankans to participate at Mumbai Sevens
Lanka to host World Carrom C’ships in October
Aussie women win lacklustre game
England crush India by nine wickets
Upcountry Lions through to Clifford Cup semi finals
Dharmaraja thump Vidyartha
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Luke, Finn and Morgan script English win
Did bowling failure motivate Gul the batsman?
Ben Gollings and sevens input
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Sri Lanka’s loss, Myanmar’s gain
By By Duruthu Edirimuni ChandrasekeraDiesel and Motor Engineering PLC (DIMO), hard on the heels of second hand car market dealers setting up business in Myanmar, is also considering venturing…
Rubber plantations in the North-east
New rubber plantations would be established in Sri Lanka’s north-east…
Vasu now after SAGT privatisation
Abans building super luxury hotel on CCC land
Sri Lanka to modernise Registrar of Companies
Most Sri Lankans say judiciary is not independent: BT-RCB poll
Local implications of China growing at 8%
Most Asian economies to grow in 2013 : SCB report
Crisis in governance
No decision on tea imports, smallholders to be consulted
GMI, Sri Lanka’s First Tempering Plant, awarded ISO 9001:2008 certification
Jailed Sri Lankan domestic workers held incommunicado in Jordanian prison
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Agriculture in poison hole
For more than 2,500 years agriculture and the farmer have played a vital part not only in Sri Lanka’s economy but also in our hallowed civilisation with festivals like the National New Year and Thai Pongal being linked to the harvesting season. The internationally famous Robert Knox in a historical…
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Another nut loose in a faulty system
My Dear Malaka, I didn’t think I would have to write to you so soon after writing to your distinguished father last week but I felt I must,…
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Issues behind President’s tussle with the judiciary
Last Monday evening, actress Malini Fonseka was leaving the hallways of “Temple Trees,” once the home of British businessmen, an editor, colonial rulers and later for decades by…
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Politics and good fiscal management
It is heartening to find that the Treasury is intent on keeping the fiscal deficit to the original target of 6.2 per cent of GDP this year despite…
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Shadow boxing with the independence of the judiciary
President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s indignant retort to newspaper editors this week that he did not attempt to interfere with the independence of Sri Lanka’s judiciary has all the hallmarks…
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Talk at the Cafe Spectator
President catches up with protesting Berty
When provincial council ministers took oaths before President Mahinda Rajapaksa last Monday many Cabinet ministers were present. Former Prime Minister and now Senior Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake was among…
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Divineguma facilitates the concentration of power
The controversial Divineguma Bill appears to be yet another move by the Government that points to a pattern of rushing legislation through without due regard for the need…
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Time to turn the tide
Sri Lankans can little resist water. Bathing in a waterfall, river or lake, going out to sea in a boat or having an impromptu sea bath are all…
Letters to the Editor
A physician’s wisdom Contd from last week… 3. What the Patient Taught Me: I was a young consultant physician in 1965. My first appointment was at the Matara…
Appreciations
Lessons from JF’s life and death Jayantha Fernando I only came to really know JF in the last five years of his life. Because my memory is weak,…
Going easy on those tissues with his friendly-retractor
With 30 years of experience in surgery behind him, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Dr. S. J. B. Lenadora knows just how important a surgical retractor is – the…
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The many faces of Evita
For a journalist, meeting the cast of the Workshop Players’ forthcoming production of ‘Evita’ can be an intimidating business. One is faced not just with…
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APIIT wins National Moot Competition 2012
APIIT Moot Team emerged National Champions at the Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Competition 2012, organized by…
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Obama and Netanyahu discuss Iran
WASHINGTON, Sept 28 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a…
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Peoples Bank introduces special gift schemes to mark World Children’s Day and World Elders Day
Sri Lanka’s state owned Peoples Bank is in the forefront in introducing several branded accounts for…