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Thursday, Feb 23 2012

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Power outage in Kandy, Trinco and Puttalam restored

Live RPG among scrap metal found in Thilladiya

Carbon Copies of Complaints to Public

Conditions for Friday's gem auction

Maldivian Dy President meets with President Rajapaksa

Live RPG among scrap metal found in Thilladiya

A Rocket Propelled Grenade exploded causing damages to a house in Thilladiya, Puttalam today evening, Police said.

The RPG was among several live as well as used RPGs b...

Power outage in Kandy, Trinco and Puttalam restored

A power breakdown in the Puttalam district, Kandy town and Trincomalee area which was reported a short while ago has been restored, the Ministry of Power said.

The Ministry said that the cause beh...

Maldivian Dy President meets with President Rajapaksa

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A special message from Maldives President Dr Mohamed Waheed Hassan was today handed over to his counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo.

The message was handed over by Deput...

Carbon Copies of Complaints to Public

Carbon copies of complaints regarding loss of documents and minor accidents are to be given to the complainers in future, Police Spokesperson said.

This will include complaints of loss of National ...

Fishing protest continues in Chilaw

Fishermen in Chilaw continued to keep away from fishing at sea protesting over the increased fuel prices, despite government claims that most of the fishermen in the area have now returned to sea.

The ...

Conditions for Friday's gem auction

The National Gem and Jewellery Authority today laid out the conditions for the Friday’s auction of the land with gems which was found in the Thammannawa village near Katharagama.

The land was surveye...

London Sunday Times journalist killed in Syria

Marie Colvin, a London Sunday Times journalist, and a French photographer have been killed in the besieged Syrian city of Homs after the house where they were staying was shelled.
Marie Colvin, recogni...

World

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Four killed, dozens wounded in Afghan Koran burning protests

KABUL, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Four people were shot dead and dozens wounded in protests in Afghanistan which flared for a second day on Wednesday in sever...

World Videos

Kevin Rudd resigns as Foreign Minister

Former PM Kevin Rudd has resigned his post as Foreign Minister, after months of speculation that he was preparing to challenge Prime Minister Julia G...

Analysis

Syria's Alawites to fight to death for power: Analysts

BEIRUT, Feb 19, 2012 (AFP) - Syria's Alawite ruling minority will fight to the death to keep its grip on power in a country where they are despised by...

Business

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Sri Lankan stocks gain upward momentum

The market opened the day with the positive momentum and gradually progressed on an upward trend during the day;...

Discussion/Business Videos

World Bank country director for SL at ACCA awards

Chief Guest at the recently held ACCA Sustainability Reporting Awards - World Bank Country Director for Sri Lanka and Maldives -Diarietou Gaye addre...

Analysis

Call for better system of University education

The need for a better University system of education and a call for its reforms to make Sri Lankan study programmes benchmarked with modern education ...

Features

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Events

Lathifa Ismail art school exhibition

Students of Lathifa Ismail's art class have had their annual exhibition of paintings almost every year for the past 30 years. Funds raised have always...

Appreciations/Letters

Letter:Are foreign children more beautiful?

Wherever you turn, the advertisements, on billboards and newspapers, carry pictures of foreign children- that too only whites. Today’s papers ca...

Interviews/Stories

Creating the Chagall look

"Breathes there the man, with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
“This is my own, my native land!”
Whose heart hath ne’...

Blogs

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Mirror Blog

Whitney through the years

Having watched her rise through the charts our music columnist Miles Brohier pens his thoughts

The news of Whitney Houston’s death on...

Art and Culture

Theatre company '1927' brings their play ‘The Animals and Children took to the Streets’ to Colombo

Trust no one. Suspect even your own shadow. Welcome to the Bayou Mansions; a sprawling, stinking tenement block, in which curtain-twitchers and peepin...