Thursday, Feb 23 2012
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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...
Read more...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.
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 regarding loss of documents and minor accidents are to be given to the complainers in future, Police Spokesperson said.
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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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...
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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...
Read more...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;...
Chief Guest at the recently held ACCA Sustainability Reporting Awards - World Bank Country Director for Sri Lanka and Maldives -Diarietou Gaye addre...
Read more...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 ...
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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...
Read more...Wherever you turn, the advertisements, on billboards and newspapers, carry pictures of foreign children- that too only whites. Today’s papers ca...
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"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’...
Having watched her rise through the charts our music columnist Miles Brohier pens his thoughts
The news of Whitney Houston’s death on...
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Trust no one. Suspect even your own shadow. Welcome to the Bayou Mansions; a sprawling, stinking tenement block, in which curtain-twitchers and peepin...
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Former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting confirmed today (21) that he will only play on in Tests while accepting that his One-Day International (ODI) c...
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Sri Lankan Innings - Commonwealth Bank Series Match 8 vs India
Courtesy - Cricket Australia TV
The emphatic manner in Sri Lanka’s eight-wicket victory over Australia on Friday which earned them a vital bonus point as well has suddenly put ...
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