| Uganda Investment Forum |
Mr. Sarath Amunugama, Senior Minister for International Monitory Co-operation and Dy. Minister of Finance and Planning participated in the Commonwealth Investment Forum held at Kampala, Uganda.
The Minister participated in the forum from 11-12th April 2013. The Minister’s participation at the ev... |
| 24.04.2013 - 01:03 |
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| Committee Evaluates Indian Housing Project |
The Project Steering Committee for the Indian Housing Project, co-chaired by Basil Rajapaksa, Minister of Economic Development and Ashok K Kantha, High Commissioner, met on 4 April 2013 and reviewed the progress of implementation of the Indian Housing Project. The meeting was attended by the offic... |
| 24.04.2013 - 00:50 |
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| 2,460 National Science Diploma Holders received Teachers appointment |
President Mahinda Rajapaksa presented letters of appointment to 2,460 National Science Diploma Holders from 18 colleges of education yesterday 22), at Temple Trees.
Speaking at the presentation the President said parents must come forward to show greater enthusiasm to ensure quality education for... |
| 23.04.2013 - 10:00 |
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| Sri Lanka calls for a balanced approach in addressing NPT goals |
Sri Lanka's has called for "a balanced approach" in addressing the objectives of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).
Noting that "Sri Lanka remains fully committed to the nuclear non-proliferation commitments of the NPT and have steadfastly and consistently supported the... |
| 23.04.2013 - 05:21 |
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| Minister Rishad Bathiyutheen to sue Uthayan Newspaper |
Minister Rishad Bathiyutheen says that he will file legal action against the Jaffna based Tamil language news daily “Uthayan” for publishing false news items on 22nd April, implicating him as the person behind the torching of some houses belongs to people of Mulliayawalai, located in the... |
| 23.04.2013 - 10:05 |
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By K.T.Rajasingham |
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| Save Rama Sethu |
An actively pursuing campaign has been launched calling for the cancellation of the Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project and to nominate the Gulf of Mannar, which is home to Ram Sethu, as a World Heritage Site.
This campaign has been launched during Ram Navmi 2013 which marks the 9th anniversary o... |
| 23.04.2013 - 01:58 |
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| 20th Death Anniversary of Lalith Athulathmudali : An Immortal Luminary of Our Time |
Twenty (20) years have lapsed since the startling news that shocked the entire nation on the untimely demise of Lalith Athulathmudali, the great son of Mother Lanka on April 23, 1993 who shared an inestimable contribution to the Motherland.
Late Lalith Athulathmudali was a senior minister who pla... |
| 23.04.2013 - 01:25 |
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By T.K. Premadasa |
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| Asanga participates in the Strategic Studies Network in Geneva |
Asanga Abeyagoonasekera, a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum and the Executive Director of Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute for International Relations and Strategic Studies(LKIIRSS) is participating in the Strategic Studies Network Annual meeting which coincide with 10th Annual Inter... |
| 23.04.2013 - 00:59 |
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| U.S. Embassy Celebrates Earth Day |
Over 40 U.S. Embassy employees, Sri Lankan and American, joined together to clean litter from the beach along the Galle Face promenade in honor of Earth Day. Scouring the sand with trash bags, staff picked up enough garbage to fill the back of a pick-up truck.
Earth Day was created in 1970 by U.S.... |
| 23.04.2013 - 00:52 |
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| New technique to prevent diabetic lower-limb amputations |
Today, in India, there are more than 63 million people living with diabetes, second only to China, as per the latest 5th Diabetes Atlas statistics. Being a disease of the blood vessels diabetes affects all organs.
By the time the blood supply to the foot has been compromised due to peripheral obstr... |
| 22.04.2013 - 09:35 |
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By Shobha Shukla, Citizen News Service – CNS |
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| Sri Lanka President expressed condolence on the recent earthquake in Chinaa |
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa has conveyed his condolence message to Xi Jingping President of China expressing his grief and concern on the loss of life and displacement from the earthquake of 20th April 2013.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa in his message to Chinese President has expressed... |
| 22.04.2013 - 03:03 |
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| A letter equally good as his speech! |
It is very rare for us to find a person who hasn’t read or heard Dr. Martin Luther King’s famous speech ‘I have a dream’ he made in a Washington rally. Equally remarkable was his 7000 word long letter, he wrote from Birmingham jail on 16 April 1963.
I doubt that as much people would have read his l... |
| 22.04.2013 - 01:05 |
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By S.H.Moulana -Riyadh |
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| Letter from America: Boston Bombing – the insane madness |
I like athletics, although I don’t run or jog these days. My younger son is a good short distance runner and has won several regional awards in hurdles and relay races. Although he is a freshman in a university now, his school records in 110m hurdles and other such sprints still remain unbroken and... |
| 21.04.2013 - 12:59 |
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By Dr. Habib Siddiqui |
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| Training Nurses for Aged Care |
“The spirituality and discipline of Sri Lankans have declined with the new technology evolution, though our country is rich in culture. Our society has lost values to a greater extent, amidst our lives much facilitated with technological tools.
The country is in a pathetic status where children of... |
| 21.04.2013 - 12:48 |
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By Manjari Peiris |
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| Sizzling Sison and that Bulloch in a China Shop |
Normally I do not waste time taking up cudgels against diplomats. As someone whose name I quite forget now said decades ago, ambassadors lie abroad for the good of their country. or words to that effect.
Personally it matters little to me if they lie till rigor mortis sets. If they must lie even... |
| 21.04.2013 - 13:43 |
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By Our Diplomatic Editor |
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| Sea Weed Farming in the coastal area of Jaffna District |
Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development Minister and EPDP Secretary General Douglas Devananda initiated the scheme of sea weed farming in the coastal area of Jaffna District.
The scheme of sea weed farming for the coastal area (which is of 292 kilo metres long) in Jaffna District wa... |
| 21.04.2013 - 01:39 |
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| Around 30 people hospitalized as a train rammed into a bus |
A train rammed into a bus at Rockland Junction in Beruwela yesterday evening injuring at least dozens of people. The accident had taken place at an unprotected level crossing. According to police report around 30 persons were hospitalized.
Police said that the bus had collided with a train bound t... |
| 21.04.2013 - 01:22 |
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| In China - Earthquake kills 32 people, Injures more than 600 |
The quake struck China's Sichuan province provinces left at least 32 people dead and injured more than 600, just after 8:00am (local time) at a depth of 12 kilometres, sending panicked residents fleeing into the streets, and was followed by several aftershocks.
The quake, which struck shortly afte... |
| 20.04.2013 - 11:20 |
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| You have entered a University- what does this mean? |
Addressing a gathering of literati and glitterati on the occasion of this year’s Cumaratunga Munidasa commemoration day held at Folk Art Centre Battaramulla, Minister Wimal weerawansa is reported to have said “thank God! I did not go to University”.
As he claims, had he gone to University, he would... |
| 20.04.2013 - 04:43 |
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By Jinadasa Bamunuarachchi BA, MA - Attorney at Law |
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