| Report on Burma : Severe Human Rights Abuses |
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) released a new report on human rights in Burma following a four-week fact-finding visit to the country.
The report welcomes signs of political change in the country, including “significantly increased freedom” for media, civil society and political actors, and i... |
| 14.05.2013 - 06:31 |
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| Sri Lankan Embassy in South Korea conducts Mobile Services for its citizens |
The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Seoul conducted ten (10) Consular & Labour Mobile Services during the months of April and May 2013, for the benefit of Sri Lankan citizens living and employed in South Korea.
The mobile services were conducted in parallel with New Year celebrations organized by Sri L... |
| 14.05.2013 - 06:20 |
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| Sweden's humanitarian aid in 2013 |
In 2012, Sweden was the third largest bilateral humanitarian donor in the world after the United States and the United Kingdom. Since 2005, Sweden's humanitarian aid contributions have risen from SEK 3.3 billion to over SEK 5 billion in 2012.
In April, the first support payments for 2013 were made.... |
| 14.05.2013 - 06:10 |
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| Sri Lankan Export, Investment & Tourism promoted in Los Angeles |
The Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Los Angeles participated at the 87th Annual World Trade Week.
The event was organized by the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce at the JW Marriott Los Angeles on 2nd May, 2013.
The objective of the World Trade Week was to educate the public on positive asp... |
| 14.05.2013 - 06:01 |
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| Tagore Remembered |
A book titled, “Tagore and Sri Lanka”, was released by Dr. Sarath Amunug ama, Senior Minister for International Monetary Cooperation & Deputy Minister of Finance and Prof. G.L. Peiris, Minister of External Affairs, Government of Sri Lanka in presence of Ashok K. Kantha, High Commissioner of I... |
| 14.05.2013 - 05:51 |
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| Two Sri Lankans received the sacrament of confirmation |
Two Sri Lankans received the sacrament of confirmation from His Holiness the Pope Francis I on 28th April 2013 celebrating the Annual year of Faith organized by the pontifical council for the New evangelization in Vatican.
The two younng candidates were Flavio Nelumdeniya and Hirosh Malan fernand... |
| 13.05.2013 - 06:26 |
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Fr. Hemantha Perera -Reporting from Rome |
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| 45 People Killed in Rehanli Blast: Syrian Intelligence Involvement Suspected |
At least 45 people were killed and dozens of others were injured when two explosions shook a Turkish town of Rehanli on Saturday near the border with Syria.
The blasts, which were 15 minutes apart, raised fears that Syria's brutal civil war violence was crossing into its neighbour.
One of the car... |
| 13.05.2013 - 06:10 |
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| Windows Blue – rectified version of Windows 8 in the offing! |
The tendency to quote big numbers to quantify the tentacles of performance of a company at the launch of any new product or gadget is the outward manifestation of a particular gene of any modern CEO who runs a major technological company nowadays. In this context, Steve Ballmer, the CEO of Microsoft... |
| 12.05.2013 - 07:53 |
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Hemantha Abeywardena writes from London… |
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| Letter From America: Bangladesh – A Nation Divided? – Part 6 |
On 24 January 1972 the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) promulgated the Collaborators Tribunal Order (1972) to try the collaborators of the Pakistan government - the so-called enemies within.
In the Ordinance, a collaborator was defined as a person who was found -
(i) to have helped, cooperated with... |
| 12.05.2013 - 07:46 |
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By Habib Siddiqui |
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| Original judge Randy to leave |
To put all speculations to rest, after 12 years of judging on American Idol, Randy Jackson is to leave the TV talent competition at the end of the current series.
He was the only remaining original judge in the competition since it was launched. He first appeared on the panel with Simon Cowell an... |
| 11.05.2013 - 04:40 |
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By S.H.Moulana - Riyadh. |
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| Today: Parliamentary General Elections In Pakistan |
The High Commission of Pakistan in Sri Lanka held a media briefing in relation to the upcoming General Election in Pakistan.
The High Commissioner of Pakistan in Sri Lanka Maj.Gen ( R ) Qasim Qureshi addressed the said event. The salient points are as under:
Pakistan will be holding General E... |
| 11.05.2013 - 04:32 |
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| Farewell lunch hosted by India-Sri Lanka Parliamentary Friendship Association |
High Commissioner of India . Ashok K. Kantha was hosted for a farewell lunch by the India-Sri Lanka Parliamentary Friendship Association on 8th May 2013.
Speaker of Parliament Chamal Rajapaksa, Leader of the House Nimal Siripala de Silva, Deputy Speaker Chandima Weerakkody, Chief Government Whip a... |
| 11.05.2013 - 04:12 |
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| High Commissioner meets with Governor of Northern Province |
As part of his farewell meetings, High Commissioner of India Ashok K. Kantha was hosted for high tea by the Governor of the Northern Province, G.A. Chandrasiri, at Jaffna on 6 May 2013.
The Mayor of Jaffna, the Vice Chancellor of Jaffna University, the Government Agent of Jaffna, senior members of... |
| 11.05.2013 - 00:14 |
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| Political Consultations between Sri Lanka and Viet Nam |
The Second Round of Political Consultations between Sri Lanka and Viet Nam reminded the historical and cultural similarities of the two countries and their peoples, the two sides discussed issues ranging from political to economic in the regional and international fora, and resolved to work togethe... |
| 11.05.2013 - 00:01 |
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| Farewell call by High Commissioner of India on Speaker of Parliament |
High Commissioner of India Ashok K. Kantha had a farewell meeting with Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa at Parliament on 8 May 2013.
High Commissioner thanked Speaker for extending his unstinted support for furtherance of India-Sri Lanka ties. He recalled various visits by Parliamentary delegations durin... |
| 10.05.2013 - 23:45 |
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| Sri Lankan media destroy the image of the country – Chief Editor, Asian Tribune. |
K.T.Rajasingham, the Chief Editor of the Asian Tribune website in an exclusive interview to the News.lk website on 7th April said that he opposed separatism from the very beginning and upon leaving the country due to death threats from the LTTE, he used to write for the ‘Independent’ newspaper of B... |
| 10.05.2013 - 08:25 |
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By A.A.M.Nizam - www.news.lk/news |
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| What a colourful career! |
A historic team known all over the world and most people can name more players than they can name their own distant relatives is Manchester United.
It once consisted of well-known legendary players like Bobby Charlton, George Best, Peter Schmeichel and David Beckham and many others.
Now, let us t... |
| 10.05.2013 - 02:49 |
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By S.H.Moulana - Riyadh |
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| Sri Lanka Embassy in Brazil promotes trade in Latin America |
Mr. Raja A. Edirisuriya, Ambassador for Sri Lanka in Brazil has focused to promote Sri Lankan products in the Latin American region.
The Ambassador observed that there is a good potential of exporting pure Sri Lankan Tea , Spices especially Cinnamon, Apparels, Rubber Products and Cosmetics in t... |
| 10.05.2013 - 02:39 |
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| UK Visa Applicant Arrested For Fraud |
A Sri Lankan visa applicant has been arrested yesterday for using deception and a false identity to apply for a UK visa.
The applicant was referred by the UK Visas and Immigration team to the Fraud Investigations Bureau police in Colombo.
The visa applicant was applying to join her husband who i... |
| 10.05.2013 - 02:31 |
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