| Maintain suspended sanctions against Myanmar urged ASEAN parliamentarians |
The European Union (EU) should renew its suspension of sanctions against Myanmar but stop short of a total lifting of restrictive measures, ASEAN Parliamentarians said today, citing serious human rights concerns and the failure of the Myanmar government to meet EU benchmarks for reform.
The call ca... |
| 13.04.2013 - 05:07 |
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| World Justice Project –Rule of Law Index 2012-2013 Sri Lanka Scores High |
Sri Lanka has received a high ranking in the World Justice Project’s (WJP) annual, Rule of Law Index. The report states that Sri Lanka “outperforms its regional peers in all but two dimensions”.
The WJP Rule of Law Index is an innovative quantitative assessment tool designed by the WJP offering deta... |
| 13.04.2013 - 04:54 |
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| The other Eden |
Sri Lanka, lies like an emerald pendant off the Indian peninsula, separated by only twenty miles of shallow sea. Smaller than the biggest, but bigger than the smallest of the Great Lakes, it was called many names by many people.
The Macedonians knew it as Taprobane. To the Persoans it was Serendib,... |
| 13.04.2013 - 02:52 |
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By Lakshman Ratnapala |
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| Sri Lanka shines at the International Women’s Day Celebrations |
The International Women’s Day celebrations organized by the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the People (ICAP) together with the Asian Ladies Circle of Havana (ALC) were held at the ICAP main auditorium on7th April 2013. A large number of Asian Diplomatic Missions based in Havana including the Sri... |
| 13.04.2013 - 02:16 |
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| Sri Lanka President congratulate newly appointed Prime Minister of Jordan |
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa has sent in a congratulatory message to Dr. Abdullah Ensour, newly appointed Prime Minster of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
In his message, President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said, that "Government and the people of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri La... |
| 13.04.2013 - 01:25 |
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| Do not miss lessons from roll out of new diagnostic tests for MDR-TB |
One golden wish in TB care and control is surely around early diagnosis of all forms of TB. New rapid diagnostic tools have come on board over the past years such as Liquid Culture, Line Probe Assay (LPA), and Xpert MTB/RIF among others in addition to conventional gold standard solid culture and dru... |
| 13.04.2013 - 00:51 |
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By Bobby Ramakant, Citizen News Service – CNS |
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| British Airways commence flying to Colombo from 14 April |
The inaugural British Airways flight to commence weekly three flight to Colombo from 14 April: Gatwick – Male – Colombo – Gatwick, after a lapse of 15 years.
Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the UK, Dr Chris Nonis said that the fact that British Airways, the UK’s National carrier and third large... |
| 13.04.2013 - 00:33 |
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| Sri Lanka's official delegation at Kenyatta’s swearing in ceremony |
Sri Lanka’s Deputy Minister of External Affairs Neomal Perera and Gitanjana Gunawardena, Deputy Minister of Civil Aviation represented the President of Sri Lanka at the swearing in ceremony of Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenyas' President-elect. Kenyatta is the son of founding father and the 1st President... |
| 12.04.2013 - 02:35 |
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| Migrants and TB: Trapped in conflict of border control and health policies |
The 4th Union Asia Pacific Region Conference on Lung Health (APRC 2013) opened in Hanoi, Viet Nam, with a powerful and thought-provoking session on TB and migrants. There are scores of known structural drivers that put people at risk of TB such as poverty, but other less-spoken factors, such as immi... |
| 12.04.2013 - 02:03 |
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By Bobby Ramakant, Citizen News Service – CNS |
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| Tourism Promotion in Indonesia |
The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Jakarta conducted a Tourism Promotion Campaign at the Embassy premises in conjunction with the General Sales Agent of Mihin Lanka (Pvt) Ltd. Leading travel agents and tour operators based in Jakarta attended the event.
The main focus of the event was to raise awareness a... |
| 12.04.2013 - 01:15 |
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| Governor Dr Ashwani Kumar visits wife of Mrs Oken Jeet in ICU |
Governor of Nagaland Dr Ashwani Kumar and his Lady Wife have paid a visit to Mrs Aneile Kenye, who has been recovering in the ICU of the Naga Hospital, Kohima since August 2009.
Mrs Kenye, wife of Oken Jeet Sandham, Nagaland’s senior journalist and editor of the North East Press Service (NEPS), wa... |
| 12.04.2013 - 00:58 |
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| Help Reacquired for Patent Rights of Endemic Sri Lankan Plants and Herbs |
Help reacquired for patent rights of endemic Sri Lankan plants and herbs, Sri Lanka President tells delegation of global cosmetics company.
A Japanese delegation comprising of representatives from the cosmetics industry and researchers met President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees, yesterday (Ap... |
| 12.04.2013 - 00:37 |
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| Fight against drug-resistant TB has come a long way in Viet Nam |
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Viet Nam ranks 12th among 22 high burden tuberculosis (TB) countries, and 14th among 27 high burden multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) countries in the world. "2.7% of new TB cases, and 19% of previously treated cases have MDR-TB in Viet Nam" said Dr Ho... |
| 11.04.2013 - 16:44 |
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Bobby Ramakant, Citizen News Service - CNS |
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| U.S. next step on Sri Lanka: Beyond UNHRC says Ambassador Sison |
The Government of the United States through its diplomatic envoy in Colombo signaled Sri Lanka the next step it intends taking; Go beyond the UNHRC system to get Sri Lanka to a total commitment toward reconciliation and accountability.
American Ambassador Michele Sison in a policy statement address... |
| 11.04.2013 - 04:12 |
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Daya Gamage - Asian Tribune Political Note |
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| When you are in Middle East next, don’t miss your Fattoush! |
During my early days in Riyadh I was attached to a famous five star hotel, which was incidentally the first of its kind in the capital city of Saudi Arabia.
Since day one I had a great deal of interest in learning the various types of cuisines and especially the oriental ones, originated from Syria... |
| 11.04.2013 - 02:34 |
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By S.H.Moulana - Riyadh |
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| Palestine Minister calls on Prof. Pieris |
Mr. Mahmoud S A Al Habbash, Minister of Religious Affairs of the State of Palestine, paid a courtesy call on Professor G.L. Peiris, Minister of External Affairs, at his Ministry on Tuesday.
Mr. Anwar H. Al-Agha, Ambassador of the State of Palestine in Sri Lanka, and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, wa... |
| 11.04.2013 - 02:18 |
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| Sri Telo in the Northern Provincial Council Election Fray |
The proposed Northern Provincial Council election has begun to evince interest in the midst of Tamil political leaders and the latest young Tamil leader to show interest in the election is none other than Pararajasingham Uthayarasa alias Uthayan, Secreatry General of Sri Telo.
Uthayarasa alias... |
| 10.04.2013 - 05:09 |
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By K.T.Rajasingham |
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