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Colombo - Thursday: JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva says the President carried out a propaganda campaign using the governments official seal. …
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Top British official says Sri Lanka’s rebuilding targets are optimistic
Top British officials say Sri Lanka’s reconstruction targets are optimistic at best, and urges setting up a controversial joint mechanism to share …
Marxists Quit
COLOMBO (AFP) - The main Marxist coalition partner quit Sri Lanka's government in protest against President Chandrika Kumaratunga's plans to share …
JVP says it will raise a fresh alliance
Colombo - Tuesday: The Alliance government's key coalition partner the JVP on Tuesday said it would raise a fresh alliance to defeat President …
Colombo’s street hawkers finding business in the busiest places
Colombo - Tuesday: This street hawker selling pineapples and many other like her mingle among JVP supporters gathered at the Lipton Circus on Tuesday …
UNP to help minority government remain in power
The United National Party(UNP) says it will help Sri Lanka’s minority government, headed by President Chandrika Kumaratunga, to remain in power …
Split in Lankan coalition government
Colombo - Thursday: JVP leader Somawansa Amarasinghe confirming that the party had quit the coalition government over the tsunami aid sharing …
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Draft changes to the Railways act, that will allow the commuter service to partner the private sector is being finalized before going for Cabinet …
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The Education Ministry hopes to call for a larger budget allocation for IT related education in the national curriculum. buy clomiphene online …
Tourist arrival to Sri Lanka change after the tsunami
Tourist arrival patterns to Sri Lanka show a shift from traditional Western European markets to regional markets after the tsunami. Tourist arrival …
Marxist party readies to quit Sri Lankan coalition, police end monk fast
Sri Lankan plain clothes policemen forcibly carry away Buddhist monk Dambara Amila ending his fast to the death in Colombo, 15 June 2005. The monk …
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The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) is trying to increase its fixed electricity charges by August. online pharmacy buy ciprodex with best prices today …
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Sri Lanka opted to hike its key short term rates by 50 basis points, taking the repo rate up to 8. online pharmacy buy abilify with best prices today …
Sri Lankan president braces for coalition split over Tamil aid deal
Sri Lankan plain clothes policemen forcibly carry away Buddhist monk Dambara Amila ending his fast to the death in Colombo, 15 June 2005. (AFP) Sri …
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Sri Lanka opted to hike its key short term rates by 50 basis points to contain further increases in credit to the public and private sectors. online …
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Sri Lanka’s micro finance institutions are looking at securitising their lending portfolio as low cost credit lines are drying up. online pharmacy …
Top donors take a shot at ceasefire violations by Govt and LTTE.
A top meeting of donors in Washington on Monday took a shot at Sri Lanka’s fragile peace, whacking both the government and Tamil rebels for …
Sri Lanka president resists militant monks and Marxists, likely to survive
President Chandrika Kumaratunga, who has staked her government's future on a tsunami aid-sharing deal with Tamil Tiger guerrillas, is likely to …
Foreign donors warn Sri Lanka over escalating violence
Sri Lanka's main international donors Tuesday asked the Colombo government and Tamil Tiger rebels to take action to stop escalating violence and stem …
JVP says will pull out of government by Thursday
The JVP today re-iterated that it would pull out of Sri Lanka’s coalition government tomorrow at midnight, if the joint mechanism is not pulled …
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Government and trade union talks on Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) restructuring collapses and trade unions call for mediation by the Prime Minister …
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Fixed electricity prices could double after a Cabinet green light expected on Wednesday, to tide the thermal dependant Electricity Board through …
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Sri Lanka's central bank may have little choice but to do nothing on monetary policy in the next few months even as the economy, still reeling from …
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Ceylon Electricity Board trade unions were to meet late Monday for crucial talks on restructuring the state owned power utility ahead of a donor …