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Bangkok Underwater
Bangkok Underwater Heavy monsoon rains have been drenching Southeast Asia since mid-July, causing mudslides and widespread flooding. The deluge has now reached Bangkok, with rising water and associated problems affecting most of the city's 10 million residents. Prime Minister Yingluck... -
Norochcholai plant out of operation
Trade union sources of Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) say that the newly built Lakvijaya coal power plant at Norochcholai remains out of operation due to technical problems. However, these technical problems also remain unspecified, according to trade unions. Sri Lanka's Power and...- lkdood
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Ban Ki Moon meets Mahinda Samarasinghe
Earlier today, the Secretary-General received Hon. Mahinda Samarasinghe, Special Envoy of the President of Sri Lanka on Human Rights. This meeting was part of the UN's ongoing dialogue with the Government of Sri Lanka as a follow up to the Joint Statement of 23 May 2009 between the... -
Bharatha killing, CSE & drugs 'linked'
There seems to be a link between Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), illegal drugs and the recent murder of a presidential advisor, says the owner of a private media network. Shan Wickramsinghe, the owner of the TNL media network, told BBC Sandeshaya that he... -
SL cricketers not paid since World Cup
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has confirmed that the national cricketers have not been paid their salaries for months. About 100 contracted players are not paid since Sri Lanka co-hosted the World Cup together with India and Bangladesh. The capital expenditure on the recent World Cup left the...- lkdood
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Stock market: Govt. members accused of manipulating CSE
Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) today said the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) has been affected by the downfall of the economy and manipulation of the stock market by persons affiliated to the governing United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA). UNP Senior Vice... -
Mahinda meeting Julia
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard will meet Sri Lanka's president on Wednesday night to discuss claims of human rights abuses in the country. Ms Gillard and Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa are in Perth for the Commonwealth Heads Of Government meeting (CHOGM), but Mr Rajapaksa...- lkdood
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Aus wants UN rights body to probe SL
Australia Wednesday urged the UN rights watchdog to probe alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka, ramping up pressure ahead of a meeting between the two countries' leaders at Commonwealth talks. Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd said the UN Human Rights Council must address accusations that... -
President: LLRC Report will reveal the truth
President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that the truth behind Sri Lanka’s humanitarian operation would be revealed once the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission Report is out. “Very soon, the LLRC Report will be out.” ‘It will then be presented in...- lkdood
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SL cancels Chinese hotel deal
Sri Lanka has cancelled a $500 million hotel investment by China National Aero Technology Import and Export Corporation (CATIC) over a land dispute, the island nation's junior economic development minister said on Tuesday. "That is called off," Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena told Reuters. "We are... -
Government take over Celestial Residencies
The Sri Lankan government is to take over a high rise hotel and apartment tower whose construction was stalled after its parent firm got into financial trouble. The takeover is to be effected under a new law that is being rushed through the judicial and...- lkdood
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Rudd on SL : Wait for report
The Australian government will be keen to learn the findings of a Sri Lankan report addressing issues of war crimes, Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd says. The federal government has called on Sri Lanka and its President Mahinda Rajapaksa to address allegations of human rights abuses during the... -
Tax increased: beer, liquor
The government has increased the excise duty on a litre of liquor by Rs. 60 and the price of beer by Rs. 5.- lkdood
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President: Aus rejects court case
Australian Federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland has refused to allow a war crimes case against the Sri Lankan president to proceed in Australia. Retired engineer Jegan Waran, 63, has filed charges in the Melbourne Magistrates Court against Mahinda Rajapaksa, claiming civilian targets...- lkdood
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Aus presses SL over war crimes claims
Australian leader Julia Gillard on Tuesday urged Sri Lanka to address claims of serious human rights violations as a man filed war crimes charges against President Mahinda Rajapakse. Sri Lanka has persistently denied that its troops committed atrocities while battling the rebel Liberation... -
Porn : New Laws
The Justice Ministry will introduce tough legislation to strictly control the import, distribution, production, exhibiting, telecasting, printing or broadcasting of pornographic material in Sri Lanka, a senior official said today. Justice Ministry Secretary Suhada Gamlath said the new Act... -
US withdraws ambassador from Syria for his 'personal safety'
The Obama administration pulled its ambassador out of Syria over security concerns, blaming President Bashar Assad's regime for the threats that made it no longer safe for Robert Ford to remain. The Syrian government quickly ordered home its envoy to the United States, raising the... -
Channel 4 cleared by Ofcom
Channel 4's controversial documentary Sri Lanka's Killing Fields, which featured graphic footage of alleged war crimes, has been cleared of breaching the broadcasting code. Ofcom said images featured in the documentary, broadcast in June, "whilst brutal and shocking", did not exceed what the... -
Aussi accuses SL president of war crimes
An Australian man who says he saw hospitals deliberately attacked by Sri Lankan forces has filed war crimes charges against Sri Lanka's president in the Melbourne Magistrates' Court. The federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland will need to give final approval for the Australian indictments... -
President arrives in Australia
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has arrived in Australia to attend the Commonwealth Heads of State meeting, the Department of Information said. The President leads Sri Lanka's delegation to the three-day Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth which begins on October 28.- lkdood
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