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    President leaves for Australia

    President Mahinda Rajapaksa left for Australia a short while ago 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...
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    New student rules : Higher Education Ministry

    The government is to introduce laws to regularise students migrating for educational purpose, a spokesman for the Higher Education Ministry said. He said this was after complaints received from parents by the Minister of Higher Education Minister S.B. Dissanayake about cases where students...
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    High security for Commonwealth leaders' meeting

    Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) F/A-18 Hornet EIGHT FA-18 Hornet jet fighters, Blackhawk helicopters and the elite SAS will be guarding Perth this week as Julia Gillard hosts the largest-ever gathering of world leaders in Australia. More than 40 prime...
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    Electricity crisis : Reservoirs run dry with no rains

    As Sri Lanka was heading for a power crisis with the hydro -power generation dropping to less than 15 per cent and the thermal power cost rising, the agricultural sector too was running into problems. Due to the prevailing drought weather the water level of Lunugamvehera reservoir has...
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    Hillary warns Iran

    US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday implicitly warned Iran not to interfere in Iraq after the decision to pull all American troops out of the war-wracked state by the end of the year. Clinton, on a visit to Tajikistan, echoed President Barack Obama’s comments that the United...
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    SL rice gifted to Somalia

    Sri Lanka has gifted 250 metric tonnes of rice to Somalia as domestic production increased, economic development minister Basil Rajapaksa said. This year no rice has been imported to the country, Rajapaksa told an 'investor's day' in Colombo Saturday. "Our...
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    India wants Lanka visa fee reduced

    India has asked Sri Lanka to reduce the USD 50 visa processing fee for its nationals and tourists from SAARC nations, with Indians topping the list of holiday makers in the picturesque country. "India through its High Commission here told us that the visa fee is high. They wanted it...
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    Turkey Earthquake 7.3

    A powerful earthquake struck eastern Turkey Sunday, collapsing at least two buildings in the center of eastern city of Van, the mayor said. "Two buildings collapsed in Van, but the telephone system is jammed due to panic and we can't assess the entire damage immediately," Bekir Kaya, the...
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    CSN No coverage ?, Rupavahini 'will go bankrupt'

    The Carlton Television Network (CSN) that has secured the rights to telecast the series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka currently being played in Abu Dhabi has denied concerns it lacks a proper coverage. Nishantha Ranatunga, the CEO of CSN told BBC Sandeshaya that it shares...
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    President to Australia With Jumbo Delegation

    President Mahinda Rajapaksa is to travel to Australia this week for the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting with a delegation comprising over 100 members including the entire Rajapaksa clan, well informed sources told The Sunday Leader. The 108 member Sri Lankan delegation will include...
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    SL condemns Gaddafi dealth

    SL condemns Gaddafi death Sri Lanka on Sunday condemned the killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and demanded a probe into the circumstances surrounding his death. A 21-word terse statement by the ministry of external affairs said that "the government of Sri Lanka is of the opinion that...
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    SL asks expatriates to invest in the stock market

    Sri Lankan expatriates should be encouraged to invest in the Sri Lankan stock market as we see the foreign exchange inflow into the country from them. said the minister of Economic Development Mr. Basil Rajapaksa. Minister Basil Rajapaksa called upon the Sri Lankans who are employed...
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    Battlefield 3 TV Launch Trailer

    eedRhcpOsuU Release October 25 (North America) October 27 (Australia) October 28 (Europe)
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    US GSP for SL, still reviewing petition

    The U.S. government is still reviewing the petition filed against the extension of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) trade benefit for Sri Lanka, its embassy in Colombo said on Saturday. U.S. President Barack Obama had on Friday signed into law the reauthorization of the GSP...
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    Battlefield 3 Launch Trailer

    Q7GVSx7yMaA Release October 25 (North America) October 27 (Australia) October 28 (Europe)
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    Duminda shot Bharatha

    The post mortem inquiry into the death of former Parliamentarian and Presidential Adviser on Trade Union Affairs, Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra on election day at Mulleriyawa was held before the Colombo Chief Magistrate. In evidence led by ASP Shani Abeysekera of the CID, Mr...
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    Sri Lanka flight academy opens with simulator

    State-run Sri Lankan Airlines has opened a flight academy commissioning its first Dutch built flight simulator for Airbus A320 aircraft as it ramps up activity as part of the island's ambitions to become a regional aviation hub. It already has an engineering...
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    Lankan dies in Dubai

    A 21-year-old Sri Lankan died in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Wednesday; however the cause of death is unclear according to the Sri Lankan Consul General in Dubai. According to the Consul General the post mortem does not reveal the cause of death. Ishara Kaushalya Litanage from Athurugiriya...
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    Chinese channel in SL

    China is hoping to establish Confucius Centres and a TV channel in Sri Lanka to popularise the Chinese language and telecast educational programmes, train teachers and school principals, an Education Ministry spokesman said yesterday. The move comes after Education Minister Bandula...
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    Stockmarket crisis: Lankan regulator in emergency session

    Sri Lanka’s Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) was due to meet at an emergency session at 10.30 am this morning (Friday) to discuss a major crisis brewing in the stock market, stock market sources said. The board members (commissioners) were assembling for the meeting. Share prices at...

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