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    Policeman killed in Moratuwa

    A policeman was hacked to death in Modera, Moratuwa today morning, Police said. The Police constable who had accompanied his OIC to investigate a clash between two groups when he was hacked to death with swords. A senior police officer said that the victim was idenfied as Chandrawimala...
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    SLT 20 MBPS 2013

    (SLT CEO Greg Young) Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), the island's leading fixed line operator, has commissioned a fibre optic network in the North under the 5 billion-rupee i-Sri Lanka project providing high speed links with the rest of the country and abroad. The i-Sri Lanka network...
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    Sri Lanka to introduce an aviation degree in universities

    Sri Lanka Minister of Civil Aviation Priyankara Jayaratna says that steps will be taken to introduce aviation as a subject for a degree in the Sri Lankan university curriculum. The Minister says that his Ministry is having discussions with the Ministry of Higher Education in this regard...
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    Gas in SL : Cairn India confirms Sri Lanka natural gas find

    Cairn India Ltd, a subsidiary of Cairn Energy Plc, said on Sunday it has discovered natural gas in Sri Lanka's offshore Mannar Basin, confirming an earlier announcement by Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa. "Further drilling will be required to establish the commerciality of the...
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    5 police arrested

    Five police officers have been arrested in Sri Lanka after thousands of angry citizens surrounded a police station seeking justice, where a suspect had died in custody, a media report said. Sri Lanka's The Sunday Times newspaper said an estimated 3,000...
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    Australian student visa rules changed

    Under the new student visa regulations announced by the Australian government, new international students will have greater opportunity to work in the country and enjoy greater, faster, easier access to student visas. The new visa regime is intended to make Australia an attractive place to...
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    Sri Lanka visa website

    The Department of Immigration and Emigration of Sri Lanka launched its new website www.eta.gov.lk today (30 Sep) enabling foreign travellers to obtain visa prior to travelling.
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    Doctor shot dead, tense situation in Karandeniya

    A tense situation prevailed in Karandeniya between the police and residents following the death of a 40 year old doctor who was shot dead yesterday by two men who came in a motorbike. The tense situation erupted as the police got late to arrive at the scene following the shooting...
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    Sri Lanka releases 1,800 LTTE

    Sri Lanka has released about 1,800 former Tamil Tiger rebels who had been held since the island nation's civil war ended more than two years ago. President Mahinda Rajapaksa handed over the former rebels to their families at a ceremony Friday at an auditorium in his office complex. The...
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    Dompe police attacked

    Villagers set fire to vehicles, motorcycles and part of a police station on the outskirts of Colombo Friday, in protest at the death of a suspect in custody, officials said. More than 2,000 people stormed the police station in Dompe, 30 kilometres east of the capital, in the early...
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    Canada lashes Sri Lanka, summit showdown looms

    Canada publicly criticized Sri Lanka over its human rights record for the first time on Thursday, setting the scene for a confrontation at a major international summit next month. Sri Lanka is under increasing Western pressure to probe allegations of war crimes and humanitarian law...
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    Battlefield 3 Beta

    9M-PywYz6pU Release October 25 (North America) October 27 (Australia) October 28 (Europe)
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    Lion cub rescued by mother

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    Heat wave in Colombo

    The Meteorological Department today attributed the strong sun light and heat currently experienced in Colombo to the removal of what it called the ‘natural cooling system in the city’ by cutting trees that gave a cover to the sunlight among other factors. The Daily Mirror has received a...
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    iPhone 5 Oct. 4

    Its official: iPhone 5 introduction October 4 2011 After several months of speculation, scuttlebutt, and wild rumormongering, the long awaited iPhone 5 unveiling draws nigh: Apple has issued invitations to an Oct. 4 press event at company HQ, in Cupertino. And lest anyone worry that Apple will...
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    Battlefield 3 TV ad

    coOHjF4_apI Release October 25 (North America) October 27 (Australia) October 28 (Europe)
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    Sri Lanka: Shavendra has diplomatic immunity

    A Sri Lankan general serving as a UN diplomat in New York has diplomatic immunity, the government in Colombo said Tuesday, after a US court issued him with a summons over the island's bloody ethnic war. A civil case has been filed against Major General Shavendra Silva on behalf of two...
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    2 arrested with 200 phones

    Two Sri Lankans returning from Dubai were detained by custom officials at BIA this morning. The pair were attempting to smuggle mobile phones and accessories worth Rs. 1 million when they were detected by the cutoms officials. Picture shows officials examining the haul of mobile phones which...
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    SL ask USA to arrest Rudrakumaran

    Sri Lanka will seek the assistance of the United States Government to try exiled LTTE leader V Rudrakumaran living there as strong evidence has now emerged that Rudrakumaran had directly supported the LTTE, the national news agency website reported. The Lankapuvath website said the...
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    Sri Lanka Visa: Govt. to announce new online visa system dates tomorrow

    Sri Lanka is aiming at introducing the new online visa system that is expected to have an impact on the country’s budding tourism industry, and will announce the date of implementation tomorrow (Wednesday) at a news conference. Immigration officials confirmed that a news conference will be...

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