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UNP Assistant Leader Joseph Michael Perera said yesterday that the decision making Advisory Committee of the party would decide next week on further action on UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe’s allegation that a German NGO had conspired with a section of the party to oust him from the…

Students welcome to apply for transparent re-scrutiny

Higher Education Minister S. B. Dissanayake yesterday assured that there was no mess up or contradictions in the just released GCE (A/L) exam results and if some students were not satisfied with their results the ministry was ready to take them individually to…

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JVP dissidents will cease to be members of the party on January 1, 2012 with their decision not to participate in the party’s special convention scheduled for that day in Tissamaharama, Hambantota, the Daily Mirror learns.

The JVP decided to have this special convention on January 1 in the backdrop of…

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Sri Lanka Tourism chief Dr. Nalaka Godahewa yesterday told The Island that the Russian woman, Victoria, who had received injuries while trying to save her husband, Khuram Shaikh, targeted by a gang at Nature Resorts in Tangalle over the last weekend, was moved to Lanka Hospitals from the government teaching…

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The 300MW power plant in Norachcholai which has the capacity to produce more than six million units of electricity per day if operated fully, has, however, generated only half of its capacity during most part of 2011, causing millions in losses to the Ceylon Electricity Board.

CEB officials told The Island…

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A foreigner was killed and his female companion critically injured during a confrontation with a group of locals inside the Nature resort at Medilla, Tangalle during a Christmas party in the early hours of yesterday.

Police spokesman Superintendent Ajith Rohana identified the dead man as Kuram…

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The JVP today challenged its dissidents to participate in the party’s special convention scheduled for January 1 at the Debarawewa Public Stadium in Tissamaharama, Hambantota and prove its strength if possible.

The JVP called for this convention in the backdrop of a group of central committee members breaking…

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For the national cricket team this year has been a tough one, but for star batsman Kumar Sangakkara it’s been the opposite. Apart from leading the team to the finals of this year’s World Cup, Sangakkara has scored over 1,000 runs in ODI cricket and is getting close to the benchmark in Tests. This year, apart from…

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The UNP’s General Secretary Tissa Attanayake, who had functioned as the presiding officer at last Monday’s elections to the posts of Leader, Deputy Leader and National Organiser, said yesterday they had been free and fair and there was no truth in the allegations of rigging levelled by Dayasiri Jayasekera…

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Export earnings fell, for the first time this year, in the month of October, while the cumulative trade deficit for the first ten months of this year doubled, the Central Bank revealed yesterday.

Releasing the External Sector Performance for the month of October 2010, the Central Bank showed that export…

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The Justice Ministry will set up a Sentencing Advisory Council and introduce Sentencing Guidelines for Sri Lanka’s judicial system and thus prevent anomalies in the sentencing procedure, a senior ministry official said yesterday.

Justice Ministry Secretary Suhada Gamalth said studies conducted by the ministry…

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Commending LLRCfor making sensible recommendations

Rejecting the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) report, the International Crisis Group (ICG) yesterday reiterated its call for an independent international investigation into war crimes allegations against the…

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Minister of Higher Education S.B. Dissanayake speaking to Daily Mirror online stated that certain lecturers were behind yesterdays protest and had instigated the students to behave in the way they did. He further stated that the students involved in acts of intimidation must be expelled.

The Minister said that…

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‘ICC should not make direct payments to players’

… blames Lokuge, Thilanga for tarnishing his image

Former World Cup winning Sri Lanka Cricket captain and DNA MP Arjuna Ranatunga told Parliament yesterday…

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President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that Budget 2012 had shown the nation the failure on the part of the Opposition.

Making the winding up speech in the third reading stage of the budget debate, in his capacity as the Minister of Finance, the President said that the main Opposition UNP instead…

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The JVP alleged that the suspending of Students Unions of the Peradeniya University is the first step towards creating a conducive environment for the introduction of Privatisation of free education in the country. The JVP stated that the government’s suppression of the democratic rights of students would lead to…

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Thirty persons arrested by police in connection with Monday’s mob attack on the UNP’s headquarter buildings in Pitakotte, were yesterday remanded by the Nugegoda Magistrate until January 2.

Among the suspects remanded are UNP Provincial Councillors Maithree Gunaratne and Shiral Lakthillake, CMC member A.…

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Leader of the UNP Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday that he feared for his life, due to the violent incidents that had occurred at party headquarters "Srikotha",following his re-election on Monday.

Wickremesinghe,displaying a big stone,told a news conference in Colombo,that it had been thrown in…

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The US on Monday (19) alleged that Sri Lanka’s Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation (LLRC) Commission hadn’t addressed all relevant issues with regard to the war against the LTTE.

US State Department spokesperson, Victoria Nuland reiterated concerns over the failure on the part of the LLRC to address…

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President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said he was ready to consider a pardon for former army commander Sarath Fonseka if his family makes a request to that effect.

He said such a pardon would be considered under the proper procedure. Speaking at a meeting with newspaper editors at Temple Trees yesterday…