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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Sri Lanka Source.com http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/10/id/119937e494dd663e/ en-us Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:07:27 -0500 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:07:27 -0500 30 Ace Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan has said England are poor players of spin bowling. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203263956/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:40:08 -0500 ANI http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203263956/cs/1/ Australian captain Michael Clarke has said his team deserves to be regarded as favourites, ahead of the triangular one-day series against Sri Lanka and India. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203245912/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:30:11 -0500 ANI http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203245912/cs/1/ A young woman has immolated herself in Grandpass, Colombo. Police said the 22-year-old woman was admitted to the Colombo National Hospital last evening with severe burn injuries and had succumbed to ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203263328/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:51:51 -0500 Ada Derana http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203263328/ About 126 sqkm of land remains to be cleared COLOMBO, 6 February 2012 (IRIN) - Landmine clearance in Sri Lanka's conflict-affected north could take more than a decade, experts say. "It ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203263326/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:43:09 -0500 General Sources http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203263326/ Colombo (The Island/ANN) - The Economists Association was asked to comment on two challenges Sri Lanka is faced with. The first is the sanctions on Iran imposed by the US and the EU. The latest US ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203263327/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:43:05 -0500 General Sources http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203263327/ Western Province opposition Leader Manju Sri Arangala says that the party had decided to oppose it as it is an attempt by the central government to take over the powers entrusted to the provincial ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203262046/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:21:10 -0500 Digatha News http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203262046/ JVP member and former parliamentarian K.D.Lal Kantha has said that devolving land and police powers to provinces under the 13th will never solve the national issue of the country and no result can ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203262047/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:21:08 -0500 Digatha News http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203262047/ The quality standards of Sri Lanka university education is fast deteriorating owing to politicization, indiscipline and lack of modern technologies and facilities, a recent survey reveals, English ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203262048/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:21:06 -0500 Digatha News http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203262048/ Medical undergraduates of the Rajarata University, who have been agitating for a setting up of a Professorial Unit (PU) in the Anuradhapura teaching hospital for their clinical training, now are ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203262045/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:21:04 -0500 Digatha News http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203262045/ ( February 06, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) In the game of politics it is not hard to imagine how or why nations and leaders opt to use terrorism for their advantage and as a bargaining tool over ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203262050/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:59:08 -0500 Sri Lankan Guardian http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203262050/ ( February 06, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) At the end of an accursed 30 year war the great opportunity to build a splendid and just Sri Lankan nation was lost to us as a result of the establishment ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203262049/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:59:06 -0500 Sri Lankan Guardian http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203262049/ [TamilNet, Monday, 06 February 2012, 01:30 GMT] Around 60 diplomats belonging to African, Latin American, West Asian and European countries, based in New Delhi were brought to Jaffna on Sunday to ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203260892/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:31:17 -0500 General Sources http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203260892/ Three American diplomats will travel to Sri Lanka for talks about alleged killings of civilians by government troops in their campaign to defeat the Tamil Tigers, an official and report said ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203258021/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:08:14 -0500 General Sources http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203258021/ Disna Mudalige The overall environmental performance is improving in Sri Lanka and it has been ranked as a moderate performer, according to the 2012 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) released ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203255811/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:59:55 -0500 General Sources http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203255811/ Sri Lanka has achieved significant results in securing sustainable economic and social development, consolidation of democratic state institutions, Russian President Dmitry A Medvedev in a message ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203255813/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:59:53 -0500 General Sources http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203255813/ Dharma Sri Abeyratne Rasika Somarathna and Nimal Wijesinghe in Anuradhapura Sri Lanka celebrated the 64th anniversary of gaining independence from British colonial rule in 1948 with pomp and ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203255812/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:59:52 -0500 General Sources http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203255812/ Opposition and United National Party (UNP) Leader of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremasinghe says that under the Mahinda Chintanya or Mahinda Rajajapaksa’s vision, deprived free education for needy ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203253564/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:03:07 -0500 Digatha News http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203253564/ Sri Lanka’s tea industry has come to a dead end due to unrest created in the Middle East. Small tea holders have been severely affected due to the crisis in the Middle East. Tea factories also ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203253563/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:03:05 -0500 Digatha News http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203253563/ A delegation from Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry accompanied by Mr B. Manicka Tagore, Member of Parliament from Virudhunagar, met Mr Prasad Kariyawasam, High Commissioner for Sri Lanka ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203253562/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:48:58 -0500 General Sources http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203253562/ Mahela Jayawardene , the Sri Lanka captain, has said he will complement the big-hitting batsmen at his new IPL franchise, the Delhi Daredevils, and will try to play the role of a finisher. ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203252280/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:20:30 -0500 Cricinfo http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203252280/ Pune last evening, police said on Sunday. "We laid a trap and sent a decoy customer. Caroline is quite popular in Chennai. She has played heroine in movies- 'Rain', ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203251664/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:05:59 -0500 India Today http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203251664/ India's abject batting performances returned to haunt them as Australia won game one in the Commonwealth Bank series by 63 runs courtesy of the Duckworth and Lewis method. A man of the match ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203249835/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:17:27 -0500 The Sunday Leader http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203249835/ Hirunika Premachandra, the daughter of late Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra has announced she will join active politics from the Sri Lanka Mahajana Party.The reason for joining differnet political ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203249833/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:57:37 -0500 Digatha News http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203249833/ London –bound direct flights from Colombo have been cancelled indefinitely following adverse weather conditions in European skies, a spokesperson for the Katunayake International Airport ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203249834/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:57:35 -0500 Digatha News http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203249834/ The Health Ministry is set to amend the laws concerning fraudulent doctors who have no qualifications in the medical field stating that a minimum fail sentence of five years should be given ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203249831/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:51:22 -0500 Ada Derana http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203249831/ Two suspects were apprehended for the operation of a large scale marijuana racket in the Bellanthara area while the Dehiwala police arrested the two in possession of four kilogrammes of ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203248016/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:11:02 -0500 Ada Derana http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203248016/ [TamilNet, Sunday, 05 February 2012, 08:54 GMT] MPs, peers from the House of Lords and a cross-party group of politicians endorsed the call for an independent, international investigation into ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203248015/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:02:48 -0500 General Sources http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203248015/ The Central Bank on Friday finally veered towards IMF calls for a devaluation of the rupee, depreciating the local currency marginally against the US dollar and initiating measures to curb credit ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203246454/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:25:20 -0500 Digatha News http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203246454/ President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s decision to call a meeting of all political party representatives to persuade them to nominate members for the proposed Parliamentary Select committee (PSC) to ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203245124/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:34:27 -0500 Digatha News http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203245124/ Two persons were killed when a trishaw crashed into a stationary lorry on the Maradankadawala-Habarana road in Kekirawa, police stated. Two other were critically injured and were rushed to ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203245121/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:29:28 -0500 Ada Derana http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203245121/ Several roads around Gangaramaya will be closed on February 6 and 7 from 6.45pm until the end of the Navam Perahera, police ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203245123/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:29:27 -0500 Ada Derana http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203245123/ A SLTB bus and a private bus collided on the Hambantota-Tangalle road near the Sittikulama junction injuring and hospitalizing 16 people this morning at 6.45am police ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203245122/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:29:26 -0500 Ada Derana http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203245122/ In a forceful rebuttal to the U.S. State Department's suggestion of immunity to Sri Lanka President Rajpakse in the war-crimes charges against him in the case filed in District Court in ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203245120/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:20:15 -0500 General Sources http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203245120/ if a lasting solution is to be found for the problem. All four schools of thought mentioned above have identified the problem as a mere inter racial issue. They have failed to perceive it as a ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203243902/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:06:51 -0500 The Sunday Leader http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203243902/ government service not to be deceived by the statements made by government ministers that a service ordinance called ‘Sri Lanka Development officers Service’ has been approved, ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203243896/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:49:18 -0500 Digatha News http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203243896/ The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) in its latest endeavor to beautify the Galle Face Green has uprooted the iconic Palm trees that were planted at a cost of several million rupees about a decade ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203243898/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:49:17 -0500 Digatha News http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203243898/ Two high ranking officials of the United States Department of State are to arrive in Sri Lanka next week to hold discussions with the Sri Lankan President and senior government officials on the ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203243900/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:49:12 -0500 Digatha News http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203243900/ Eran Wickramaratne, Member of Parliament, speaking on the ‘Financial impact of the findings of the COPE Report’ at a seminar organized by Women for Good Governance held at the OPA ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203243901/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:49:11 -0500 Digatha News http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203243901/ The e-commerce transactions are gradually but steadily gaining popularity among the Sri Lankan business community, but the key issue is legal acceptability, adoption and recognition of electronic ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203243897/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:49:08 -0500 Digatha News http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203243897/ A water cut is currently being enforced in Dehiwala, Mount Lavinia and Ratmalana areas due to a breakdown while the Water Supply and Drainage Board stated that water will be restored ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203243895/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:43:49 -0500 Ada Derana http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203243895/ Three people were shot in the Mailagasweva area in Mawathagama last night at around 7pm following which the shooter had fled the scene, police ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203243894/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:43:48 -0500 Ada Derana http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203243894/ Whatever may be the reasons , it is absolutely important that Tamil Nadu Chief minister must clearly state her views on Koodankulam nuclear power plant. If she would simply say that the views of the ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203243903/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:26:23 -0500 Sri Lankan Guardian http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203243903/ Nearly ten years after initiating the HOPE Cancer Hospital project, Mahela Jayawardena and the Sri Lanka Cricketers Association have been forced to hand over the project to the Ministry of Health. ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203242421/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:14:37 -0500 The Sunday Leader http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203242421/ [TamilNet, Sunday, 05 February 2012, 01:27 GMT] Occupying Sri Lanka plans to invite China to build an airport of international standard at Poonakari in the north of the country of Eezham Tamils to ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203242420/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:40:25 -0500 General Sources http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203242420/ | A statement issued by the Campaign for Democracy in Sri Lanka(CDSL) - Canada ( February 05, Toronto, Sri Lanka Guardian) It has been 64 years since we got independence from British Imperialist. ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203242422/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:32:26 -0500 Sri Lankan Guardian http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/119937e494dd663e/id/203242422/