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  • Rajapaksa pledges to continue fighting external elements for peace in Sri Lanka

    Beijing, May 18 (Xinhua-ANI): Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday renewed his pledge to fight all "external elements" seeking to "disrupt" the country's peace at the fourth anniversary celebration of winning the three-decade war. He was alluding to foreign countries, led by the United States, who have been critical of Sri Lanka's human rights record and called for an independent ...

  • Two held with firearm and grenade

    Two individuals have been arrested for the possession of a locally ...

  • Businessman stabbed and robbed

    A person was stabbed and injured using a sharp object before being robbed of Rs 350,000 in the Owitigala area in Matugama.The victim was admitted to the Weththawa Hospital and later transferred to the Colombo National Hospital for further treatment.The wounded man has been identified as a businessman from ...

  • Tamils want to live in one country Rajapaksa

    LTTE . Rajapaksa said that Tamils now want to live peacefully in a single country. His government had faced various machinations by way of human rights accusations. "The hidden idea was to crush us, how to make us kneel before them," he said. Rajapaksa, paying tribute to his troops in a colourful military parade, said he would not allow the separation of the land that troops had ...

  • Chinese incursion Ignorant media doesnt know about Colombo proposals

    As someone who served in Ladakh from 1964-66, and given the background of the recent Chinese incursion, I want to highlight the role of some of the people who served Indian security - silently. The incident also reflects ignorance on part of Army staff and media about Indo-China ...


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Tales From the Darkside: The Movie [DVD]

Tales From the Darkside: The Movie [DVD]

Tales From the Darkside: The Movie is one of the last of the horror anthology movies to come out of the 1980s, following Creepshow (1982) and Creepshow 2 (1987), The Twilight Zone: The Movie (1982), and Cat's Eye (1985), as well as HBO's successful Tales From the Crypt series. Like those movies, Tales From the Darkside is difficult to judge as a wh ... ...

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  • Injured Welegedara doubtful for Champions Trophy

    Chanaka Welegedara is in doubt for the Champions Trophy after sustaining a foot injury during Rest of Sri Lanka's List A match against Sri Lanka A on Friday. ...

  • IOC to operate oil plant in Sri Lanka with local ally - report

    Ending a decade-long uncertainty, India has proposed to Sri Lanka that it is willing to operate an oil storage plant in Trincomalee harbour, a crucial strategic asset, jointly with a local partner. This key arrangement will provide India a major advantage, considering that the Trincomalee plant is the largest fuel storage facility between the Gulf countries and Singapore.The offer from New Delhi ...

  • Sri Lanka Marks 4th Anniversary Of War Victory Amid Hope For Economic Boom

    COLOMBO, May 18 (Bernama) -- Sri Lanka on Saturday celebrated the fourth anniversary of the defeat of the Tamil Tiger rebels after 30 years of war and the government is expecting economic boom in the post-war country in the next few years, reports China's Xinhua news agency. Ending the civil war is great credit that the current Sri Lankan government earned for itself, which provides a ...

  • Priyanjan Perera tons lead Sri Lanka A to victory

    Two dashing middle-order tons for Sri Lanka A ended Rest of Sri Lanka's winning streak in the List A tournament in Pallekele, as the A team recorded a 139-run victory - their first in the tournament. Hundreds to Ashan Priyanjan and Angelo Perera propelled Sri Lanka A to 325 for 5 in their 50 overs, and Rest of Sri Lanka mustered only 186 all out in response, with none of their batsmen able ...

  • We trusted in our youth when the world asked us to give in to terrorists – President

    The entire world was asking Sri Lanka to give into the terrorists and avoid confrontation with them, but we chose to trust in the strength and courage of the ...

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