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  • One lane closed from Punchi Borella to Maradana

    One lane from Punchi Borella to Maradana has been temporarily closed for traffic due to a protest, organized by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) against the electricity tariff hike. Protestors are currently marching from Punchi Borella to Colombo Fort, demanding the government to immediately revoke the recent tariff ...

  • Australia sends back more Sri Lankans

    A further 31 Sri Lankan irregular maritime arrivals are being returned to Colombo after failing to meet ...

  • Sri Lanka eyes per capita income of $4000 by 2016

    Sri Lanka's per capita income has grown to $2923, and the country has positioned itself to become a commercial hub in Asia in 2016, with a per capita income of US dollars ...

  • Emirates set to add more Sri Lanka flights

    Emirates Airline has announced plans to increase capacity on its services to Sri Lanka from June 30, with the addition of three more flights per ...

  • Sri Lankan shares hit 19-month high lifted by large caps

    COLOMBO, May 23 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares climbed to a 19-month high on Thursday, bucking the regional trend, as investors encouraged by an interest rate cut this month piled into large caps. The main stock index rose 0.42 percent, or 27.23 points, to close at 6,488.85, its highest since 14 Oct, 2011. The market shut early to mark a Buddhist religious holiday. Both stocks and currency ...


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Stranger Than Fiction [DVD]

Stranger Than Fiction [DVD]

Stranger Than Fiction is a better-than-average gimmick movie, one that takes a grabby, clever premise that would seem to have little weight and stretches it successfully over a feature-length story. The gimmick is that, one day, an ordinary man suddenly begins he ... ...

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  • No attempts to arrest UNP MPs - Police

    Police today said that there is no attempt to arrest parliamentarians of the United National Party (UNP) in connection with the ...

  • Sri Lanka hails Indian housing assistance

    COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has welcomed a whopping Rs 1,372 crore Indian housing assistance programme to build around 4000 homes in the country's eastern province. The housing assistance programme is one of the largest grant assistance projects implemented by India outside the country. Sri ...

  • Bus topples injuring 15 in Welimada

    At least 15 passengers were injured and hospitalized after a bus veered off the road and toppled in Balagala, Welimada this morning. Police said a private bus traveling from Pannalawela to Welimada was involved in the accident which occurred at around 6.30am today.The wounded persons have been admitted to the Welimada Hospital for ...

  • The Elders slam Sri Lanka for lacking reconciliation

    'The Elders', a council of retired global leaders led by Desmond Tutu has slammed Sri Lanka, based on its report, for lacking post-war reconciliation. They also expressed their disappointment over its slow pace of improvement in allowing "proper media reporting". "The ongoing persecution and disappearances of human rights activists, journalists and government opponents ...

  • China to lend $580 million for Sri Lanka development projects

    China Development Bank Corporation will lend $580 million to Sri Lanka to help implement key infrastructure projects, a government document released on Wednesday showed.The loan will bring ...

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