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  • Sri Lankan president to visit China

    Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse will pay a state visit to China at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping between May 27 and 30, an official said Monday. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei made the announcement at the daily press briefing Monday, reported ...

  • Rights liberties threatened in Sri Lanka says rights body

    Respect for basic rights and liberties has declined in Sri Lanka in the four years since the government defeated the Tamil Tigers, Human Rights Watch said Monday. This week marks the fourth anniversary of the brutal civil war's end. Since the end of the 26-year-long civil war, the government of President Mahinda Rajapaksa has resisted taking meaningful steps to investigate and prosecute ...

  • Sri Lankan tour operators explore Bali with eye on joint ventures

    With the picturesque Bali Island in Indonesia, launching a massive tourism promotion, Sri Lankan tour operators were exploring the hitherto largely unexplored market, with a focus on joint ventures.A Business Seminar entitled "Bali Tourism Prospects Reaching Out To South and Central Asian Market", held at the Grand Kuta Bali Hotel last week, revealed that over 1300 Lankans had visited ...

  • Protesting Sri Lankan workers threaten to cripple all sectors govt unfazed

    Sri Lanka's trade union alliance which has organised today's token strike against electricity tariff hike is confident of crippling the public, semi-government and private sectors. However, the Sri Lankan government yesterday said it was confident that the strike would be a flop.Co-Convener of the Co-ordinating Committee, for the Trade Union Alliance (CCTUA), Wasantha Samarasinghe said ...

  • Minister requests Lankans remaining in Saudi illegally to return

    The Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera requested Sri Lankans who are in Saudi Arabia illegally to use the grace period granted by the Saudi government and return to the ...


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Godzilla 2000 (Gojira ni-sen mireniamu)

Having already starred in two TV shows and close to 30 movies in which he defeated Megalon, Gigan, Monster Zero, Mothra, the Smog Monster, the Sea Monster, and the Cosmic Monster, not to mention having been reinvented in digital glory by Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin ("Independence Day"), one would think that Godzilla wouldn't have much left to offer. ...

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  • Bus topples down precipice at Ramboda 24 injured

    Twenty four persons injured after a private bus plying from Jaffna to Diyatalawa toppled down a precipice at Ramboda in Kotmale today, Police ...

  • No Dicyandiamide in imported milk foods - WHO

    The World Health Organisation has assured that there is no Dicyandiamide affecting humans in imported milk foods to Sri Lanka, the local Health Ministry said ...

  • Rights group criticizes Sri Lanka’s post-war record

    COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- An international human rights group said Monday that respect for basic rights and liberties has declined in Sri Lanka in the four years since the government defeated separatist Tamil rebels to end a civil ...

  • Russia requests SL’s vote to win EXPO 2020 bid

    The Russian Federation requested Sri Lanka's support to win the bid to host EXPO 2020. The Head of the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independence States-Russia, Konstantin Kosachev who met Prime Minister D M Jayaratne emphasised the importance of Sri Lanka's vote for Russia to host EXPO ...

  • Driving out of Colombo’s TRAFFIC congestion

    Traffic in Colombo city Recent media reports indicated that the Police emergency hotline unit said that heavy traffic congestion is persisting in Colombo. According to the Police, traffic congestion has been reported in Bastian Mawatha, technical junction and Ceramic junction. Police said that there is traffic congestion from technical junction and Ceramic junction towards Colombo. ...

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