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  • Sri Lankas new proposed media code threatens free speech

    A new media code proposed by the Sri Lankan government contains overbroad and vague language that could have a severe and chilling effect on free speech, Human Rights Watch has said. On June 17, 2013, the Ministry of Mass Media and Information officially proposed a Code of Media Ethics that would apply to print and electronic media, including the Internet. The proposed code comes at a time ...

  • PM conveys dismay over Sri Lanka move on 13th Amendment

    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday told a delegation of Sri Lanka Tamil MPs that he was "dismayed" by reports suggesting that Colombo planned to dilute certain key provisions of the 13th Amendment on devolution of powers to provinces ahead of polls to the Northern Provincial Council. The prime minister noted that the proposed changes "raised doubts about the commitments made by the Sri ...

  • Daimler India starts truck exports to Sri Lanka

    Daimler India Commerical Vehicles Pvt Ltd, the Indian subsidiary of German automobile major Daimler AG, Tuesday announced shipment of 64 FUSO trucks to Sri Lanka. In a statement issued here, the company said the FUSO trucks make at its plant near here are headed towards Sri Lanka as a part of its commitment to export to various Asian and African countries. Last month, Daimler India along with ...

  • India to convey views on 13th Amendment issue after considering implications PM

    The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, today said India would convey its views on alleged attempts by political parties in Sri Lanka to repeal the 13th Amendment to its Constitution, after considering its implications. Dr. Singh in his letter to DMK supremo M. Karunanidhi said, "While this is a matter on which a decision will be taken by various political parties within Sri Lanka, we will ...

  • Mythological bridge row Karunanidhi threatens to launch DMK protest against Tamil Nadu Govt.

    Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader and former Tamil Nadu chief minister Muthuvel Karunanidhi has warned incumbent Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa that he will order the launching of a state-wide protest in connection with a row over constructing a bridge along or over a mythological bridge. The bridge has been billed as the country's Suez Canal to create a channel between mainland India and ...


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2046

2046

When Wong Kar-Wai's 2046 arrived famously at the tail end of the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, added at the very last minute, it was in an incomplete state. Although it had been in production for nearly three years, with multiple rewritings and reshoots, Wong Kar-Wai had not finished editing it an ... ...

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  • Polls for NP CP and NWP scheduled for after second week of Sep

    The polls for the Northern Province, Central Province and North Western Province is scheduled to be held after the second week of September as the bill for voting rights of displaced people is passed, sources at the Election Department ...

  • Court orders Arundika to give evidence on Eknaligoda

    The Homagama Magistrate Court ordered MP Arundika Fernando to appear in court on July 16 to give evidence over the disappearance of Journalist Prageeth ...

  • Sri Lankas Defence Secretary speaks out against racial exclusivity

    Sri Lanka's Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa said the Northern Province should be opened up for all communities to live in without further delay. That would be of pivotal importance to promote bonding among the people in the post-war era. The Defence Secretary emphasised that the Sinhalese shouldn't be deprived of their right to buy land in any part of the country, including the ...

  • Seven suspects arrested for robbery of gold and gem stones

    Police also seized five gem stones worth Rs.550,000, ten mobile phone worth Rs. 200,000, Gold worth Rs. 865,000 and a stock of various sim cards in the ...

  • Sri Lanka Torture of Interior Decorator

    Last week the Asian Human Rights Commission reported the incident of the torture of a well-known interior decorator, Mr. Madawala Maddumage Don Aruna Nilupul Indika (39), of Mahagedara, Devala Road, Welipenna in the Kalutara District, by several police officers of the Mataguma Police Station. The officer who played the most active role in Nilupul's arrest and torture was Raveendra ...

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