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  • Tamil Nadu wants Sri Lanka to return Katchatheevu

    Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has reiterated that Katchatheevu, the fishing islet has to be retrieved back by India in an endeavour to provide a permanent solution to the problem of Indian fishermen. In a letter to Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today, Jayalalithaa has recalled the various instances in which fishermen were harassed for fishing near Katchatheevu, which is often ...

  • Take steps to retrieve Katchatheevu Jayalalithaa tells PM

    Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take steps to retrieve Katchatheevu and surrounding areas from Sri Lanka. In her letter to Manmohan Singh, she also urged him to redraw the Indian Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) so that Indian fishermen could fish in their traditional waters. Jayalalithaa cited the continued attacks on Indian fishermen by Sri ...

  • Npc Moves To Bmich

    The Head Office and the Colombo District Office of the National Police Commission (NPC) will be shifted to a new office premises located in BMICH, Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo with effect from June 1, National Police Commission release said. The new address and the telephone numbers are as follows: National Police Commission, Building No. 06, Bandaranaike International Memorial Conference ...

  • Bombay being created in Sri Lanka for Ranbir-Anushka film

    Anushka Sharma will start shooting for Anurag Kashyap's 'Bombay Velvet'. However, the film will not be shot in Mumbai, but in Sri Lanka. Reason being that the skyline of the island city has changed over the decades and the upcoming monsoon could affect the ...

  • Sri Lanka opposition says government threatened to sack strikers

    By Shihar Aneez and Ranga Sirilal COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's opposition parties and trade unions accused the government on Tuesday of threatening state employees with the sack if they took part in planned street protests against a sharp rise in electricity prices. Only a few hundred people joined the demonstrations, coordinated by the political opposition and trade unions, despite ...


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  • State Minister for Foreign Affairs Receives Sri Lankan Ambassador

    Manama, May 21 (BNA)-- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Ghanim bin Fadhl Al-Buainin received today Sri Lankan Ambassador to Bahrain Anura Mudiyanselage Rajakuruna. They discussed bilateral relations and issues of common interest. A O Q BNA 1753 GMT ...

  • Exit lane on Colombo-Kandy road closed due to construction

    The exit lane of the Colombo-Kandy road from the Bandaranaike roundabout to the end of the Kelani bridge will be temporarily closed from 8pm today (May 21) to 6am tomorrow ...

  • Sri Lankan unions say government used threats intimidation to undermine strike

    Sri Lankan army soldiers patrol at a railway station during a strike in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. State and private sector labor unions called a general strike opposing a sharp rise in electricity charges saying it is a burden on the people struggling with an already high cost of living. (AP Photo/Eranga ...

  • Welegedaras chances improve for Champions Trophy

    Chanaka Welegedara 's prospects of traveling to England for the Champions Trophy have improved, after a scan on his landing foot and ankle revealed no breaks or fractures. He has not been fully cleared however, and will be assessed in the next two days before a final call is made on whether he can join the touring squad, which departs on Sunday. Welegedara left the field in pain after ...

  • Lankan kills 3 family members then himself

    A 48-year-old Sri Lankan settled in Chennai killed his mother, wife and daughter by slitting their throats before committing suicide by jumping in front of a suburban train near Pazhavanthangal on Tuesday morning. His friends said the man was in debt.C Sundaresan came to Chennai from Sri Lanka 30 years ago and was settled in Thillai Ganga Nagar near Adambakkam. He ran a travel agency and owned ...

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