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  • Four Sri Lankan refugees stranded in Kovai

    Coimbatore police intercepted four Sri Lankan Tamils from various Sri Lankan refugee camps in western Tamil Nadu who were being allegedly escorted to Kochi, Kerala, to be illegally taken to Australia. Each of them reportedly paid 100,000 Indian rupees to agents and was promised a safe passage to Australia by sea in a vessel from Kochi. All four of them have been handed over to Q branch officials ...

  • Sri Lanka under pressure to halt court proceedings

    Some of the projects funded by foreign diplomatic missions in Sri Lanka might not have been in the best interests of the country, Sri Lankan government sources said yesterday.These sources told The Island that in spite of severe criticism of some projects undertaken by NGOs, since 2002, there hadn't been any initiative to inquire into what was going on.Responding to a query, a senior ...

  • Sri Lankan Defence Secretary warns against Tamil victory in upcoming polls

    Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa yesterday warned the government of dire consequences in case the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) won the first northern provincial council election. The defence chief was responding to a statement attributed to Petroleum Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, at Wednesday's post-cabinet media briefing, that the election would be held in accordance ...

  • Sri Lanka TNA activist in Ampaarai abducted tortured after meeting against land grab

    An armed squad that came in a white van on Tuesday abducted a 68-year-old activist, Thangathurai Veluppillai, a supporter of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) in Ampaa'rai district. The victim was blindfolded while he was at Kalmunai public market and was taken away by the squad that tortured him to obtain the names of the TNA activists in Ampaa'rai district. The abduction comes a few ...

  • Sri Lanka’s Jetwing Hotels awarded 7 Travelife Gold Awards

    Continuing their wave of global recognition for sustainable efforts, Sri Lanka's Jetwing Hotels have been awarded the prestigious Travelife Gold Award for 7 of their properties. Travelife ...


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October Sky

"October Sky" tells the true story of Homer Hickam, a West Virginia teenager who eventually realized his dream of becoming a NASA science engineer. It was a long road to that accomplishment, though, because Homer (Jake Gyllenhaal) grew up in the mining-dominated town of Coalwood in the late fifties, where all the boys either escape on football scholarships or follow their elders' footsteps into th ... ...

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  • Sri-Lanka Tailor-Made website recognized for core values

    COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - The dedicated inbound travel arm of Jetwing Travels, Sri Lanka Tailor-Made (SLTM) has been recognized for the very core values it stands for, quality and innovation. Sri Lanka Tailor-Made's website ...

  • Cargo warehouse in Colombo Port gutted in fire

    An inbound cargo warehouse (CFS 1) in Colombo Port has been gutted by fire early this morning, Chairman of the Ports Authority ...

  • Sri Lanka Genocidal military gets into white garb to observe Vesak in Jaffna

    The commander of the occupying SL military in Jaffna, Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe, together with all of his senior officers and a section of soldiers, observed ...

  • Travel and Adventure Sri Lanka is a gem with many facets

    After years of civil war, peace has arrived in Sri Lanka -- and so have the tourists.  The reason is that the country is home to eight UNESCO World Heritage Sites, an array of beaches and exotic animals, plus it's affordable and the English-speaking people are friendly. All of this is packed into a country the size of West ...

  • Not for nothing that we have Article 9

    Shenali D. Waduge The most powerful single factor in the development of Sri Lanka has been Buddhism evidence of which is available through 2300 years of predominantly Buddhist governance. The status quo changed only with the arrival of Western colonials in 1505 ruling, plundering and removing Buddhism from its foremost place among religions in the conquered territories of Sri Lanka, for ...

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