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  • Tamils rise up against Sri Lankan armys land seizure

    There are growing tensions in northern Sri Lanka as Tamils are trying to prevent the Sinhalese-dominated army from taking over their land. In a new development, villagers have driven out a group of surveyors sent by the authorities. Thousands others are involved in a court action trying to win back the land they were displaced from years ago. According to the BBC, two thousand people are ...

  • Prison officer arrested over heroin racket

    A prison officer who was involved in a heroin racket within the Bogambara Prison in Kandy has been arrested as a result of investigations into information received by the prison administration.The prison officer was arrested last evening while a quantity of heroin was found in his possession at the time of the arrest, the Prisons Department said. The value of the heroin seized has not been ...

  • Sri Lanka Accomplishing genocide while evading IC intervention Dayans dilemma

    [TamilNet, Saturday, 25 May 2013, 23:26 GMT] Sinhala diplomacy that was genesis and integral to one of the worst paradigms of human civilisation that synchronised intervention of every shade of the International Community of Establishments (ICE) with State-conducted genocide in the island, now suffers from incurable paranoia. The paranoia results from the gravity of the crimes, inability to ...

  • Agriculture Main Cause Of Climate Change

    Colombo is a wetland, and any harm to it has disastrous economic effects, an agronomist said. Dr Andrew Noble, Senior Fellow, International Water Management Institute, delivering a lecture on 'biodiversity' in Colombo on Thursday (May 23) said flooding in Colombo during the rainy season is an example of the consequences that follow when retention lands are encroached and have to make ...

  • GoSL Buys $ 142 Mn From CBSL’s Reserves

    Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) infused Rs 20,000.18 million worth of liquidity to the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) on Monday (May 20) to assist GoSL to meet an external commitment of Rs 17,960.18 million (US$ ($)142.2 million which was met from CBSL's reserves, data ...


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The Verdict [DVD]

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  • HNB Opens Its First ‘Green Bank Building’ In The North

    Acting Chief Executive Officer/ Executive Director, HNB, Jonathan Alles, accepting the first deposit Hatton National Bank recently opened a state of the art green bank building in Jaffna. This is the first green bank building to be opened in the Northern Region and is the second such building built by HNB. HNB was the first Sri Lankan bank to open a green bank building in Nittambuwa in 2011. The ...

  • Tourist Arrivals At Variance With Occupancy

    Tourists arriving in Sri Lanka… there are questions about whether the numbers have been correctly calculated For a country recording an impressive million tourists in the last year alone, allegations are rampant that the hospitality industry is lagging behind in meeting the high end needs of the Western traveller. Questions have been raised about whether the training given to hotel staff, ...

  • Debate Over 13A Resurfaces

    With the elections for northern Provincial Council scheduled to be held in September the debate over the 13th Amendment to the constitution has resurfaced. The government has said that no move at this moment to amend the constitution and repeal the 13th Amendment. However Jathika Hela Urumaya leader Patalai Champika Ranawaka said he will submit a private member's motion in Parliament this ...

  • Wildlife Sanctuary Or Poachers’ Paradise

    Rampant poaching is reported to be taking place within the Udawalawa and Lunugamwehera National Parks and the Department of Wildlife Conservation and the respective police stations are helpless to take action against the poachers. Although poaching is reported from each and every national park, sanctuary and nature reserves in the country, the situation in Udawalawa and Lunugamwehera has become ...

  • Mervyn On The Rampage Again

    Prasanna Ranaweera in hospital, Police report on the Madawala murder and Prasanna Ranaweera The Mervyn Silva plague has once again raised its ugly head in the Kelaniya electorate. This was evident when a gang of five thugs headed by Damayanthi Perera, who is said to be the head of Silva's Women's Organization, assaulted the Chairman of the KelaniyaPradeshiya Sabha, Prasanna Ranaweera ...

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