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Roads leading to Parliament closed for War Heroes Commemoration

Advising motorists traveling on these roads to use alternate roads, Police said the roads will be reopened after the end of the national war ...
Sri Lanka pile up 425 India 280

Thilan Samaraweera made an unbeaten 137 as Sri Lanka piled up 425 in their first innings against India on the second day of the third cricket Test here ...
Sri Lanka Canadian politicians convey messages on Mullivaaykkaal remembrance day

Canadian politicians from both the ruling Conservative party and the main opposition NDP conveyed messages to the Tamil diaspora on the occasion of ...

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Downing Street backs 2014 Glasgow invitation to Sri Lanka

Downing Street has refused to rule out inviting Sri Lanka to a First World War commemoration service despite an outcry from human-rights ...
Shankar hopes Sri Lanka will shine at Sudirman Cup

AMIDST all the glitz and glamour that accompanies the top seeded teams, Sri Lanka arrived in Kuala Lumpur for the Sudirman Cup quietly with their Malaysian coach Shankar Annamalai. Shankar hopes that not being in the spotlight will spur them to win Group A of Division Three, which would then considerably help their ...
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Indo-Lanka trade to reach $10 bn by 2016

Indunil Hewage Indo-Sri Lanka bi-lateral trade was expected to double to the $10 billion mark by 2016. In 2012, the total trade between India and Sri Lanka reached close to the $ 5 billion mark, said Saman Kelegama, Executive Director, Institute of Policy ...
Sri Lanka-Uganda ties strengthened following Presidents visit

President Mahinda Rajapaksa returned to the country yesterday after his second successful visit to Uganda, having strengthened bilateral ties with a country that Sri Lanka already shares very friendly relations, a release from the Presidential Spokesman and International Media Unit ...

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Sri Lankan Tamils protest land acquisition

Over 1,000 land owners in Sri Lanka' s northern Jaffna town Wednesday filed cases against the government taking over their land to build military offices, a Tamil political party said.

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) said 1,474 people owning land in Jaffna filed the cases challenging the attempts to illegally and unlawfully acquire their private land.

"The petition challenges the notices issued under the Land Acquisition Act which specifies that 6,381 acres and 38.97 perches are to be acquired. The massive area that is identified constitutes approximately 25.8 sq km," the TNA said.

The TNA said the petitioners owned substantial tracts of land that fall within the area being acquired by the government and were displaced from their land due to the war.

"Although the war ended in 2009, the petitioners have been prevented from returning to their land due to the military occupation of the area and barbed wire fences and barricades manned by the military," said the TNA.

Thousands of Tamils were displaced from the north during the 30 year war between the Tamil Tigers and the military.

Hundreds fled to neighbouring India while others either moved to other parts of the country or settled overseas. ...