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  • Rajapaksa vows to fight external forces for peace

    Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Saturday renewed his pledge to fight all "external elements" seeking to "disrupt" the country's peace. Speaking on the fourth anniversary celebration of winning the three-decade war against Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE), Rajapaksa was alluding to foreign countries, led by the US, Xinhua reported. Some countries have been critical of Sri Lanka's ...

  • Rajapaksa pledges to continue fighting external elements for peace in Sri Lanka

    Beijing, May 18 (Xinhua-ANI): Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday renewed his pledge to fight all "external elements" seeking to "disrupt" the country's peace at the fourth anniversary celebration of winning the three-decade war. He was alluding to foreign countries, led by the United States, who have been critical of Sri Lanka's human rights record and called for an independent ...

  • Two skeletons found atop Yadissakanda

    Two human skeletons have been discovered on the top of the Yadissakanda in Kurunegala. The discovery was made following a search carried out by police according to information received.Police suspect the skeletons belong to a male and a female. Investigations are ...

  • Body of missing sailor recovered

    The body of the Navy sailor, who was reported missing after a small vessel belonging to the Sri Lanka Navy capsized during the Victory Day celebrations in Galle Face, has been discovered this morning.The body was recovered from the Bambalapitiya beach, Navy Spokesman Commander Kosala Warnakulasuriya said.Two navy personnel had fallen overboard when the boat capsized during the Victory day Parade ...

  • 61 Bangladeshis to be returned home from Sri Lanka

    Sixty-one Bangladeshis, who were in Sri Lankan detention camps for four months after being picked up by the navy in February, are scheduled to be returned to their home country from Colombo around Sunday noon.They are to be flown in on Sri Lankan carrier, Mihin Lanka, scheduled for touchdown at ...


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The World is Not Enough

"Somehow, the whole art of intrigue has been lost in a giant fireball," I bemoaned back in 1997 after viewing the Schwarzenegger-ization of James Bond in "Tomorrow Never Dies." Now, two years later, having viewed "The World is Not Enough," the 19th installment of the James Bond series, there was little evidence to suggest that anything has changed. In fact, the series seems to have sunk a lit ... ...

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  • 15-year-old girl stabbed and killed in Mahasenpura

    A 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death using a sharp object in the Mahasenpura area in Polonnaruwa.Police are yet to determine the motive behind the murder, which had occurred last evening, while the main suspect has fled the area. The body of the victim has been placed in the mortuary of the Polonnaruwa hospital.Meanwhile in a separate incident a worker at a timber store in Hettimulla, ...

  • Sri Lanka retreats to the dark city

    | by Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena ( May 19, 2013, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) As lights are dimmed over Sri Lanka following prohibitively crushing electricity hikes, the enveloping darkness is menacingly symbolic of the crisis which our society is facing. This is even as the politically privileged siphon off massive amounts of money for useless extravaganzas, including an airport in the deep ...

  • Dont be shy Bill Grangers Sri Lankan recipes

    Sri Lankan cuisine is light, sunny, wonderfully spiced - and so easy to cook from scratch. Just as soon as you've broken into the coconut, that is, says Bill ...

  • Sri Lankan prawn curry

    The combination of earthy spices, sweetness from the coconut and heat from the chillis makes this my perfect kind of curry. You can serve it simply with some plain rice, to soak up all those juices and mellow the heat, but I love a roti (see recipe below) with a wet curry, and the messy eating only adds to the ...

  • Indo-Lanka FTA should promote a win-win situation - Dr. Kelegama

    By Lalin Fernandopulle Sri Lanka's exports to India have increased under the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and it is the third largest destination after EU and US for Sri Lankan exports, said Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Executive Director Dr. Saman Kelegama at the launch ...

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