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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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Kandamby Dilruwan help Rest of Sri Lanka lift trophy

    Rest of Sri Lanka 205 (Kandamby 65*, Thirimanne 51, Gunathilaka 4-30) beat Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI 129 (Herath 3-16, Dilruwan 3-36) by 76 ...


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Friday the 13th Part 2 [Blu-Ray]

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When Sean S. Cunninghams low-budget independent shocker Friday the 13th was picked up by Paramount Pictures and successfully marketed into a massively profitable hit in the spring of 1980, it was a no-brainer that a sequel would follow. Never mind, of course, th ... ...

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  • Rights group criticises Sri Lanka’s rights record

    An international human rights group said today that respect for basic rights and liberties has declined in Sri Lanka in the four years since the government defeated separatist Tamil rebels to end a civil ...

  • Sri Lanka bourse slip from 19 month high

    COLOMBO: Sri Lanka shares retreated on Tuesday from the previous session's 19-month high as investors booked profits in banking and telecommunication shares after the recent rally pushed the bourse into overbought ...

  • UAE Ambassador meets Sri Lankan Minister of Petroleum Industries

    WAM COLOMBO, May 21st, 2013 -- UAE Ambassador in Colombo, Abdel Hamid Abdel Fatah Kadhim, has held a meeting with THE Sri Lankan Minister of Petroleum Industries, Anura Priyadarshana Yapa. During the meeting, they discussed issues of common interest and ways to further bolster bilateral cooperation, especially in the field of energy. ...

  • Trade unions say strike a success Govt says otherwise

    A large number of opposition trade unions today staged a token strike demanding that the government to revoke the controversial electricity tariff increase. The Coordinating Committee for Trade Union Alliance stated that over 900 trade unions and 15 political parties joined in the much-hyped strike action.President of the National Trade Union Centre (NTUC) and former JVP MP, K.D. Lal Kantha, ...

  • Fitch Rates Sri Lankas Melsta Regal Finance A+Stable

    Slow Progress on GAAP and IFRS Convergence; Optionality for Impairments Increases Significant differences will remain between the GAAP and IFRS accounting standards in 2013, although cooperation and progress continues on some remaining joint projects, according to Fitch Ratings. The pipeline of new standards promises increasing commonality between the two platforms over coming years. Progress ...

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