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  • Father accidently runs over son while backing up

    A one-year-old child died after accidentally being run over by his ...

  • Sri Lanka Gotabhayas statement reconfirms emptyness in PC model

    While New Delhi and Washington harp on either the 13th Amendment or holding Northern Provincial Elections (NPC) as solutions to the national question in the island of Sri Lanka, a statement coming from SL presidential sibling Gotabhaya Rajapaksa reconfirms the unworkable nature of the Provincial Council (PC) model in a unitary constitution of the Sinhala state, Tamil political observers in the ...

  • Emirates adding 3 more flights to Colombo

    Emirates, a fast growing airline, said it will increase capacity on its services to Colombo from June 30, with the addition of three more flights per week. The addition of three more services, which will operate between Dubai and Colombo on Mondays, Thursdays and Sundays, will increase the number of flights between the two cities to four each day on those days. The additional Dubai-Colombo ...

  • Four Lankans arrested in global smuggling case

    Dominican Republic authorities have arrested four men from Sri Lanka accused of smuggling at least 60 migrants from India and the Middle East into the U.S. and Canada using fake passports. Officials with the National Investigations Department say the alleged leader of the group is a Canadian citizen identified as 42-year-old Karunhanithy Nallathamby. Director Fidel Calcagno said late Wednesday ...

  • Warehouse fire Hotline for inquiries on import cargo

    Inquiries on import cargo at Container Freight Station 1, which was gutted in fire today, can be obtained from the duty manager via the phone number 071-8688361 or 011-2482579, the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) said. A fire had broken out in the inbound cargo warehouse CFS 1 at JCT terminal inside the Port of Colombo at around 1.00am today, however was completely quelled several hours ...


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Blast of Silence [DVD]

Blast of Silence [DVD]

For a no-budget film shot on location in New York City on the sly with a nonactor in the lead role, there is a grand, existential audacity to Allen Baron's Blast of Silence. A particularly dour film noir made several years after the genre had been declared over in the wake ... ...

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  • Indian fishermen return post release by Sri Lanka

    Karaikal: Twenty-six Indian fishermen, who were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy last month, returned to the port city of Karaikal in the Union Territory of Puducherry on Friday morning, said government officials.According to Puducherry Agriculture and Fisheries Department, the fishermen were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy off Kodiakarai coast on Apr 5 while they were fishing.The fishermen were ...

  • 21 Sri Lankans held in Kochi

    Sri Lankan refugees, who were trying to escape to Australia arrested by Q Branch of Tamil Nadu police and Kerala police from Ernakulam North, at Central police station on Thursday. Images: Express ...

  • The 13th Amendment from the perspective of a dissident Tamil

    by Sebastian Rasalingam ( May 24, 2013, Toronto, Sri Lanka Guardian) A propos the discussion between Mr. Dayan Jayatilleke, G. H. Peiris and others in the public media, allow me to add a few words - the words of a humble Tamil who comes from a social stratum lacking a voice in Tamil affairs. The dominant Thamillian-voice is that of the upper classes ('castes') led by the ...

  • Buddhist monk attempts self-immolation in Kandy

    A Buddhist monk was rushed to the Kandy General Hospital with serious burn injuries after he attempted self-immolation near the Sri Dalada Maligawa (Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic) in Kandy this morning. The Buddhist monk doused himself with petrol and set himself ablaze in front of the Wahalkada of the Dalada Maligawa at around 11.30 a.m. protesting against cattle slaughter, Ada Derana ...

  • Sri Lanka garment firms boost work conditions

    It has been a month since a garment factory collapsed in Bangladesh, killing more than 1,000 people. The disaster has prompted calls for better regulation of the industry in the region. Sri Lanka, a neighbour of Bangladesh, is one country gaining a reputation as an ethical source of clothing, putting pressure on manufacturers to improve safety standards and workers' rights. The ...

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