‘Avatar’ tops box office for sixth-straight week
James Cameron's "Avatar" has retained its no. 1 position for the sixth-straight weekend at the U.S. box office with takings of 36 million dollars.
Tendulkar – Dravid pair set world record stand
Tendulkar and Dravid have now 17 100-plus partnerships, one more than the Australian pair of Mathew Hayden and Ricky Ponting and West Indians Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes.
ASIO rejects several SL refugees who worked for LTTE
10 March 2010
Australia has said that there are several who worked for the LTTE amongst the Sri Lankan refugees being held on Christmas Island. It has been revealed that a refugee with two young children has worked for the legal system run by the Tamil Tigers. The Australian Government has learnt that the woman lived and worked [...]
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Dayananda to discuss polls
10 March 2010
Elections Chief Dayananda Dissanayaka will hold a meeting with political party secretaries on Friday. He will discuss election related issues and the possibility of having foreign counting agents at the centers. Additional Commissioner of Elections, P.M. Siriwardena said that Mr. Dissanayaka will discuss various issues including election violence raised by the political parties. He also [...]
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Two UNP ministers dismissed
10 March 2010
The Secretary General of the Parliament has informed the Election Commissioner that parliament ministers of the United National Party, Johnston Fernando and Indika Bandarnayaka have been dismissed from their ministerial posts. The election commissioner was informed of this through a letter handed over to him yesterday
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Candidates must have temporary ID card
10 March 2010
The election commissioner said that it is compulsory for all candidates who are contesting the general election to have a temporary Identity Card issued for candidates. The Election Commissioner has informed the General Secretaries of parties and independent groups to obtain these IDs urgently as it will be a compulsory requirement to enter the counting [...]
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Lankan team to head for EU
10 March 2010
Minister G.L Peiris said that a Sri Lankan delegation will head to Brussels next week for talks with the European Union (EU) on the GSP plus trade concession and other issues. The EU had decided to withdraw GSP for Sri Lanka. However it has given Sri Lanka time to negotiate and attempt to retain the [...]
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Indian Consulate to Be Opened in Jaffna
10 March 2010
The government has agreed to the opening of an Indian consul office in Jaffna following discussions with Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, who was recently in Sri Lanka. During the discussions between the Sri Lankan officials and Rao, the possibility of using the Indian consulate in Jaffna as a coordinating office between the Indian government [...]
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$12.8m additional loan for conflict-affected areas
10 March 2010
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing additional financial assistance for the rehabilitation of conflict-affected areas in the Northern Province. This measure was taken particularly to assist the return and resettlement of IDPs. The ADB will provide a $12.8-million loan from its concessional Asian Development Fund (ADF) for the ongoing North East Community Restoration and [...]
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Sri Lankan economy stable
10 March 2010
The prospect for Sri Lanka’s economy is bright and optimistic with much potential for massive scale growth and development, as revealed by various independent economic observations. A panel of professionals headed by National Economic Council (NEC) Member W.D. Laxman yesterday highlighted Sri Lanka’s potential. Sri Lanka’s economy is witnessing one of its most stable periods [...]
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