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Gold chain thieves in mobikes remanded

[February 10 2010]

A gang of eight in motor cycles snatching gold chains from women was taken into custody by Wellawa Police. According to Police, the gang had been operating in several villages in the Kurunegala district and had robbed gold chains over Rs. 500,000.

GSK pledges $ 8 million

[February 10 2010]

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has pledged US$ 8 million to support scientists researching new medicines to fight malaria and other neglected tropical diseases afflicting poor nations, in a fresh initiative targeted at improving public health in least developed countries (LDCs).

North Korea makes denuclearisation pledge

[February 10 2010]

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il pledged to remove nuclear weapons from the peninsula in a meeting with a senior envoy from China, Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday from Pyongyang.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa won the postal votes in Puttalam District

[January 26 2010]

Postal Votes Percentage in Monaragala District - Mahinda Rajapaksa 66.70%& Sarath Fonseka 32.95% | President Mahinda Rajapaksa - United People's Freedom Alliance – 4,988 | General Sarath Fonseka - New Democratic Front – 2,464

President Mahinda Rajapaksa won the postal votes in Monaragala

[January 26 2010]

Postal Votes Percentage in Monaragala District - Mahinda Rajapaksa 69.76% & Sarath Fonseka 29.84%. | President Mahinda Rajapaksa - United People's Freedom Alliance – 8,871 | General Sarath Fonseka - New Democratic Front - 3,795

President Mahinda Rajapaksa won the postal votes in Ratnapura

[January 26 2010]

Postal Votes Percentage in Ratnapura District - Mahinda Rajapaksa 69.33% & Sarath Fonseka 30.37%.|President Mahinda Rajapaksa - United People's Freedom Alliance - 9,458 | General Sarath Fonseka - New Democratic Front - 4,143|Other – 41

Tri-Nation Tournament in Bangladesh, Idea cup Final-Ind v SL: Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets

[January 13 2010]

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field first. The match played in Bangladesh at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur. India 245/all out (48.02 ov).Sri Lanka 249/6 (48.3 ov)

Stern action against police personnel - IGP warns

[January 13 2010]

The Police Department will take stern action against errant police personnel irrespective of their positions who violate Election Laws. The Police Department had taken action against several police personnel who had violated the Election Laws recently.

Minister condemns Ranil’s tirade against journalist

[January 13 2010]

UNP and Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe who says he defends freedom of the press had severely blamed senior journalist of the Lankadeepa newspaper Dayaseeli Liyanage and her editor at an election rally using strong language for writing an independent report exposing the agreement between the TNA and Sarath Fonseka, Mass Media Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardana said yesterday.

Remove cutouts, President again tells IGP

[January 13 2010]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday sent a reminder to the Inspector General of Police asking him to follow strictly the instructions given to him a few days ago calling for the removal of illegally displayed posters, cutouts and banners.

Girl dies after falling from bus

[January 13 2010]

A tragic death occurred yesterday near Talagaha junction in Akmeemana when a sixteen year school girl fell off a private bus while she was travelling on the foot-board of the bus. She was on her way to school.

“The war against terrorism is now over and we have to focus more towards developing the country,” thus President Mahinda Rajapaksa emphasized the importance of putting development activities on the ‘Fast track’ when he reopened the tea factory at Handugalla in Wallasmulla yesterday, which was set on fire during 88-89 Insurgency by the JVP. The factory was re-constructed at a cost of Rs. 45 million. Ministers Chamal Rajapaksa and D. M. Jayaratne were also present. Pic: Indrajith Perera.

Three decades ago even the lorries from the Southern part of Sri Lanka lined up on the streets of Kankesanthurai, the coastal city at the Northern tip of the island to load the bags of cement produced by the Kankesanthurai cement factory. The Tigers in the North destroyed this industrial marvel. The damage done to the KKS cement factory had also struck a blow to over two-thousand Jaffna men who depended on the factory for their living. Steps have also been taken to rebuild the factory along with the reconstruction activities to rebuild Jaffna. Pic: Chaminda Hittatiya

Anarkali Optimistic

Several political parties in the fray:

‘Election fever’ in Jaffna

Jaffna is caught up with election fever after many years with political parties holding several public rallies. For more than a decade Jaffna based political parties were unable to engage in any form of election-related activities due to LTTE threats in Jaffna.

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Indian External Affairs Minister assured:

IDPs will be resettled soon

Senior Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa MP who led the three-member high level delegation to New Delhi this week assured Indian External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna that the Sri Lankan Government had no intention whatsoever of keeping Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in welfare villages.

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Over 100,000 targeted:

Boost for foreign tourists in NE next year

The Tourism Ministry will launch hotel construction projects at selected locations in the Northern and Eastern Provinces to attract over 100,000 foreign tourists during 2010. Deputy Tourism Minister Faizer Mustapha told the Sunday Observer that the ending of the 30-year war and the emergence of peace in the North and the East has encouraged the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Board and private sector hoteliers to recommence their business activities in the region.

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UNP’s standpoint on 13th Amendment

The main opposition UNP said it would extend its fullest support to implement the 13th Amendment, if the proposals of the Amendment could bring fruitful results to achieve a lasting solution to the present crisis.

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