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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.

 

 

Kherishma Selvaratnam was crowned Ms Lanka 2009 at a glittering pageant organised in collaboration with the Sunday Observer last week. Nilushi Madurangi who was voted Ms Sunday Observer Most Popular contestant is at right. It was held at the Ceylon Continental Hotel.  Pix: Kavindra Perera

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Government dismisses LTTE ‘poll’ attempt


Sri Lanka snubbed moves by LTTE remnants to hold a ‘poll’ in April next year to elect members to its so-called transitional Government, saying this was another futile attempt to revive the terror organisation.

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India to support Southern Railway project


The Government of India has come forward to offer a supplementary line of credit of US$ 67.4 million for the rehabilitation of the Southern Colombo-Matara Railway Line. The line of credit had been requested by the Government of Sri Lanka to finance the second phase of work related to the rehabilitation of the Southern Railway Line.

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Marked drop in IDPs in Vavuniya and Chettikulam

There are around 150,000 IDPs in the Vavuniya and Chettikulam welfare villages and this number too is dropping progressively with an average of 2,000 persons being sent for resettlement daily, according to Vavuniya Secretariat sources.

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Govt gets second instalment of IMF loan

The Government will receive the second instalment of US $ 322 million of the US$ 2.7 billion IMF loan on Tuesday, said State Revenue and Finance Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya.

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President to address Expatriate Forum

The first post-war Sri Lankan Expatriate Forum under the theme “The first of many opportunities to stay connected with the Motherland” will be inaugurated by President Mahinda Rajapaksa on November 14 at the Presidential Secretariat.

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