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Sharp drop in prices of rice and vegetables:
Adequate stocks of essential food items for festive season
Adequate stocks of essential food items are
freely available in the country for the festive season. A sharp drop
in the prices of rice and vegetables was also reported due to the
increased supplies sent to Dedicated Economic Centres (DECs) and the
Colombo market from agricultural districts, said Cooperatives and
Internal Trade Secretary Sunil Sirisena.
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Jaffna stall at Panagoda Camp
The Security Forces Command in Jaffna has set up
a stall at the premises of the Army Camp in Panagoda with goods from
Jaffna including sea food items at the Sinhala-Hindu New Year
‘Pola’. The stall has been set up by Jaffna Security Forces
Commander Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe to make available
goods from Jaffna for people in the South, sources said.
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Bad hats rounded up in city
One-hundred-and-thirty men including women
linked to crime in the Colombo City were taken in for questioning
during the past few days in an operation launched by the Colombo
Crimes Division (CCD) for the April festive season.
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New Year festivities:
Army teams up with civilians in the North
Sri Lanka’s valiant soldiers who defeated the
LTTE, the world’s most ruthless terrorist outfit in May 2009 and
have since been involved in the demining and resettlement process
are now getting ready to celebrate the Sinhala and Hindu New Year on
a larger scale than ever before in the Northern Province.
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Govt not perturbed over HR allegations
Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa said that
the government was not perturbed over any allegations by human
rights groups that accuse Sri Lanka of alleged human rights
violations during the final stages of the battle against LTTE
terrorists as Government troops had engaged in a battle in keeping
with all humanitarian norms.
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The visiting foreign Minister of Seychelles Jean Paul Adams and Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris held bi-lateral discussions at the Foreign Ministry this evening.
Sri Lanka registered a superb 35 (five goals) points to 10 (one goal and one penalty) victory over Singapore in their Asian Five Nations Rugby Division 1 tournament match played at Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila, Philippines today.
Two Thai women who were pretending pregnant mothers, were apprehended while attempting to smuggle 162 cocaine tablets. 
The Government decision to increase the import tax on motor vehicles was aimed at controlling the number of vehicles added annually to the vehicle fleet of the country as excessive number of vehicles have been imported to the country during the past three years, Acting Media Minister and Cabinet Spokesman Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said today. “We had no other intention behind this move other than controlling the number of vehicles added annually to the road network”, the Minister said.
The Catholic Church today appealed to the President to halt any amendments leading to relax existing Abortion Law of the country, cautioning that such measures would aggravate the social issue and deprive children of their right to life. 
Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) reported Wednesday night that the new head of the government’s Socialist Left party (SV) has ousted veteran SV politician and former party leader Erik Solheim as the government minister in charge of both environmental and foreign aid issues.
The Department of Wildlife and Conservation (DWLC) has launched an investigation why the army shot two wild elephants in Bundala yesterday. According to environmentalists one jumbo was shot in the head and the other sustain similar gun shot injuries.
The Sri Lankan delegation, who left the country Wednesday to attend the 19th session of the United Nations Human Right Council in Geneva, Switzerland, says they have a well-organized plan to counteract the arguments against Sri Lanka.
Eight Indian fishermen from Keechankuppam fishing hamlet in Nagapattinam district sustained injuries in an alleged mid-sea attack by Lankan fishermen at midnight on Tuesday.
The UK still believes that a process led in Sri Lanka is better than one led internationally, said the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Alistair Burt, participating in a debate on the situation in Sri Lanka in the House of Commons yesterday (22).
In a new boost to Sri Lanka’s geo-textile industry and Sri Lanka’s standing as world’s largest exporter of coir fibre, a top US government agency has cleared the way for Sri Lankan made geo-textiles for two projects. 
