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Ravana Balaya places more demands
The Ravana Balaya has presented five demands to the Ministry of Buddha Sasana today with regard to the upliftment of Buddhism in the country. The demands were handed over when around 25 monks of the...
View ArticleIMF cautions Sri Lanka over mounting foreign debt
Sri Lanka's economy was among the fastest growing in Asia, but it was vulnerable to sudden external shocks due to high levels of foreign commercial borrowings, the IMF said Wednesday. The International...
View ArticleRajarata University to reopen next week
Academic activities at the Rajarata University are set to recommence on August 4, according to the university administration. The decision to reopen the university was taken following students...
View ArticleIsrael has violated international law, the world must act: UN
In the worsening assault on Gaza, Israel struck a United Nations designated shelter this morning, killing more than 15, several of them children.This has sparked the strongest reaction from the UN...
View ArticleThree dead in truck-van collision
Three persons have been killed and three others injured due to a head-on collision between a van and a truck at Meegahawatta, Naranwala this morning. The accident had occurred along the...
View ArticlePolice hunt killer of Tissamaharama fishmonger
Police are searching for an individual who shot and killed a man at Debarawewa in Tissamaharama last evening. According to police, the victim had been engaged in selling fish when a man who had arrived...
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Ebola epidemic 'out of control' says charity
Global medical charity Doctors Without Borders has given warning that the Ebola crisis in West Africa is "unprecedented, absolutely out of control", as states across the world took steps to prevent its...
View ArticleUkraine Parliament agrees to allow Dutch, Australian armed personal at MH17...
Ukraine's parliament on Thursday (31 July) ratified deals with the Netherlands and Australia allowing them to send some 950 "armed personnel" to secure the crash site of downed Malaysia Airlines flight...
View ArticleGMOA says “Seven doctors’’ responsible for the clash
Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) claims that the tense situation reported yesterday at the National Hospital took place when seven doctors tried to hold an unlawful assembly against...
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Sri Lanka Navy plays a major role in the region
The country’s maritime industry is being revitalized to fast–track the island-nation’s maritime capacities and capabilities. The Port of Colombo, the nation’s gateway to the world, has today become a...
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IMF commends Lanka’s infrastructure development process
International Monetary Fund (IMF) applauds on Sri Lankan government's initiatives toward rapid infrastructure development just after a civil war which had been halted the country’s economy stagnating....
View ArticleSecurity concerns behind President's decision to skip Glasgow - Keheliya
Security concerns had been the main reason behind the decision of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to refrain from attending the opening ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow,...
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Doors to Australia remain closed- Morrison
The Australian Government continues its work with regional partners to disrupt people smuggling ventures. Australian Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Scott Morrison in a statement said...
View ArticleNo immediate plans to evacuate SL migrant workers in Israel
The government has no immediate plans to evacuate Sri Lankan migrant workers in Israel, according to Minister of Mass Media and Information Keheliya Rambukwella. Speaking to journalists at today's...
View Article72-hour CFA in Gaza as talks are set
NEW DELHI — The United States and the United Nations announced a 72-hour humanitarian cease-fire in the Gaza conflict early Friday, a diplomatic bolt-from-the-blue that will suspend the bloody 24-day...
View ArticleSri Lanka to host another international event
President Mahinda Rajapaksa met with officials to discuss arrangements for the next meeting of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) at Temple Trees yesterday. Sri Lanka will...
View ArticleGaza truce threatened within hours
A 72-hour ceasefire took effect today in Gaza but was immediately threatened by deadly shelling, as diplomats pressed for a more durable end to 25 days of devastating violence.The skies over Gaza...
View ArticleAddress food security concerns- Modi tells Kerry
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi told visiting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday that food security concerns of the poorest of the poor had to move in tandem with trade reform measures....
View ArticleEbola moving faster than control efforts - WHO
An Ebola outbreak that has killed more than 700 people in West Africa is moving faster than the efforts to control the disease, the head of the World Health Organisation warned as Presidents from the...
View ArticleKidnapped child found by CID
Four-year-old Danindu Yashen who was abducted on July 28 has been rescued by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) at Abogama in Galgamuwa, police spokesman SSP Ajith Rohana told The Nation. The...
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