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Thursday, May 17 2012

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US national jumps off hotel and succumbs to injuries.

Grenade thrown at residence of Magistrate

Man found hanging

Divisional Secretary arrested for bribery

LTTE's Ex-'legal draftsman' sent for rehabilitation

Tiran meets with President on release of Fonseka

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Democratic National Alliance (DNA) MP Tiran Alles has met with President Mahinda Rajapaksa today to discuss the release of former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka.

Mr. Alles later&nbs...

US national jumps off hotel and succumbs to injuries.

A US national who jumped off the fifth floor of a five star hotel in Colombo has succumbed to his injuries, Police said today.

The victim was identified as John Edwin Golstone Rayan, 46 had jumped out ...

Grenade thrown at residence of Magistrate

A handgrenade was hurled at the residence of the Marawila Magistrate, Chandana Kalansuriya by two persons on a motor cycle, but it did not explode, Police said.

Police are searching for the two persons...

Man found hanging

A man was found hanging from a tree inside an empty land adjoining an international school at Alwis Town in Wattala earlier today, police said.

The victim was identified as Devaraj Vijayakumar-a reside...

Divisional Secretary arrested for bribery

The Divisional Secretary of the Akurana Pradeshiya Sabha Sanifa Mohommad was arrested by the officials of the Bribery Commission today for accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000, Police said.

The b...

LTTE's Ex-'legal draftsman' sent for rehabilitation

Colombo High Court Judge Sunil Rajapaksha directed the Terrorist Investigation Division to rehabilitate K.P. Lankasewaran who had acted as the legal draftsman for the LTTE.

He had also acted as lawyer...

Economic development crucial for reconciliation ; G.L

External Affairs Minister Prof.G.L. Peiris on yesterday said that the government believes economic development is a crucial component of wider reconciliation.

Prof: Peiris made these comments during h...

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Pakistan clears way for NATO summit, supply routes

ISLAMABAD, May 16, 2012 (AFP) - Pakistan's cabinet is expected Wednesday to agree to the president attending talks on Afghanistan in Chicago and appro...

World Videos

Dalai Lama tells of Chinese poison plot against him

In a preview of the full Sunday Telegraph interview, the Dalai Lama speaks exclusively about poison plots against him by the Chinese and his friendshi...

Analysis

China's ”small stick” approach to S.China Sea - By David Lague

HONG KONG, May 16 (Reuters) - In a month-long standoff between China and the Philippines over a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, Beijing has so ...

Business

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Planters Association says tea imports will ruin SL tea industry

The Planters’ Association of Ceylon (PA) on Wednesday responded strongly to efforts by the Tea Exporters Association to push for tea imports, saying i...

Discussion/Business Videos

Effectiveness not funding produces success

It's not whether a school is private or not that determines how well its pupils do but rather how effective the school is at teaching says the UK's di...

Analysis

Learning from mistakes is hard work

Everybody thinks they are excellent at learning. After all, most of us have gone through years of university education and got one or more bits of pap...

Features

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‘Samhara- the braid’

The Nrityagram Dance Ensemble in collaboration with the Chitrasena Vajira Dance Company successully
concluded a three-day production of ‘Samhara-...

Appreciations/Letters

Letter ; Expo Rail passenger enjoyed trip but almost missed Kandy train

I had a very pleasant trip to Kandy recently aboard the Expo Rail. Booking the tickets online, Colombo and back, for two separate dates, was eas...

Interviews/Stories

Review of Workshop's Retro 20 show

The Workshop Players Retro’ 20 production of past works left Ruhanie Perera longing for their superior, original productions

The performanc...

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Cricket: BCCI suspends five IPL players on match-fixing claims

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has suspended five local Indian Premier League (IPL) players today (15) after an Indian television ch...

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London 2012: Olympic torch lit from sun in Olympia

As the Olympic torch was lit at the Temple of Hera on Mount Olympia, Sebastian Coe said it would help inspire the youth of the Britain when it arrives...