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| UN defends; PM slams Holmes |
| The UN Office for Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Colombo yesterday rejected Government accusations against its head, Sir John Holmes, and declared he had made no frivolous charges.“There is no factual evidence to prove his (Mr. Holmes) statement to be incorrect,” ...... |
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| Udawalawe set on fire: Project flops |
| Suspected arsonists set fire to a section of the Udawalawe National park early yesterday for the third time in little over a month destroying about hundred acres before it was brought under complete control by around noon,
Park Warden Dhammika Pebotuwa said the ....... |
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| UNP threatens not to repay huge govt. loans |
| The US$500 million bond issue the Central Bank is raising from commercial banks to fund infrastructure investments for which foreign aid has been already pledged has prompted the United National Party (UNP) to plan an unusual course of action. |
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| Sigiriya’s stingers |
 The Sri Dalada Maligawa, one of the country’s most sacred sites venerated by millions of Buddhists was attacked by LTTE suicide bombers in 1998. Recently, another of Sri Lanka’s famed world heritage sites faced a suicide attack of sorts. |
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| Kadirgamar: Outstanding Foreign Minister |
 Lakshman Kadirgamar, who was assassinated at his home in Colombo on Friday evening, had as profound a grasp of the threat posed by terrorist violence as any political leader in the world today. He had known for almost a decade that he was a high-priority target for assassination by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) whose forces control an area around Jaffna in the north of Sri Lanka. |
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| From fried cockroaches to snake meat..... |
 Food culture from country to country is different in style, preparation and presentation. Some love it raw, some hot and spicy and others prefer it cooked.
Indochina – Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia, is where you experience the likes of giant crabs, black shrimps, huge tiger prawns, a variety of pork preparations, raw chicken, half done duck, deep fried grasshoppers, ....... |
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The National Congress held its second mass rally in the Samaraweera home base of Matara on Friday. Here UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe and SLFP-M leader Mangala Samaraweera are seen at religious observances. An estimated 35,000 people attended the rally. Pic by Saman Kariyawasam
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A powerful roadside bomb today killed the governor and police chief of a southern province that has seen fierce internal fighting between Shiite factions, officials said.
The bomb struck a convoy carrying the Khalil Jalil Hamza, the governor of the Qadisiyah province, and the provincial police chief home from a funeral service for a tribal sheik at about 5 p.m., army Brig. Gen. Othman al-Farood said. |
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| Norway firm dupes Lanka |
| A Norwegian company that conducted preliminary investigations on oil deposits off the Sri Lankan coastline and sold the data 'exclusively' to the government is now selling the same data to the global industry in direct violation of the agreement, The Sunday Times FT reliably understands. |
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| Educating the Chambers |
| Some years back the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce had a sub committee dealing with education that regularly discussed developments and came up with a set of recommendations.What has happened to that committee? |
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| Dhammika under fire over ‘quick’ BOI approvals |
| The ‘quick-fix’ approval scheme of the Board of Investment (BOI) by powerful business baron Dhammika Perera after he assumed office as its chairman has come under fire from former senior officials. |
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| Sri Lanka’s 9/1 in athletics |
 Is Sri Lanka heading for yet another world record? Though it was only Sri Lanka’s short distance sprint queen Susanthika Jayasinghe who qualified to take part at the 11th World Athletic Championships in Osaka Japan which is scheduled to begin on August 26 it is reported that a whopping contingent of nine officials have applied for visas to accompany the athlete. |
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| SLC scoffs at Sanath’s ICL rumours |
 Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) scoffed off rumours that their champion batsman Sanath Jayasuriya has made a request to release him from their contract for one month in order to play in the controversial Indian Cricket Leagues (ICL) Twenty-20 tournament later this year. |
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| Hear the rumble in jungle |
| Is the Sri Lankan Sports Minister the most misinformed person in the Southern hemisphere? In spite of having a plethora of choices, for the second time in as much as two weeks he has got it all wrong. This time the once dumped and re-elected former Sri Lankan opening batsman and ex-selector Amal Silva has said that he has no time for posts that are bestowed upon him that he sees only once they are reported in the newspapers. |
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