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On the orders of the Elections Commisioner, police yesterday began an operation to remove thousands of posters pasted on Colombo district walls by politicians contesting the Western Provincial Council elections. The police employed youth for the poster removing operation on funds provided by the Elections Department. The operation came after Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake asked the police why they were not removing the posters, despite Rs. 4.4 million being provided for the job.
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| ASEAN moves forward - cautiously |
| The 41-year old Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) has come of age. The ASEAN summit now on in Hua Hin, Thailand is being held for the first time under the ASEAN Charter which was finally ratified last December by the last two members of the 10-nation association. |
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| Bright strokes, balm for tension! |
| The use of bright and striking colours is predominant in his paintings... and this is to heal the minds of human beings whose lives are marked with violence, fear, bloodshed and sorrow due to the prevailing social conditions, |
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| Are you a caring person? |
| Customer Service is increasingly becoming a vital business practice as organizations realize the benefits of Customer Service Management. |
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| Delay in plan to rescue civilians |
| An imbroglio over the fate of civilians trapped in the northern battle zone is holding up a US-marines-led humanitarian task force operation to evacuate them. |
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| India calls for ‘pause’ in fighting |
| India yesterday called for a “pause” in the fighting to allow the safe evacuation of civilians trapped in the Wanni as Tamil Nadu prepared for a statewide 15-day agitation campaign starting today. |
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| SAARC farce |
| India's Home Minister P Chidambaram was reported as saying this week that his Government was mindful that Pakistan's intelligence agency, ISI, would use Colombo as a convenient launching pad to send their operatives to infiltrate India - and therefore, his Government was screening visa applications from Sri Lanka even more thoroughly. |
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| The reigning power of the Relic |
| Sri Dalada – the Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha – is the most precious object of worship for Buddhists the world over. Devotees flock to the Sri Dalada Maligawa in Kandy every day to pay homage to the Relic. |
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| More arrests in Golden Key case |
| More arrests are expected to be made over criminal misappropriation of funds of the Golden Key (GK) Company after the fraud case took a different turn with the detention of powerful Ceylinco Chairman Lalith Kotelawala on Thursday. |
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| Zimbabwe tour on hold: Dialog looks for a chat with SLC |
| Speculation is that there is a likelihood of a major showdown between the current cricket team sponsors Dialog Telecom Plc. and Sri Lanka Cricket over the indefinite postponement of the Zimbabwe’s Sri Lanka tour that was to follow current Lankan tour of Pakistan. |
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| The Viceroy visits Ceylon (Sri Lanka) |
| The ships that sailed from Mallaca to Ormus and Persia, had to go round Ceylon. This is why the 'Yuvaraja' later thought it advisable to erect a fort in this country. So he requested the King of Portugal to do so. |
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