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TMVP cadres surrendered their weapons at the Webber Stadium in Batticaloa yesterday. An assortment of weapons from automatic assault rifles to rocket launchers, grenades and mortars were handed over to the district's military authorities. - Pic by Sanka Vidanagama. |
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| From cricket to nuclear politics - Political Column |
| Having arrived in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad over a month earlier, for Sri Lanka High Commissioner-designate to Pakistan, Air Chief Marshal (retd.) Jayalath Weerakkody, Tuesday March 3, was to be an important day in his new career. |
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| Imran: Who’s destroying Pakistan? |
| Two days after Sri Lanka's cricketers were ambushed by terrorists in Pakistan, Imran Khan is standing on a wooden box in the North West Frontier Province addressing a crowd of 7,000 in his cotton kameez. |
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| Druvinka’s narrative of moods |
| There is something serene about the artist Druvinka. It’s in her mannerisms, her tone of voice, her very air. That serenity is reflected in her recent works, manifesting in her seemingly complex and layered paintings. |
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| Faces of the leadership buzz |
| The world today is telling us, crying out, sacrificing family & friends and living leadership in so many ways. The word leadership is being used in specific aspects such as capability, achievement, vision, responsibility, participation etc. |
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| Major crisis ahead, economists warn |
| The government, through the Central Bank, is negotiating a $1.9 billion bailout package with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) – an agency that was not wanted earlier – because the country’s foreign reserves have hit rock-bottom, economists say. |
| Cricket attack: Pakistan seeks Lanka’s help in probe |
Pakistani authorities have sought assistance from Colombo in the on-going probe into the terrorist attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team in Lahore last Tuesday, Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama told The Sunday Times. |
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| Lessons from Lahore |
| It was only last week in these columns that we referred to the breakdown of regional cooperation among member-states of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) - due mainly to the role non-state actors play in the geo-politics of the region. |
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| Far from the battlefront |
| Powerful notes of a song waft through the still clear air, competing only with bird calls and accompanied by the orchestra of the cicadas and the rhythmic beating on tables. Tranquillity and peace, enhanced by the surroundings |
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| 5 day week, ‘short-term lay-offs’ |
| The Employers Federation of Ceylon (EFC) has asked the government to allow factories to cut down the five-and-a-half working days to five days - with one extra hour of work during the five working days. |
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| D.S. doosras the rest to the top |
| The to-be-announced Sri Lanka Cricket Interim Committee is still in labour. From last Thursday, a plethora of names were bartered but, now it seem that an SLC paid employee |
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| Ceremonial head is changed |
| March 2 is a significant day in the history of Sri Lanka. It was on March 2, 1815 that the Kandyan Convention was signed by which the British took over the Kandyan kingdom. (This has been discussed by Gaveshaka on March 4, 2007). |
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