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| Brigadier Shavindra Silva, Commanding officer of the 58 Division, and other officers mapping out their next move in the Puthumathalan area. The picture was taken during a military-sponsored tour of media personnel to the frontlines on Friday. Pic by Gemunu Wellage. |
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| India trips Lanka at winning post?- Political Column |
| The end of a gruelling two-and-half-decade long phase of the separatist war is now nearer than ever before - and just as the Security Forces are inching towards a finality, the international pressure to stop the fighting has also reached a peak. |
| Are we heading towards a debt trap?-The Economic Analysis |
There is considerable concern as to whether the country is heading towards a debt trap. This is a situation where the debt service payments are of such a magnitude that servicing of the debt requires further borrowing and then a country moves into a situation of defaulting on its debt servicing and repayment obligations. |
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| Deadly new flu strain threatens Mexico, U.S. |
| Mexican and U.S. health officials searched today for signs of an outbreak of a new flu strain that is spreading further, after it killed up to 68 people in Mexico and infected eight in the United States. |
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| Going avant garde with heritage |
| Talented young designers from the Moratuwa University working in the fields of fashion and textiles, jewellery, ceramics, graphics and communication and furniture will be exhibiting their various designs at the Colombo Art Gallery from May 3-5 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. |
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| A scarcity of food in the Fort |
| King Vijayabahu got the armies he requested from the Zamorin. It was named the Malabar army. The king's army too joined them. Together they besieged the Colombo Fort. The Portuguese faced a food shortage. |
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| No halt in operations: Gotabhaya |
| The Government yesterday strongly rebutted claims by Indian leaders that Sri Lanka would stop the war against the LTTE. “There was no call by the two visiting Indian emissaries for a cessation of hostilities,” Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, told The Sunday Times. |
| Appeal Court Judge as Tax Chief |
In an unprecedented move, the government is to appoint an Appeal Court Judge to serve concurrently as the Commissioner-General of Inland Revenue while the present Tax Chief S. Angammana has already been moved to the Finance Ministry, government officials said yesterday. |
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| Sharing the blame |
Video clips of civilian casualties in Puthukkudiyiruppu seem to have added strength to those foreign Governments and agencies pressurising the Sri Lankan Government to stop its final thrust to liquidate the LTTE's conventional fighting machinery. |
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| Princess to reign the northern rails again |
| Vivid are the memories of scrambling into the compartments at Anuradhapura; people sprawled full-length across the seats fast asleep; tapping them awake to get some room to sit; and burly, bleary-eyed men sullenly and reluctantly stretching up off the seats. |
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| Oil hedging: 3 banks file for arbitration |
| Attorney General Mohan Peiris and two senior state counsels flew to London earlier this week for consultations of arbitration proceedings in relation to the controversial oil hedging deals, an AG Department source told The Sunday Times FT. |
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| Mendis will represent all CEOs at ICC meeting |
| Chief Executive Officer of Sri Lanka Cricket Duleep Mendis has been invited for third consecutive year to represent the CEO fraternity of the International Cricket Conference at the annual meeting of the ICC Cricket Committee which will be held in London on 11 and 12 May. |
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