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7 min ago | Colombo Page

Sri Lanka invests 5.9 percent of GDP in public projects last year

June 18, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has spent 5.9 percent of country's GDP as public investment in 2012 to provide major services despite a shortfall in the revenues, the Finance and Planning Ministry said in its 2012 report.

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4 hrs ago | Colombo Page

Sri Lanka President tells legislators no foreign tours from next month, focus on elections

June 18, Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has instructed all ministers and MPs of the ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party to cancel their foreign tours to devote time for the upcoming Provincial Council elections, government sources said.

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6 hrs ago | India Gazette

PM conveys dismay over Sri Lanka move on 13th Amendment

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday told a delegation of Sri Lanka Tamil MPs that he was "dismayed" by reports suggesting that Colombo planned to dilute certain key provisions of the 13th Amendment on devolution of powers to provinces ahead of polls to the Northern Provincial Council.

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10 hrs ago | Colombo Page

Sri Lanka nationalist party introduces bill to abolish PC system

June 18, Colombo: An ally of Sri Lanka's governing party, the Jathika Hela Urumaya today introduced a bill to abolish the provincial council system enacted by the 13th Amendment to the Constitution in 1987.

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12 hrs ago | Colombo Page

No cadmium in rice grown in Sri Lanka

June 18, Colombo: Analysis of rice samples from various fields in Sri Lanka have shown that rice grown locally in Sri Lanka does not contain any abnormal levels of cadmium, the Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena assured today.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

Colombo Page

Construction expedited on the new railway line from Kurunegala to Habarana in Sri Lanka

June 18, Colombo: Sri Lanka Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa has ordered the officials to accelerate the preparatory work to build the railway line from Kurunegala to Habarana.

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SciDev.Net

Arabian Sea at high risk of quakes and tsunamis

A tsunami in this area of the Western Indian Ocean could threaten the coastlines of India, Iran, Oman, Pakistan and further afield.

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The Daily Star

Thai Buddhist monks criticized for lavish behavior

Sri Lankan Buddhist monks walk in line as they seek offerings of food in Colombo June 15, 2013.

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Colombo Page

Jayalalithaa slams Indian government for failing to take action on fishermen's arrests by Sri Lanka

June 17, Chennai: The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu J. Jayalalithaa today slammed the Government of India for failing to take any effective measures at the diplomatic level to secure the release of the fishermen arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy and detained in Sri Lanka.

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Colombo Page

Sri Lankan President expresses regret to the teacher humiliated by a provincial councilor

June 17, Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has called and assured a female school teacher, who was humiliated by a ruling party local politician in the school premises, that he would do justice regarding the incident.

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Colombo Page

Official website for 2013 Commonwealth Meeting launched in Sri Lanka

June 17, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Ministry of External Affairs Monday launched the official website of the 2013 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting to be held in Colombo in November this year.

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TamilNet Newswire

Sri Lanka provides harbour, state endorsement, to Chinese fishing

A Company in China has been graced with the rights to ply its fishing vessels with the flag of the genocidal State in Sri Lanka and to use the facilities of the Dikovita fishing harbour.

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Newkerala.com

Tamil Tiger fronts operate in Germany: Sri Lanka

Colombo, June 17 : The Tamil Tiger rebel front organisations are still operating in Germany under the guise of community organisations, the Sri Lankan external affairs ministry claimed Monday.

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The Guardian

Asylum seekers are being denied legal advice, refugee service claims

There are claims that Sri Lankans at the detention centre on Christmas Island are being denied legal advice.

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Colombo Page

Sri Lankan awarded the highest award of Russia for foreign citizens

June 17, Colombo: Dr. Saman Weerasinghe, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mos-Lanka Holdings Group of Companies and an Advisor to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse was awarded the 'Order of Honor of the Russian Federation' on the 12th of June 2013 in Colombo at a ceremony held on the occasion of the National Day of the Russian Federation.

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The Guardian

'Enhanced screening' is jeopardising Sri Lankan asylum claims | Emily Howie

As a new screening process increases the likelihood of irreversible mistakes, Australia should rethink its attitude towards Sri Lankan asylum seekers At the end of last week the Australian Government flew another group of Sri Lankan boat arrivals back to Colombo , claiming that they failed to engage Australia 's international legal obligations.

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

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Sri Lankan Government Must Reconsider Ethics Code For Media

The International Federation of Journalists joins partners and affiliates in Sri Lanka in calling on the Government of Sri Lanka to reconsider its move to introduce a code of ethics for the country's media.

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TrekEarth

Mother and Child

Wandering about Anuradhapura's Sacred City you'll find lots of ancient ruins - pools, prayer halls, refectories, temples, residences; ruins great and small, in varying states of decay.

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TamilNet Newswire

Sri Lanka: Colombo schemes permanent occupation of two Tamil villages in Ampaa'rai

The Sinhala officials of the Eastern Provincial Council also back the move, the sources further said.

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TamilNet Newswire

Tamil "Mandate" Refugees left homeless away from Sri Lanka

Australia, which is one of the contracting countries with UNHCR, is even keeping in detention, citing security threat, Tamil boat refugees who have been granted asylum.

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