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No legal restriction against Fonseka's position as MP
Saturday, 06 February 2016 19:08There is no legal restriction against leader of Democratic Party Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka swearing in as a national list parliamentarian of United National Party (UNP), says UNP.
Rajapaksa family: Crashing fall from grace
Saturday, 06 February 2016 19:17Much of the Hindu epic, the Ramayana, is set in Sri Lanka. But the island has seen something of a modern epic in the past year or so, with the crashing fall from grace of the family which once appeared to run most aspects of life there.
Looking for a deal, not truth and justice
Saturday, 06 February 2016 19:15Sri Lanka’s fledging transitional justice process is in trouble already. It’s getting impossible to paper over embarrassing public differences between the country’s President and its Prime Minister on the issue of war crimes. Sceptics of course say neither man really acknowledges the gravity and scale of the atrocities committed.
SL requests IMF bailout to tackle budget deficit
Saturday, 06 February 2016 19:14Sri Lanka has made a formal request for an IMF bailout package to aid its struggling economy after a sharp slowdown in growth and with its budget deficit widening, officials said Saturday.
Report on disappeared to be handed over to Al-Hussein
Saturday, 06 February 2016 14:01The relatives of those who were disappeared decided to stage an attention drawn protest demanding the recovery of their loved ones ahead of the visit of Al-Hussein, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Council, to Jaffna.
2 prayers for and against FCID
Saturday, 06 February 2016 13:56Dashing of 100,000 coconuts requesting the deities to dissolve Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) was commenced this morning (06) at Seenigama Temple under the precedence of joint opposition.
Drastic increase in cancer patients in Sri Lanka
Saturday, 06 February 2016 12:06National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP) states the cancer cases reported annually in Sri Lanka has been drastically increasing.
UN Human Rights chief arrives in SL
Saturday, 06 February 2016 10:25The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein arrived in Sri Lanka, a short while ago, for a four-day official visit.