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Sri Lanka: A post-colonial tragedy in-the-making
Monday, 04 January 2016 10:38Ripped apart by civil war, the island nation ‘has forgotten any other way to live’
Piali Roy
Colombo won't act in haste on war crimes special court: Sirisena
Monday, 04 January 2016 10:36The Sri Lankan government would not act “in haste” on the issue of setting up a special court on allegations of violations of human rights in the last stages of the civil war, President Maithiripala Sirisena said on Sunday.
Police bike collides with vehicle of ASP's wife
Monday, 04 January 2016 10:03The motorbike of a Traffic police officer on duty has collided with the vehicle of a woman who had arrived at the Sports ministry yesterday (03) to support Thilanga Sumathipala during the Sri Lanka Cricket elections.
80% of CEB recruits are children of its officials
Monday, 04 January 2016 09:58Almost 80 per cent of the 2,344 persons who had received job permanency at the Ceylon Electricity Board pursuant to a promise given by president Maithripala Sirisena to manpower employees are exposed to be children of officials of the institution.
Chinese official to discuss port city project
Monday, 04 January 2016 09:01Sri Lanka and China will have a crucial round of talks in Colombo on January 06 with regard to the Colombo port city project.
‘36 Lankans entered Syria secretly’
Monday, 04 January 2016 08:16Committed to develop cricket – Thilanga (pictures)
Sunday, 03 January 2016 19:44New president of Sri Lanka Cricket Thilanga Sumathipala says he will extend the fullest support and bear total responsibility towards the development of the game in the country.
Over 1 lakh Tamils still living as refugees in India
Sunday, 03 January 2016 19:51More than six-and-a-half years after the civil war between the Sri Lankan government and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ended, over 1.22 lakh people from the neighbouring island continue to live as refugees in other countries, while another 50,000 people are internally-displaced, according to the latest figures from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).