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EU EOM distributes equipment to Sri Lankan civil society

Friday, 04 September 2015 08:46
On its way to concluding the European Union Observation Mission (EU EOM) to Sri Lanka which witnessed a well administered 2015 Parliamentary elections, the EU EOM yesterday (03) distributed a wide variety of equipment to Sri Lankan civil society members.

Bimal to parliament in place of Mayadunne

Friday, 04 September 2015 08:27
The JVP has decided to appoint Bimal Ratnayake to the national list MP position that fell vacant following the resignation of Sarath Mayadunne.

Increase in ministers approved: Mahinda, 62 others absent

Thursday, 03 September 2015 21:33

Prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s proposal to increase the number of ministers in the national government was passed with a 127 vote majority.

Tiran's passport released to get overseas treatment

Thursday, 03 September 2015 15:32

Colombo Fort Magistrate Priyantha Liyanage today (03) permitted former MP Tiran Alles to leave the country for a period of one month from September 10 to October 10.

Stop behaving like monkeys - PM

Thursday, 03 September 2015 13:21

Today's parliament proceedings became heated after TNA leader - R. Sampanthan was named Opposition leader.

Prolonged television watchers have higher risk of fatal pulmonary embolism

Thursday, 03 September 2015 12:58

Prolonged television watchers have a higher risk of fatal pulmonary embolism, a condition associated with long haul flights, reveals research presented at ESC Congress today by Mr Toru Shirakawa, public health research fellow in the Department of Social Medicine at Osaka University in Japan.1 The 18 year study in more than 86 000 people found that watching an average of five or more hours of television per day was associated with twice the risk of fatal pulmonary embolism as watching less than two and a half hours daily.

Speaker approves proposal to increase Cabinet

Thursday, 03 September 2015 12:40

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya today approved a proposal made by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to increase the number of ministers in the new Cabinet.

Fonseka denies creating shadow LTTE group

Thursday, 03 September 2015 11:12

Former Army commander Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka says as far as he knows, the Army had never created a shadow LTTE group.

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