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Mangala to visit China next week
Wednesday, 18 February 2015 08:56Foreign Affairs Minister Mangala Samaraweera is to visit China on the 27th and 28th of this month.
SLFP will not be allowed division – Anura Yapa
Tuesday, 17 February 2015 22:03SLFP general secretary Anura Priyadarshaya Yapa says the party will not be allowed a division as a result of tomorrow’s rally in Nugegoda titled ‘are you ready to bring victory to country with Mahinda?’
Zeid requests “one time only” deferral of key report on Sri Lanka conflict
Tuesday, 17 February 2015 22:00UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Monday explained his recommendation to the Human Rights Council to delay the consideration of a long-awaited report into alleged human rights violations during the conflict in Sri Lanka for six months until September 2015.
UK back publishing report in Sept
Tuesday, 17 February 2015 21:48British Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire has said that while the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has agreed to delay publishing the report based on the investigations on Sri Lanka, the British Government remains firmly behind publishing it in September.
Mystery Mars haze baffles scientists
Tuesday, 17 February 2015 21:41A mysterious haze high above Mars has left scientists scratching their heads.
Govt. seeks fresh report on Welikada Prison murders
Tuesday, 17 February 2015 16:05The government has sought a fresh report over the riot at the Welikada Prison in November 2012 in which 27 inmates were killed and 40 others were injured.
CWE Kiran in yet another scam!
Tuesday, 17 February 2015 15:29New chairman of the CWE Kiran Atapattu has given several promotions in violation of the establishment code, according to reports reaching Sri Lanka Mirror.
Mahinda’s transport head arrested
Tuesday, 17 February 2015 13:31The director of transport at the presidential secretariat during the period Mahinda Rajapaksa was the president has been arrested by the CID for questioning.