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Debate, vote on draft constitutional reforms on Sept. 08
[Sep 3, 2010 10:09 AM]

The proposed constitutional reforms will be debated and voted on in Parliament on September 08, said chief government whip Dinesh Gunawardena. He said the draft would be tabled in the ...

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Youth from North and South to meet in Battaramulla today
[Sep 3, 2010 5:48 PM]

Tamil youth who have come from the North for the 'Sithamu' program and Sinhala youth of the Sawithree foundation will meet at two-day cultural exchange program which will commence today (Sep. 03)...

Businessman remanded for Rs. 1130 m fraud
[Sep 3, 2010 5:48 PM]

Colombo Additional magistrate Sujeewa Nishshanka today (Sep. 03) ordered a businessman to remand custody until Sep. 13 for a financial fraud amounting to over Rs. 1130 m. The suspect, ...

SPF to decide on Sep. 06
[Sep 3, 2010 3:53 PM]

The government affiliated leftist parties are to take a final decision on the constitutional amendment reforms after meeting again on Sep. 06, secretary of the democratic leftist front, MP Wasude...

Record income for zoo last month
[Sep 3, 2010 3:52 PM]

The Dehiwala zoo acquired a record income of Rs. 29,615,000 during August 2010, reports say. Reports add that there have been 2,275,407 visitors in the past month. On August...

Tortured housemaid leaves hospital
[Sep 3, 2010 2:18 PM]

Sri Lankan housemaid L.P. Ariyawathie, who had allegedly been tortured during employment in Saudi Arabia, left a Matara hospital yesterday (Sept. 02) after treatment. Doctors at the go...

'Permanent military camps to safeguard peace & nat'l security'
[Sep 3, 2010 1:59 PM]

Permanent military camps will be established in strategically important areas to safeguard the country's peace and national security, Defence Secretary, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa said. Spea...

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Glance at Ground

The International Cricket Council has suspended Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif, the three players implicated in the Lord's spot-fixing scandal, under the provisions of the Anti-Corr...

Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir, the three players at the centre of the spot-fixing controversy, will play no part in the limited-overs leg of the England tour, after extensive talks...

Customs investigators have made three more arrests in connection with the Pakistan spot-fixing investigation, Cricinfo has confirmed.

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Israeli and Palestinian leaders have held their first direct negotiations in nearly two years, in Washington. Read more on ...

The Israeli and Palestinian leaders have begun their first direct talks in nearly two years with a pledge of "full and active support" from the US.

A gunman who took three hostages at the Discovery Communications headquarters in the US has been shot dead by police and his captives have been set free.

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By Gayathri Delanerolle Hypertension [HT] or high blood pressure [HBP] results from the forceful nature of blood being pushed against artery walls as it flows through them and is known...

(Prof.Lakshman Madurasinghe, PhD- Consultant Psychologist and author of  "Clinical Psychology", Secretary General Chamber of Chartered Java Professionals International, Greece and President ...

(By Gayathri Delanerolle from London) Transplantation is the replacement of defective organs/tissues and is one of the biggest achievements of modern day medicine involving the use of donor organ...

Sri Lanka News Business

Business view

Consumers are seriously inconvenienced after prices of imported potatoes and B onions have risen sharply due to newly imposed taxes, reports say. As a result of the new taxes, a wholes...

A concession to build and operate a 450 million US dollar container terminal in an expanded port in Colombo port has been awarded to Sri Lanka's Aitken Spence and China Merchants Holdings, an off...

Sri Lanka's listed shipbuilder Colombo Dockyard has appointed to its board of directors a nominee of the Employees' Provident Fund, a pension fund managed by the central bank, a stock exchange fi...

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Aesthetics

Senior film director Dr. D.B Nihalsinghe assumed duty as the consultant (cinema and television) to the Ministry of Mass Media and Information today (Sept. 01). Mass Media and Informati...

Box office receipts in the US rose by $100m (£64.9m) this summer, despite the lowest attendance in five years, figures have shown.

The hit US series Mad Men was among the big winners at this year's Emmy awards, taking the title for best drama series.

Sri Lanka News Development

News in brief

'USS Pearl Harbour' paid a courtesy call on Trincomalee Harbour yesterday (July 13). The US naval vessel will remain in the harbour for a few days to promote goodwill and understanding...

The DNA has decided to send Vijitha Herath to the upcoming Commonwealth Parliamentary sessions in Kenya. The alliance had earlier decided on Gen. Sarath Fonseka, but permission had not...

The government is planning to open more Lak Sathosa outlets in the country and increase the number from 199 to 400 within a period of one year. Deputy Minister of Cooperatives and Inte...

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