Rameswaram, July 18: Three persons were arrested for attempting to smuggle 32 kg of sandalwood to Sri Lanka.
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Abu Dhabi\’s Etihad Airways will stop flights to Sri Lanka while the nation is still embroiled in civil war.
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Colombo: Dilhara Fernando grabbed a career-best haul of four for 24 to script Sri Lanka’s 70-run victory over Bangladesh in the opening one-day International here on Friday.
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July 20, Colombo: President Mahinda Rajapaksa today paid his last respects to the late Ven. Kapugama Ariyajothi Nayaka Thero, Parivenadhipathi of the Sri Saranankara Pirivena, at Walasgala in Dikwella.
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July 20, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s National Geological and Mines Bureau reports that Sri Lanka felt two minor earthquakes between 5 AM and 7 AM today.
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July 20, Colombo: All Lanka Fisher Community Trade Union has decided to launch a protest week against the increase of kerosene prices by 30%, said M.Vijendra the Secretary of the Union. He said that 17,000 small boat fishermen are affected by the price hike.
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July 20, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Education has decided to transfer the excess teachers assigned to national schools without proper timetables.
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July 20, Colombo: Sri Lanka government has decided to set up a Consulate in Madagascar. The Cabinet of Ministers yesterday nodded the cabinet paper in this regard.
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Separatist Tamil rebels attacked a military post in northern Sri Lanka with mortars and gunfire early Friday, sparking an hourlong battle that killed at least 12 combatants. Later, soldiers killed three rebels in the country’s east.
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July 20, Colombo: An Indian Company named N.E.B. Projects has signed an agreement with the Urban Development Authority (UDA) to build a 60-floor edifice at Battaramulla in Sri Jayawardhanapura Municipal Council area.
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