July 01, Colombo: The United States has condemned the “brutal and unprovoked attack” on a member of the British High Commission staff and an official of the Sri Lankan Press Institute.
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Sri Lanka Army (SLA) continue to launch artillery fire on Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) settlements in Ka’l’liyadi, Aaththimoadai and Illuppakkadavai in Mannaar district from Monday early morning. Large number of civilians who had been displaced from their villages in Mannaar district due to SLA offensives had been living in temporary shelters in the above villages.
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A VVIP helicopter of the fleet of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa came under fire, presumably..
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“Sri Lanka should have a pragmatic economic policy to improve the country’s infrastructure facilities to attract direct foreign investment like Malaysia,” Former Malaysian Finance Minister, Tun Diam Zainuddin said.
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The International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) Tuesday evening informed the Government Agent (GA) of Ki’linochchi, N. Vethanayagam, that it has decided to withdrew its personnel from manning the A9 post in Pu’liyangku’lam after Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) bombers attacked a locality close to the gateway at 3:40 p.m., the GA told TamilNet. Four […]

Sri Lanka has made it clear that India does not supply arms to the strife-torn island nation, saying that it understood New Delhi “political compulsions” in this regard.
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July 01, Colombo: Sri Lankan government is planning to take over all lands belonging to State Planting Companies on lease where terms are violated and utilized for profit yielding purposes, the government announced today.
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July 01, Colombo: Eight fighter jets of Sri Lanka Air Force raided an LTTE training base in the Ampakaman area, 8 kilometers Northwest of the Mankulam Junction in Vavuniya this morning, the military said.
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July 01, Colombo: Sri Lanka Marxist People’s Liberation Front (JVP) has decided to appoint former unemployed graduates’ union leader Sujith Kuruwita as a national list member of parliament.
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Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and police in Jaffna expelled Tuesday around 10:00 a.m. the unemployed graduates picketing at the front entrance of Jaffna Main Educational complex at Nalloor in a token protest for the second day, demanding immediate employment. The SLA and the police told the picketers that they will not permit the picketing and […]