GALLE, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene says his team is well-prepared for India’s expected fightback in the second Test starting here today.
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July 30, Kakirawa: A tense situation was created at Alagamuwa in Kakirawa this afternoon when people started a protest against a handover of 9 blocks of land on the wayside of Kandy – Jaffna (A-9) road to some outsiders.
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July 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s main opposition United National Party (UNP) legislator Lakshman Kiriella speaking at a media briefing said that the government is holding an international summit for the first time in the history by demolishing the houses of the poor.
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July 31, Colombo: The Department of Elections in Sri Lanka announced that the distribution of voting cards for the registered voters in the Sabaragamuwa and North Central provinces will be commenced from August 1.
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July 31, Colombo: The Supreme Court in Sri Lanka yesterday ruled that recently evicted residents of the in Slave Island, by the Ministry of Defence have no legitimate right to the land they used to live.
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India captain Anil Kumble elected to bat after winning the toss against Sri Lanka in the second Test at the Galle International Stadium here on Thursday.
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July 30, Colombo: Positive grounds prevailed for the third consecutive day of this week with the indices thickening even more. All Share Price Index (ASPI) shot up by a significant 20.44 points (0.85%) to close at 2429.14 while the more sensitive Milanka Price Index (MPI) experienced a boost of 34.69 points (1.21%) to end at […]

July 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Media Minister Anura Priyadharshana Yapa today lamented the lack of reporting in the media on issues of development and too much focus on politics.
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Below, The Morning Leader (Sri Lanka) paper, publish parts of the speech delivered by Trincomalee District Member of Parliament and Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi (Tamil National Alliance) Parliamentary Group Leader, R. Sampanthan, on the adjournment motion debate in parliament on July 23.
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“Frequently now I wonder whether Sri Lanka would have been a much more peaceful and much more homogeneous place if say 40% or so of the Tamil speaking population had been Buddhists and not exclusively Hindu or Christian. Is taking the Buddhist religion to Tamil people such a difficult task?” wonders Niranjan de Silva Deva-Aditya, […]