A serious situation has emerged in state hospitals as private food contractors are refusing to supply food to inward patients due to non-payment of their bills by the hospital authorities, All Ceylon Health Service Union (ACHSU) charged today. — Tuesday, November 04, 2008 3:53:57 PM
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Sri Lankan artist Upali Dias adds the final touches to a bust of US Presidential candidate Barak Obama in Colombo today. Dias says he worked on the bust by looking at several pictures of Obama who he wants to win the US presidency. AFP PHOTO — Tuesday, November 04, 2008 3:44:27 PM
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Sri Lankan security forces patrol on bicycle in Colombo in October. Sri Lanka will unveil its biggest ever war budget on Thursday as it intensifies a military campaign against Tamil separatists, officials said.
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Sri Lanka will unveil its biggest ever war budget on Thursday as it intensifies a military campaign against Tamil separatists, officials said.
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By P. Karunakharan, Colombo, Nov 4 : Sri Lanka Tuesday denied allegations in political circles here of ’secret deals with India’ regarding the military campaign against the Tamil Tigers in the north, and urged people not get misled by such ‘mischievous construction’.
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London - The British, independent Member of Parliament (MP) Andrew Pelling for Croydon Central has rebutted a personal attack posted on the website of the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office at Geneva and on “The official website of the Sri Lankan Government’s Secretariat for co-ordinating the Peace Process”.
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The OIC of the scanning Unit of the Sri Lanka Customs at Grandpass, Colombo 15, K.N.L.Fernando displays a photo print of the scan that exposes a container load of illegal imports including a Rs. 6 million worth brand new Toyota Caravan today after the detection. Pic by Pradeep Dilrukshana — Tuesday, November 04, 2008 1:34:07 […]

UNP which put out its alternate budget proposed to increase the salaries of forces by Rs 40,000, police by Rs 20,000 and public servants by Rs 7500 and pensions by Rs 3500. The party also proposed to replace VAT with a consumer tax. — Tuesday, November 04, 2008 1:23:11 PM
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Nov 05, Colombo: Fitch Ratings Lanka has today upgraded Lanka ORIX Finance Company Ltd’s (LOFIN) National Long-term rating to ‘A-(lka)’ (A minus (lka)) from ‘BBB+(lka)’.
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Nov 05, Colombo: Hayleys MGT Knitting Mills, the largest manufacturer of polyester and polar fleece fabric in Sri Lanka has reported a turnover of US $ 31.9 million for the six months ending September 30, 2008,…
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