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July 23, Colombo: Positive sentiments were witnessed in the market with indices on a consistent upward move throughout. All Share Price Index (ASPI) shot up by 17.90 points (0.77%) to close the day at 2356.53. Milanka Price Index (MPI) too boosted by 22.37 points (0.81%) to end at 2800.10
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July 23, Colombo: The sacred Madhu statue taken away from its shrine to LTTE controlled area was brought back yesterday across the Omanthai checkpoint to the Madhu Church in Mannar, the military said.
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July 23, Colombo: Sri Lanka Teachers’ Service Trade Union yesterday announced that they will launch a trade union action by not participating in grading national examination papers in September.
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July 23, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s main opposition, the United National Party (UNP) yesterday made an open invitation to the public and all democratic political parties to unite as one front against the government’s election malpractices.
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July 23, Colombo: Sri Lanka Parliament yesterday passed an additional amount of 2.880 billion rupees for the expenses of 2008 SAARC summit which is to be held in the country next week.
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July 23, Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has instructed the Ministry of Power and Energy to charge a concessionary rate for the electricity bills of all religious places in the country.
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July 22, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Minister of Construction and former anti war campaigner Rajitha Senarathne today said that all powers vested with provincial councils by the 13th amendment to the constitution must be given their full force for the country to move forward as one nation.
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July 22, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Opposition, United National Party (UNP) Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe today protested against the appointment of government ministers as heads of the Committees on Public Enterprise (COPE) and of Public Accounts (COPA).
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July 22, Colombo: Six Sri Lankan fishermen stranded at the port of Al Quseir on Egypt’s Red Sea coast have returned home with the help of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
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July 22, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government today rejected the LTTE’s latest announcement declaring a ten-day unilateral ceasefire during the forthcoming SAARC summit.
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