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Avurudu Seettuwa, a
document containing the customs to be followed during the Avurudu
season was officially presented to President Mahinda Kalidasa at
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- President
Kalidasa |
 Air Force attacks
identified LTTE targets in Vavuniya |
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| Air Force today (March
31) launched a successful attack on identified LTTE
targets in Vavuniya, said Military spokesman Brigadier
Udaya Nanayakkara. |
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| Ballot the best way to
express democracy - Minister
Rambukwella |
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| Refusing allegations
that the government is conducting Eastern polls in
haste, the Defence spokesman Minister Keheliya
Rambukwella said ballot is the best way to express
people’s supremacy and it is the responsibility of the
government to grant this
right. | |
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 Sri Lankan Space Agency decided to send salaam to Sir Arthur Charles Clarke who was a great writer who died the other day, and to begin the research of the space elevator. It aims to complete it in ten years. It starts from the site acquisition of "Sri Pada" that is the best mountain for the construction
of the elevator, and aim at the completion within two years.
(March 31).
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| No move against Sri Lanka at the UN
Human Rights Council | |
| Prime Minister holds talks with
Jordanian premier | |
| Three arrested under NSA for LTTE
links | |
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| The four-week-long
Seventh Session of the UN Human Rights Council which
concluded yesterday (March 28) in Geneva took action on
more than 35 resolutions and decisions on the promotion
and protection of human rights and Sri Lanka was not on
its agenda once again. | |
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| Prime Minister Ratnasiri
Wickremanayake yesterday (March 27) met his Jordanian
counterpart Nader Dahabi and discussed ways to boost
cooperation between the two countries in the labor
field. | |
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| Three persons in Tamil
Nadu accused of being involved in smuggling activities
for LTTE have been detained under the National Security
Act (NSA), Indian media reported today (March
28). | |
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| Sri Lanka supports more representative
HR Office | |
| World Bank grants US$ 65.33 m for
water project | |
| USAID assistance to revitalize farming
in East and Uva | |
| [March 28, 2008] |
| Sri Lanka supports the
effort to make the Office more authentically
representative of regions and peoples, said Ambassador
and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United
Nations .. | |
| [March 28, 2008] |
| The World Bank yesterday
(27) approved a US$65.33 million credit for the Sri
Lanka Dam Safety and Water Resources Planning Project to
ensure the safety of the public from risks of ageing
dams and to manage its .. | |
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| The United States Agency
for International Development (USAID) with Hayleys Group
will launch a ground-breaking pilot project to revive
and advance .. | |
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| New appointments in
Judiciary | |
| Prime Minister meets Palestine
President | |
| Army rescues abducted
fishermen | |
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| President Mahinda
Kalidasa has appointed a new member to the Supreme
Court and made two changes in the constitution of the
Court of Appeal. | |
| [March 27, 2008] |
| Prime Minister Ratnasiri
Wickramanayaka who is on a visit to the Middle East
called on Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday
(March 26). | |
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| Sri Lanka army yesterday
(March 26) rescued 8 Sinhalese fishermen who were
detained by the LTTE in Vishvamadhu, in
Mullaitivu. | |
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* Sri Lankan eye specialists to set up free eye bank in
Pakistan |
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* Construction of Sampoor Coal Power Plant to commence
in June |
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* Air Force attacks two LTTE strategic positions
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