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| | North to get more industrial villages |
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| | 2010-09-08 01:51:58
Plans are under way to open more industrial
villages in the North, Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development
Minister Douglas Devananda said. |
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| | President orders full scale survey |
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| | 2010-09-08 01:13:25
President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday directed
officials to conduct a full scale survey on inoperative rice processing centres
including the Vanni rice processing mill and bring them back to operational
level soon. |
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| | PM presents 18th Amendment Bill in House |
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| | 2010-09-08 01:08:04
Prime Minister D M Jayaratne presented the
Bill titled 18th Amendment to the Constitution in Parliament yesterday amidst
disturbances and point of orders raised by Opposition members against the Bill. |
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| | Cabinet approves loans for resettled |
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| | 2010-09-08 01:02:11
Minister of Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms
D. E. W. Gunasekera said that he had obtained Cabinet approval to grant Micro
financing for self employment and housing loans to the lowest segments of the
Tamil society in the North and East. |
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| | Issue of National Identity Cards streamlined |
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| | 2010-09-08 00:53:42
The Department of Registration of Persons has
streamlined the issuing of National Identity Cards to citizens above 16 years
to ensure a better service to the public under new Commissioner General Jagath
P Wijeweera. |
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| | Computers no substitute for books, newspapers
- US envoy |
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| | 2010-09-08 00:45:11
A computer can never be a substitute for a
book or a newspaper, US Ambassador Patricia Buttenis said. |
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| | US Ambassador commends Govt. dedication to end
human trafficking |
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| | 2010-09-06 23:25:23
Over the past few years, the Sri Lankan
Government has endeavoured to increase public awareness about human
trafficking, to improve law enforcement efforts, and to increase budget
allocations for anti-trafficking activities, stated the U.S. Ambassador,
Patricia Butenis. |
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| | Indian Army Chief commends Govt |
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| | 2010-09-06 23:20:17
Indian Army Chief of Staff General Vijay Kumar
Singh yesterday stated that the Government of Sri Lanka has performed a
commendable task in bringing back the livelihoods of the war affected people in
North and East to normalcy. |
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| | 2010-09-06 23:16:13
All Government Sinhala and Tamil schools,
including those used for the GCE Advanced Level examination third stage
assessment of answer scripts will reopen today for the third term. |
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| | Marriage, death certificates within minutes |
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| | 2010-09-06 23:10:16
The marriage and death certificate of persons
could be obtained in 10 minutes at any Divisional Secretariat in the island,
Public Administration Minister W D J Seneviratne said addressing the All Ceylon
Government Agents' convention at the Jaffna Secretariat yesterday. |
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| | Tamil diaspora should be encouraged to invest
here |
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| | 2010-09-06 23:06:25
John Keells Group Chairman Susantha Ratnayake
yesterday said a concerted effort should be taken by the public and private
sector to encourage the Tamil diaspora to make investments in the country
particularly in the North and the East. |
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| | Teachers should dedicate themselves for the
well being of Students.- PRESIDENT |
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| | 2010-09-06 02:07:52
President Mahinda Rajapaksa Saturday urged the
teachers in the Uva Region to work for the betterment of the student
population. |
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| | Constitutional reforms to enable rapid
development - Minister Wimal Weerawansa |
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| | 2010-09-06 01:52:34
The Government will amend the Constitution to
fulfil the aspirations of the people through social transformation and
sustainable development, said Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and
Common Amenities Minister Wimal Weerawansa inaugurating the second phase of the
Nagamu Puravara program in and around Colombo. |
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| | Rs.10 million worth leather factory for
Vadamarachchi |
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| | 2010-09-06 01:44:38
A new leather factory at cost of 10 Million
rupees is to be set up in Vadamarachchi under "Mahinda Chintana: Rekiya
Bihidora" Programme. |
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| | Indian Army Chief arrives in Colombo to a
rousing welcome |
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| | 2010-09-06 00:27:16
Heralding a new era of military cooperation,
regional understanding and further promoting mutual bonds of long-lasting
friendship between India and Sri Lanka, General Vijay Kumar Singh PVSM, AVSM,
YSM, ADC, Chief of Army Staff, Indian Army, along with a high-level Army
delegation, arrived in Sri Lanka Sunday (5) afternoon to a rousing reception,
accorded by his Sri Lankan counterpart at the Colombo International Airport. |
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| | 2010-09-06 00:19:31
Schools will reopen for the third term
tomorrow. Schools used as GCE A/L and Grade Five scholarship paper marking
centres will not reopen tomorrow, Education Ministry, sources said. |
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| | Language problem would be solved only if
people learn both Sinhala and Tamil- Minister Devananda |
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| | 2010-09-05 23:03:41
Students studying at the Colombo University selected
from Mullaitivu and Killinochchi district met with the Traditional Industries
and Small Enterprise Development Minister and EPDP Secretary General Douglas
Devananda on Saturday evening (04.09.2010) and held a discussion.(Photos are inserted)
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| | From Tiger jackboot to freedom |
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| | 2010-09-05 00:49:44
For Muthurasa Sivanesarasa age is no barrier
to catch up with him lost opportunities. At 25 he was studying in the Advanced
Level class. He had to shift from his favourite field - medicine to
agriculture. |
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| | Sri Lanka war crimes panel gets lost in
translation |
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| | 2010-09-04 09:34:04
Translation of Douglas Devananda's speech was
at times on a virtually word-by-word basis |
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| | 2010-09-04 09:16:44
A Chennai-based Sri Lankan Tamil refugee has
been arrested on charges of planning trafficking of more than 50 Sri Lankan
Tamils, some of them from refugee camps in the state, to Australia, the police
said today.
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