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Another Ceylinco big shot
vanishes
Deputy Chairman of the Ceylinco Educational and Financial
Services Group, K.A.S. Jayatissa has left the country...
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UNP rebellion far from over
Even though UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe appears to have
beaten back yet...
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Costly embassies may face the axe
Foreign Ministry officials are perturbed over a decision to fill
the ambassador’s post in Poland as this station was earmarked...
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Battle in progress
Troops of 58 Division, spearheading the battle in
Puthukkudduyiruppu East March 19 withstood intense resistance
from the terrorists but continued piercing terror defences
inflicting heavy damages to the enemy
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Other Rubella vaccinated students
recovering
The 26 other students who were admitted to Matara General
Hospital following...
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Clergy expects to recover Golden Key
money
With increasing criticism about Buddhist monks and Catholic
priests depositing colossal...
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Gampaha tops the WPC election violation
list
Election monitoring bodies claimed yesterday that the Gampaha
District has become...
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Baiz faces expulsion
With the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC)
determined to take tough disciplinary action against Deputy
Livestock Minister Kamarudeen Abdul Baiz, for accepting Sri
Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) membership, he is likely to lose his
Parliamentary seat.
The SLMC high command is expected to meet today in Colombo to
discuss the course of action to be taken against Baiz.
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Firing Line
Preposterous is not the
word
As the striped variety reaches the nadir of no
return, their covert backers too are in desperate rear
guard actions, including spreading preposterous
propaganda against Sri Lanka. One rag in the peninsula
way had even gone to the extent of publishing a page one
lead story claiming that security forces were intent on
killing 100,000 Tamils to curb the problem. Another that
is gaining currency by word of mouth is that Tamil
women...
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Salutations to soldiers
 A special meeting was held on March 17
at the Boyaganey Infantry regiment camp in Kurunagela between
Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, Public Security, Law and
Order Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and the relatives of the family
members of the soldiers who laid their lives to the motherland.
During this meeting Secretary of Defence stated that the
President, Government and the people of the country join
with him in expressing their gratitude...
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Today is World Water Day
 Today is World Water Day, designated as the day to focus
attention on the importance of fresh water and to advocate its
sustainable management, as the very survival of mankind depends
on water.
The availability and quality of water are increasingly under
strain. In such a context, the Ministry of Water Supply and
Drainage has an immense responsibility to provide clean water to
the whole nation.
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Mahinda recovering slowly
The condition of Minster of Posts and Telecommunications Mahinda
Wijesekara who is still in the ICU of the Colombo National
Hospital has slightly improved although he is yet to gain
complete consciousness, Director of the Colombo National
Hospital, Dr. Hector Weerasinghe said last night.
Speaking to The Nation, Dr Weerasinghe said although the
minister’s condition...
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Mother, two daughters found dead
in a well
The bodies of a young mother and her two daughters were
recovered from a deep well at Dalipotha, Gokarella yesterday
morning.
An officer of the Gokarella Police identified the mother to be
28-year-old Herath Mudiyanselage Jeewani Deepika Herath along
with her two daughters, seven-year-old Dahanayake Mudiyanselage
Rashmi Dahara Indrarathna and two-year-old Dahanayake
Mudiyanselage Warsha Sathsarani Indrarathna.
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Leadership struggle within the kraal
 The circus that is now the United National Party (UNP) is,
apparently, going from one performance to another - this week saw the
umpteenth leadership struggle to oust Opposition Leader Ranil
Wickremesinghe, and the appointment of yet another committee, to try and
sort out the resulting mess.
From what transpired during the course of this week, only two issues are
certain. Firstly, Ranil Wickremesinghe is hell bent on staying put, no
matter what. Secondly, his detractors within the party, do not seem to
tire of trying to usurp his position, even if their attempts...
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UNP
party leader gets fiery send off
Tuesday March 17 proved to be a historic day for the country's oldest
political party. For the first time in the United National Party's 62
year history, a no confidence motion had been brought against the leader
of the party.
It was the UNP Deputy Secretary Lakshman Seneviratne who submitted the
no-confidence motion against UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe at a
committee room in Parliament where the party’s Parliamentary group
members were meeting.
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PARK & RIDE Hope springs eternal
 The City Liner service is a week old and, despite many
inquiries, the numbers remain discouraging. The parking lot is
almost empty, but hope still runs fresh. “We need more time. It
will take at least three months, before it takes off. People are
reluctant to change, and this is something that needs to grow
naturally. Lifestyle changes are difficult, and even though, we
have had many inquiries, it has not transformed the people.
However, we are confident...
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The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) that has defied a Supreme
Court order, to remove, with immediate effect, all unauthorised
hoardings and structures within city limits, is liable for
‘Contempt of Court.’
Several newspapers have highlighted irregularities within the
CMC, especially, in relation to displaying advertisements in
public, to no avail.
It has been reported time and again, of hoardings being
indiscriminately erected on roads and streets and also being a
public nuisance...
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Harbhajan six gives India
historic win
India broke a 33-year drought when a six-wicket haul by Harbhajan
Singh spun them to a 10-wicket victory over New Zealand in the
first Test here Saturday.
Harbhajan’s 6-63 wizardry, following an iconic 160 by Sachin
Tendulkar, formed the cornerstone of India’s first Test success
in New Zealand since 1976.
They wrapped the game up with more than a day to spare
after New Zealand were all out in their second innings
for 279, and India knocked off the required...
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Point Blank
New cricket
administration under scrutiny
Sri Lanka Cricket’s new interim committee headed
by former leg-spinner DS de Silva was straight away put under
the microscope in the most bizarre fashion when one of its
employees barged in to the inaugural conference they had with
the media last Wednesday breaking all protocol and trying to use
the forum to present his side of the story.
This employee who had survived under several previous cricket
administrations has been under the spotlight from the media for
his nefarious activities which have so far gone unheeded giving
the individual a sense of self-imposed power that he is
‘untouchable’ and that he could get away with anything under the
sun.
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 Ruwan Wijewardene wants to revive UNP
Born in 1975, Ruwan Wijewardene, a scion of two political
dynasties Senanayake and Jayewardene/Wickremesinghe- has entered
the Provincial Council fray on the UNP ticket, for the Gampaha
District. He is hoping that, at this election, UNP voters of the
Western Province will use their vote “because the loss suffered
by the party, in the Central and Wayamba Provinces, was due to
low voter turnout”, he argues.. “In this election, I hope, they
do cast their votes and show the Government that there can be a
change. Right now, Government propaganda is just playing the
card that the UNP is now a defunct party. It’s not. The UNP will
always be there. It’s a party that can never be destroyed.
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war-Nawagamuwa
 The Western Provincial Council (WPC) election is crucial for the
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP). It has been on the trail of a
string of election losses ever since they broke treaty with the
ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA). Hence, it is
imperative for them to gain better results in the Western
Province if they envisage any sort of viable political future
for the once resilient revolutionary party. The party’s Colombo
District Group Leader Duminda Nawagamuwa is confident that the
JVP will fare better in the WPC elections...
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