Mervin Silva prepared to resign?
Posted on March 9th, 2010: by Administrator 
Dr. Mervin Silva Deputy Minister of Labour vowed he would resign from Parliament if a single member of the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) led by Sarath Fonseka wins a seat at the forth coming General Election in April. He made the above statement speaking to Lankapuvath today.
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Posted on March 9th, 2010: by Administrator 
Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma – (Pix by:Nalin Hewapathirana)
The National celebration of the International Women’s Day was held at Siribopura Singapore Community Hall in Hambantota under the patronage of the President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa on 8th March.
The International Women’s Day falls on today. Women’s contribution to the decade of prosperity in Sri Lanka is the title of this year’s celebration and the first women’s Day which is being celebrated after the eradication of terrorism. President Rajapaksa participated the event and said that the eradication of terrorism was the most valuable gift given to the women in Sri Lanka. He further said that the government has created a healthy condition for women to live with a sense of pride and promised to eradicate drug menace and the poverty which badly affect and depress women in Sri Lanka.
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 Posted on March 8th, 2010: by Administrator 
Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao who met President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Janadhipathi Mandiraya yesterday congratulated the President for his resounding victory at the recent Presidential Election. She observed that so much had taken place for the better in Sri Lanka since she was last here as High Commissioner.
She said the President’s victory gave much cause for confidence and hope for bi-lateral relations between India and Sri Lanka in the future.
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Posted on March 7th, 2010: by Administrator 
News Source: LankaENews
Police media spokesman Priyashantha Jayakody said, following investigations conducted into the disappearance of Journalist Ekneliyagoda by two police teams from Homagama Police led by two Police Inspectors is progressing successfully, and a desirable result can be expected shortly.
Following the leads provided by the several telephone calls, special attention has been focused on them: telephone numbers have been scheduled and inquiries had been held. A successful breakthrough is in the offing, Jayakody added.
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Posted on March 6th, 2010: by Administrator Posted on March 6th, 2010: by Administrator 
Recently, Milinda Moragoda, Minister of Justice and Law Reform, and the leader of the Sri Lanka National Congress (SLNC), a constituent party of the United People’s Freedom Alliance launched a website to to ‘Promote Access to Voting for Sri Lankan’s Abroad.’
While launching www.slnc.org website Minister Milinda Moragoda said the Vote” is a universal human right. In a democracy there is nothing more fundamental than having the right to vote.
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Posted on March 6th, 2010: by Administrator 
Source: Infolanka.com – by Dr. Levins T C Rajaratnam
On the night of March 4 (Thursday) 2010 around 9.45 p.m I used the HNB ATM machine situated next to the Bible Society in Colombo-03. I inserted my Nations Trust Bank ATM card (cirrus) into the machine to withdraw Rs.10,000/=. The words “Transaction in progress” appeared on the screen. A few seconds later the card was ejected with the message on the screen “insert card”. I tried twice and had the same results.
I then informed the security officer on duty and called the HNB hotline. The customer care assistant informed me that nothing could be done until the next morning and to report this matter to the person in charge of ATM at the same branch.
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Posted on March 4th, 2010: by Administrator 
Sri Lanka’s veteran actress and the Queen of Sinhala Cinema Malini Fonseka has been named by CNN as among Asia’s best 25 actors of all time.
Malani Fonseka was nominated on Monday for the best actress award at the Asia Pacific Film Awards ceremony conducted for the third time by the Asia Pacific Cinema Academy, for her role as Sandhya Rani in the Sinhala film Akasa Kusum.
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Posted on March 4th, 2010: by Administrator 
Environmentalist Piyal Parakrama was suddenly taken ill and passed away yesterday (3rd) night say reports. Mr. Piyal Parakrama was a member of a number of associations in several sectors. Some time back he was a member of the Executive Committee of the ‘Harithe’ Party (Green Party).
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Posted on March 4th, 2010: by Administrator 
Media Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeyawardana says that the Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe has still not realized his role in the politics and always makes statements which don’t fit for an experienced politician like him.
At a press briefing in Colombo yesterday, the Media Minister said that a statement, he (Mr. Wickremasighe) made about national cricket player and United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) candidate for Matara district Sanath Jayasuriya should be withdrawn by the Opposition Leader.
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Posted on March 4th, 2010: by Administrator 
COLOMBO (AFP) – China has emerged as Sri Lanka’s biggest single lender in 2009, overtaking the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, the treasury said Wednesday.
China lent 1.2 billion dollars to build roads, a coal power project and a port in the island’s south last year, more than half the total of 2.2 billion dollars in foreign aid in 2009.
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Posted on March 3rd, 2010: by Administrator |
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