WikiLeaks: Mahinda, The Right Leader To Make Progress On A Solution To Ethnic Problem – US

“PDAS Steven Mann, accompanied by Ambassador and Pol Chief, met Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa on March 8. Gothabaya, noting that an overwhelming majority of Sinhalese Buddhists had voted for Mahinda Rajapaksa in 2005, told us that his brother’s popularity among the majority community was

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‘Mahasen’ no more

The Meteorology Department had decided not to use the name “Mahasen” any longer for the cyclone that moving away from the country. Following the various pressures received, the department had decided to remove the name from the cyclone, according to sources. However, the department decline

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Dalai Lama criticises Lankan monks

The Dalai Lama has implored Buddhist monks in Myanmar and Sri Lanka to put an end to a series of recent attacks on Muslims in their countries, the Associated Press reported today. The Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader spoke Tuesday night about religious violence when asked questions following a s

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I still have a bit of cricket left in me: Mahela

Sri Lanka cricket Captain Mahela Jayawardane said that he had a ‘bit of cricket’ left in him. “I feel that I have a bit of cricket left in me, but that said, it’s always good to look back and introspect,” Jayawardane told Wisden India, when he was asked if it was the right time to look bac

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IMF help to restructure CEB, CPC, SriLankan and Mihin

A high level International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation yesterday pledged its full cooperation and assistance to introduce an extensive tax reform formula to Sri Lanka. At a meeting with COPE Chairman D.E.W. Gunasekara, the delegation said IMF would help restructure four major loss making state

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Walk the talk and go home: Ravi tells Wimal

United National Party (UNP) parliamentarian Ravi Karunanayake referring to the separate May Day rally and the speech made by Minister Wimal Weerawansa challenged him to “walk the talk” and go home. At a May Day rally Minister Weerawansa claimed that his portfolio was of little value to him an

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Police arrest student who drugged and sold classmate for sex

A fifteen-year-old student attending an international school and an Afghan National were ordered remanded until May 14 by Mount Lavinia Additional Magistrate Ruchira Weliwatte, allegedly for raping a 16-year-old school girl of the same school. The two suspects were arrested following a joint oper

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Millions attend May Day rallies in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Millions of Sri Lankans took to the streets in capital Colombo to celebrate May Day in style on Wednesday with President Mahinda Rajapaksa telling the nation that his policies have brought economic gains for the common people. An estimated 2 million people flocked to Co

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SL housemaid and her lover caught in act

A citizen called police when he discovered his Sri Lankan housemaid allowed her compatriot boyfriend to spend the night in her sponsor’s house, says Al-Seyassah. The complainant told police he was heading to the kitchen late at night when he heard strange voices from the housemaid’s room. He

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