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SL CUISINE ENTICES TOP BUSINESS EXECS IN NY |
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 |
 The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Washington DC, USA in a press release says that on Tuesday, 2nd March, the iconic Time Warner Center in New York witnessed a rare opportunity, where a spicy Sri Lankan feast enticed a large gathering of top executives from the American corporate world. |
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Gampaha UNP stalwarts join UPFA |
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 |
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UNP Western Province Councilor Paul Perera and several UNP stalwarts of Gampaha have joined the Freedom Alliance.
They had met Basil Rajapaksa, the United People’s Freedom Alliance Gampaha District Group leader and pledged their support. |
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China assures continued assistance for Development efforts |
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 |
 A media release of the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Beijing dated 09th March 2010 states that the Chinese Government through its funding arm the Exim Bank, concluded with Sri Lanka a Concessional Funding arrangement to construct the island’s second airport in Mattala at a cost of US $ 190 million while also pledging Concessional financing of US $ 100 million to augment the capacity of the Sri Lankan railway. |
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550m dollar tax-free port zone to attract many foreign firms |
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 |
 Sri Lanka plans to invite overseas and local companies this month to set up operations in a new 550 million Dollar tax-free port zone as the end of the war boosts trade and investment. Companies from Australia, India, China, Russia and Dubai have expressed interest in opening shipbuilding, ship-repair and warehousing facilities at the port in Hambantota. |
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Ugly head of evil forces rising again |
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 |
 "Although the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva has given a positive response about Sri Lanka, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's decision to appoint a panel of experts to advice him on Sri Lanka is totally uncalled for and unwarranted. The Government has vehemently condemned that step. The danger of terrorism has not been eliminated completely and the people must realize this fact", the Minister of Export Development and International Trade, Professor G.L. Peiris said at the weekly cabinet briefing held at the Government Information Department today (10). |
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Opposition’s pledge of preventing Govt 2/3 majority clearly indicates their loss |
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 |
 The Minister of Export Promotion and International Trade Professor G.L. Peiris pointed out that the Opposition pledge of not giving two thirds majority to the Government at the upcoming parliamentary election clearly shows they have already admitted they are not in a position to win it. |
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SL's UK High Commissioner protests over UK MP's comment |
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 |
 Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to London Justice Nihal Jayasinghe lodged a protest over the statement made by British Member of Parliament William Hague at the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) as it tantamounts to legitimization of separation of Sri Lanka. In a letter Justice Jayasighe pointed out that Mr Hague’s statement that the resourcefulness and energy of the Tamil expatriates would be crucial to the success of the GTF was a legitimation of separation. |
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Engaging the Tamil Tigers – Lessons from a failed peace process |
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 |
 An International workshop, themed “Engaging the Tamil Tigers-Lessons from a Failed Peace Process” was held at the World Trade Centre in Colombo recently. The workshop focused attention on the ceasefire agreements entered between the LTTE and the past governments and how those affected the Sri Lankan politics. |
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President stresses the need for an indigenous economy |
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 |
 President Mahinda Rajapaksa has called on the people to prepare themselves to steer the liberated country towards an indigenous economy. |
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Namal Rajapaksa tours Jaffna to support colleagues |
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 |
 Hambantota District Freedom Alliance candidate Namal Rajapaksa is touring Jaffna. |
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Powerful SL delegation to visit Brussels for GSP+ talks |
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 |
 A high ranking Sri Lankan delegation will head to Brussels on March 15 for talks with the European Union (EU) on the GSP plus trade concession and other issues, the Minister of Export Development and International Trade, Professor G.L. Peiris said at the weekly cabinet briefing held at the Government Information Department today (10). |
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Ranminitenna Tele-Cinema village opens end March |
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 |
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The 'Tele Cinema Village' set up in Ranminitenna Hambanthota will be vested in the artistes on the 30th of this month. |
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ASIO rejects several SL refugees who worked for LTTE |
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 |
 Australia said that there are several who worked for the LTTE amongst the Sri Lankan refugees being held in Christmas Islands. |
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Candidates must have temporary ID card |
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 |
 It is compulsory for all candidates who are contesting the general election to have a temporary Identity Card issued for candidates. The Election Commissioner has informed the General Secretaries of parties and independent groups to obtain these IDs urgently as it will be a compulsory requirement to enter the counting centres. The Elections Secretariat has said that these IDs are generally issued during every election. |
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Everyone has an equal opportunity to live in liberty in a unitary state - The SL Army Commander |
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 |
 The Army Commander Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya declared open the civil coordination and public relations office of the Sri Lanka Army in Jaffna today. |
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Sailan Muslim Foundation congratulates Shibly Aziz |
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 |
 The former Attorney-General President’s Counsel Shibly Aziz was congratulated by the Sailan Muslim Foundation for been elected as the President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL). |
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Sujeewa Mudalige reaches the helm at ICASL |
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 |
 The newly appointed President of ICASL Sujeewa Mudalige in his inaugural speech said that the professions were facing new challenges. The era in which the professions asked the public to trust them has now ended. He said that the professionals should now respond to this new challenge. |
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Several exchange controls relaxed from March 11 |
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 |
 Sri Lanka has relaxed several exchange controls relating to opening bank accounts abroad, forward foreign exchange cover and imports margin deposits and pre-payments from 11th March, in the first phase of a foreign exchange liberalization plan announced earlier in the year. |
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Thondaman says they joined UPFA after 17 years with UNP in support of President’s vision |
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 |
 Basil Rajapaksa has said that his aim is to create an environment where all communities could live in peace and harmony in the Gampaha District. |
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5 charges against the General at Court Martial |
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 |
 General Sarath Fonseka will be tried over five charges under the Army Act at a court martial within the next few days. This was revealed by Military Spokesman Major General Prasad Samarasinghe to the media yesterday. |
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Upper Kotmale Hydro Power Project II
"In the last four years our foreign policy was excellent. We followed a foreign policy which was beneficial to Sri Lanka. 
Mahinda Rajapaksa, a powerful and popular head of government and state, has the way cleared for him for the next six years and more. In a recent conversation with N. Ram lasting three-and-a-half hours at Temple Trees in Colombo, he covered, and answered questions on, a range of subjects. Excerpts from his on-the-record comments and responses:
Day and Night a young man went from district to district, day by day across the miles...
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The civil war is mostly over, and Sri Lanka is now stable and safe — and as beautiful, tropical, and friendly as ever. 
President Mahinda Rajapaksa (64), the fifth Executive President of Sri Lanka, was elected for a second term of office in the Presidential Election held yesterday... 
When Sri Lanka's music scene under went a revolution in the 1970s, there were only few men in music... 
A few years ago my daughter, then just five, made a random observation: ‘langak venakal mama hithuwe ratak kiyanne toy ekak kiyala’...
Dinesh Chandrasena, the Sri Lankan Born Designer based in Los Angelese known……
This is not just another Presidential Election. It is not a matter of having or not having the presidency. According to National Freedom Front leader Wimal Weerawansa, today, it is a matter of patriotism and saving the country’s territorial integrity. 