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Friday, 03 July 2009 |
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President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday told the Development and Reconciliation Committee (DRC) meeting that all the parties should leave the past aside and unite to rebuild the nation without racial and other differences. The President said time was ripe to look for similarities among the communities rather than differences. |
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 |
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The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation has increased fuel prices from midnight yesterday. Accordingly Petrol (90 Octane) has been increased by Rs. 10, Petrol (95 Octane) by Rs. 15, Diesel by Rs. 3, Kerosene and Furnace oil by Rs. 1, the Government Information Department said. |
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 |
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The Government announced that the price of Laugfs gas was increased by Rs 100, and that of Shell gas reduced by Rs 53 from midnight yesterday. |
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Tuesday, 30 June 2009 |
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The Defence Ministry yesterday banned the use of the ‘war heroes’ tag for the campaigning for the forthcoming elections. |
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Sunday, 28 June 2009 |
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Minister of Consumer Affairs Bandula Gunawardena today said his advice to consumers was not to consume expensive vegetables, but to purchase less expensive vegetables to overcome the issue of excessive prices. |
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Saturday, 27 June 2009 |
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LOS ANGELES: Speculation mounted yesterday that Michael Jackson's fatal heart attack might have been brought on by an injection of painkilling drugs after a rehearsal for the pop star's comeback concerts in London, dubbed "the final curtain". |
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Saturday, 27 June 2009 |
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UNP parliamentarian Ravi Karunanayake was yesterday served summons to appear before the Colombo High Court on July 13 on charges of having violated the Central Bank regulations and the Exchange Control Act by helping a non Sri Lankan to deposit foreign currency in a private bank. |
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Friday, 26 June 2009 |
Lankan envoy found dead in Sanaa HotelMohammed Rasooldeen | Arab News
RIYADH: Sri Lankan Ambassador to the Kingdom Abdul Ageed Mohamed Marleen was found dead in his hotel room in Sanaa where he was attending a regional conference on Tuesday.
Marleen, 73, was in the Yemeni capital to attend a meeting of the Indian Ocean Rim-Association for Regional Cooperation that started on Sunday.
Manisha Gunasekera, who was representing the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry at the conference, said Marleen did not turn up for a session on Tuesday morning and his prolonged absence prompted the authorities to open his room with the help of Sanaa police. “They found him dead in his bed,” said Gunasekera. |
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Thursday, 25 June 2009 |
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Taking a swipe at the slow construction work of the proposed highways Plantation Industries Minister D.M. Jayaratne said in Parliament yesterday that delays in constructing these highways were unjustifiable. |
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Wednesday, 24 June 2009 |
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While admitting that U.S. individuals have committed crimes in Iraq and elsewhere the US State Department yesterday asserted that those crimes were committed by “individuals” and the outcry those actions have caused back in the U.S. illustrate just how repugnant the American people find them. |
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