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| Ministry monitors security of Sri Lankans living in South Korea |
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The Ministry of External Affairs says that they are monitoring the situation in the Korean peninsula and are paying close attention to the security of Sri Lankans living in South Korea.
The Ministry said that it is monitoring the situation through the Sri Lankan Embassy in South Korea as well as the Sri Lankan Embassy in China.
The Ministry of External Affairs notes that steps have been taken to ensure the safety of the Sri Lankan migrant workers residing in Korea in case of an emergency situation.
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| Indian parliamentary delegation to arrive |
| 2013-04-08 |
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An Indian parliamentary delegation is set to arrive in the country on an official visit on Monday.
Director General of the Communication Division attached to the Ministry of External Affairs Rodney Perera said that the group of Indian Parliamentarians will arrive in the country for a three day visit.
The Ministry said that the Indian delegation will discuss and share views on the recent tensions that have arisen in South India with regard to the issues pertaining to Sri Lanka.
In addition, a visit to the N
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| Another Sri Lankan hurt in Saudi Arabia |
| 2013-04-08 |
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Newsfirst received information on another woman who has arrived in the country from employment in Saudi with serious injuries to her spine.
The victim Sathasivam Dilushini is a resident of the Kirulapura area in Kirulapone.
She has left for employment in Saudi on October 9 last year through a private job agency.
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| Private security officer arrested on bribery charges |
| 2013-04-08 |
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A private security officer from a state ministry in Peliyagoda was arrested on bribery charges.
A senior police officer in Peliyagoda said that information has to come to light that the suspect had attempted to obtained a bribe of Rs.125,000 from a school principal for being involved in a court case.
He also said that special Investigations are to be carried out into the incident.
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| What Is Sri Lanka? |
| 2013-04-08 |
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“The history or the future of Sri Lanka does not belong to any group”. Ranasinghe Premadasa (Speech on 12.11.1990)
Character can be fate, for both individuals and collectives. The answer to where Sri Lanka is headed depends, at least in part, on what Sri Lanka is.
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| Inter Communal Tensions A Setback For National Reconciliation |
| 2013-04-08 |
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Sri Lanka’s attempts at National Reconciliation have received a major setback with the latest inter-communal tensions in several parts of the country. Picking up the pieces after a protracted and debilitating civil war that drained national resources for over three decades would be a daunting task for any country. If it is a country which is on the bottom half of the economic ladder the task of rebuilding becomes that much more difficult. Moreover, creating new problems for ourselves would mean facilitating a situation which impede
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| Politicking for Colombo VC post |
| 2013-04-08 |
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The process to appoint a Vice Chancellor to the University of Colombo has run into a storm with the university academics writing to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, conveying concern over the apparent politicization of the appointment process.
This has come in the wake of media reports that the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) University Teachers' Union has approached powerful Defence Secretary, Gotabhaya Rajapaska, to seek his blessing for the candidacy of Dr. Prathiba Mahanamahewa for the post of Vice Chancellor of the U
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| BBS Shifts To Agriculture, Community Development |
| 2013-04-08 |
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In an interesting development, the Bodu Bala Sena plans to expand its focus beyond religion, to encompass everything from agriculture to community development.
Marking the group’s first anniversary, the Bodu Bala Sena said it would carry out social integration programmes between Christians, Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists.
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| UNP Backs Probe On Matale Grave |
| 2013-04-08 |
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The UNP states that the government should conduct a comprehensive investigation regarding the mass grave in Matale and bring those responsible to justice.
Forensics had recently found that the skeletal remains found at the Matale mass grave were of people either shot dead or murdered in some other way during the 1987 – 89 period.
“There is a government that is in power and if there are any suspicions then the government should conduct an investigation to ascertain the truth about it.
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| Refugee families abandoned in mid-sea rescued |
| 2013-04-08 |
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Lured by the promise of safe haven in Australia, but abandoned in the mid-sea, 120 Tamil refugees from across various Sri Lankan refugee camps in the State were rescued from a stranded fishing boat off the Velankanni coast on Saturday.
The mechanised fishing trawler was abandoned by the boat’s master some of Nagapattinam, defence sources said in Chennai.
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