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| Sri Lanka to sign MoU with Saudi Arabia to protect housemaids |
| 2013-03-06 |
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Sri Lanka's Foreign Employment and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera said the MoU will be signed soon with the Saudi Arabian government, adding that similar MoU had already been signed with the Oman and Kuwaiti governments.
"For the first time ever the Saudi Arabian government has agreed to sign a MoU with Sri Lanka regarding migrant workers after it had repeatedly rejected such requests in the past. The MoU will include the welfare measures necessary to protect Sri Lankan migrant workers," Perera said.
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| Man sets himself ablaze; pro-Tamil groups stage protests |
| 2013-03-06 |
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As UNHRC is set to take up the US- sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka, a 41-year-old man in Tamil Nadu today attempted self immolation and various pro- Tamil groups staged protests demanding action against Sri Lanka for alleged war crimes.
Mani, a social worker of coastal Nallavadu village in Cuddalore district, doused himself with petrol and set himself ablaze at the Collectorate complex, raising slogans against Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse and demanding that he be tried in the International Court of Justice for all
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| Work constructively with int’l community-UN Chief to SL |
| 2013-03-05 |
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UN Chief Ban Ki-moon has highlighted the importance of Sri Lankan government to work constructively with the international community towards national reconciliation.
The UN Chief highlighted this during a meeting with five ambassadors, who handed an observation report on Sri Lanka to the UN Chief in New York.
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| GMOA to dissolve National Hospital branch |
| 2013-03-05 |
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The Central Working Committee of the of the GMOA has given its approval for the dissolving of the GMOA's National Hospital branch.
Media spokesperson of the GMOA Dr. Naveen de Soysa said that the working committee that convened Sunday arrived at this decision.
The reason for the dissolving of the GMOA branch of the National Hospital is that the doctors of the hospital engaged in a token strike last Friday.
The doctors engaged in this strike charging that doctors were transferred from the hosp
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| Monks protest against demolition of Seemamalakaya |
| 2013-03-05 |
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A group including Buddhist monks engaged in a protest in Peradeniya on Sunday against the demolition of a Seemamalakaya.
This protest was organised against the demolition of the Warathenna Seemamalakaya that belongs to the Kandyan Amarapura Sect, in order to construct a private hydro power plant.
The protestors charged that the demolition of this Seemamalakaya which has a historical value is an act against the Sasana.
According to Dr. Ven. Kandagolle Sumanarasinghe Thera, this Seemamalakaya which is sit
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| Practice exams for G.C.E. O/Ls to commence |
| 2013-03-05 |
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Practice exams for last year‘s Ordinary Level examinations will commence today.
The Commissioner General of examinations, W.M.N.J. Pushpakumara said,the exams will be held from March 4 to 14.
The Commissioner General of Examinations said 150,000 students will be sitting for the O/L practicle examinations under subjects of music, dancing, and drama.
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| International community is envious of SL - Mahinda Amaraweera |
| 2013-03-05 |
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Minister of Disaster Management Mahinda Amaraweera says that international community is envious that Sri Lanka was able to conclude the war.
The Minister expressed this-view at an event held in Tangalle on Saturday.
''We all know that all the western nations are working against our country and our soldiers who fought to end the war. When instead they should be thinking that because of this five.... around 10,000 or even more than 20,000 lives were saved. The international community should actually praise
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| US pleased with progress in North and East Envoys tell Minister Basil Rajapaksa |
| 2013-03-05 |
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The Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator(SDAA) of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Denise Rollins has expressed her satisfaction over the development work done in the Northern and Eastern Provinces. She said there would be greater job opportunities in the two areas through tax-free investments.
She made these observations when she met Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapakasa at his Ministry office last week to discuss Sri Lanka s development programmes. The USAID official is confident that
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| Six arrested for illegal entry |
| 2013-03-05 |
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Six persons alleged to have illegally entered the Sri Lankan maritime border from India, have been arrested by a group of officers attached to the Sun Village Gajapa Navy Camp in Talaimannar last morning, the Police Media Unit told Ceylon Today Online.
The suspects, who were arrested close to the Sixth sand barrier in Talaimannar, have now been handed over to the Taliamannar Police for legal action.
The arrested persons include two Indians, Three Sri Lankan women and a man.
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