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| National flag does not belong to only one particular race, says President |
| 2013-02-05 |
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His Excellency President Mahinda Rajapaksa says the national flag does not belong to only one particular race but signifies our motherland.
He made this statement at an event held in Trincomalee yesterday.
An event was held yesterday under auspices of Mahinda Rajapaksa,where The "Wisal" water supply project was vested to the public.
This service will be provided to the areas of Kantale, Thambalagamuwa, Kinniya and the Trincomalee town.
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| Cut-off mark due to be released this week |
| 2013-02-05 |
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The University Grants Commission says that the cut off mark for university entrance of the 2011 A/L examination is due to be released this week.
The Chairperson of the University Grants Commission Professor Kshenika Hiburegama says that all procedures in this regard have been completed.
The court case regarding the 2011 A/L examinations results is to be taken up in courts on the 6th of this month.
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| Indpendence Day Celebrations - over 100 foreign state officials participate |
| 2013-02-05 |
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The Ministry of External Affairs said that more than arrived in the country to participate in the Independence Day celebrations.
Director General of the Public Communication Unit Rodney Perera said that a number of officials from the Commissioner's office in New Delhi, India are also among them.
He added that a group including the Speaker of Hungary will also attend the event.
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| Sri Lanka Leader Rules out Autonomy for Tamils |
| 2013-02-05 |
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Sri Lanka's president on Monday ruled out giving Tamils greater political autonomy, appearing to back away from his long-stalled promise to empower the ethnic minority as part of the country's reconciliation process following a bloody quarter-century civil war.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa made his about-face despite growing international pressure to compromise with the defeated minority and to investigate allegations of war crimes.
Sri Lanka is expected to face questions from the U.N. Human Rights Council in
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| Sri Lanka frees 1,200 prisoners on Independence Day |
| 2013-02-05 |
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(IANS) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Monday granted amnesty to 1,200 prisoners on the country's 65th Independence Day, Xinhua reported.
The prisoners were released at a ceremony held in Colombo's Welikada prison.
Those released were serving minor sentences and some of them had not been able to pay their fines.
The amnesty did not apply to those convicted for murder, drug offences, rape and armed robbery, officials said.
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| Uni admission: Standardisation going out |
| 2013-02-05 |
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The district quota system introduced under the standardization of university admissions is presently under review for the introduction of a novel system in conformity with recommendations by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), officials said.The standardization of admission criteria was introduced in 1973/74, and it was roundly opposed by the Tamil polity. Political analysts even cited it as a reason, among others, for the advent of Tamil militancy.Currently, 40 percent of students are admitted in island wide m
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| I will train my right hand says left-handed Achala |
| 2013-02-05 |
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A fall, a fracture and a young life changes forever.
Twenty-three-year-old W.K. Achala Priyadharshani was taking a break at home in Urubokka from her arduous studies at the Law Faculty of the University of Colombo. She would be sitting the final examination in June and being boarded in Colombo the break in January was a good opportunity for her to see her father. She had not seen her mother in a while as she was toiling in Lebanon to uplift the family fortunes, even as her father worked the fields back home.
Courage
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| Solheim Returned To Sri Lanka ‘Empty-Handed’ And Urged GSL To Take A ‘Bold Step’ |
| 2013-02-05 |
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“Norwegian Special Envoy Erik Solheim has returned to Sri Lanka ‘empty-handed,’ Dhanapala said, with no fresh initiative to offer from the Tigers. (Note: Solheim arrived in Sri Lanka September 14 and will depart o/a September 17. End note.) According to Dhanapala, Solheim has urged the GSL to take a ‘bold step’–which Dhanapala interpreted to mean accept the Tigers’ controversial proposal for an interim administration as a basis for resumed negotiations–but could not offer the GSL any
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| "No one can challenge Muslim commitment to patriotism" - M. M. Zuhair, PC |
| 2013-02-05 |
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Former Sri Lanka envoy to Iran M. M. Zuhair PC yesterday declared that the Muslim community looked forward to strengthening unity amongst the people and enhancing respect for the dignity of the human being, as the country celebrates 65th Freedom Day.
"There are a few trying to threaten this unity and damage the peaceful co-existence which had existed between Muslims and the other communities in this country for over 1,000 years. Fortunately they comprise less than 1% of the country’s population," former MP and
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| Rights group seeks release of 2 students |
| 2013-02-05 |
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Amnesty International, a London based international human rights group, is campaigning for the release of two Jaffna university students who are under police custody.
The two students were among four boys arrested by the Terrorist Investigations Division in December last year following a tensed situation which arose in the Jaffna University.
It was reported that they were arrested due to their alleged involvement in a petrol bomb attack on the office of a local political organisation, as well as their involvement in
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