08/11/2010
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BBC Sinhala
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has decided to sack deputy minster of highways, Dr. Mervyn Silva, the presidential secretariat confirmed.
07/09/2010
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BBC Sinhala
Sri Lanka’s former President, Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumarathunga, has denied accusations that she influenced the European Union to withdraw the special trade concessions to Sri Lanka.
06/28/2010
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BBC Sinhala
The detained leader of the Tamil Tigers is playing a 'leading role' in helping the government in 'reconciliation process' after the end of the war, representatives of Tamil diaspora say.
05/03/2010
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BBC Sinhala
More than 200,000 of the Sri Lankan diaspora appears to be united in their allegiances in the upcoming UK parliamentary elections.
04/15/2010
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BBC Sinhala
Police in Sri Lanka say they have released 17 soldiers detained on suspicion of killing or attempting to kill journalists and editors.
03/14/2010
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BBC Sinhala
A panel of international lawyers says it is alarmed over reports that human rights activists and reporters are being intimidated in Sri Lanka.
03/12/2010
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BBC Sinhala
The Supreme Court in Sri Lanka has issued notice to the editor of a pro-opposition English weekly to explain the reasons for publishing an article regarded as contempt of court.
02/02/2010
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BBC Sinhala
The Sri Lankan authorities have re-imposed fishing restrictions in Mannar district after the recently concluded presidential elections, fishing community organisations say.
11/21/2009
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BBC Sinhala
It has been six months since the end of the armed conflict in Sri Lanka, but normality has yet to return to the Tamil cultural heartland of Jaffna, activists and former residents say.
11/06/2009
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BBC Sinhala
The Sri Lankan government has admitted that it has room for improvement on its human rights record.