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Wild elephant kills man
Friday, 18 May 2012, 20:30
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(Colombo-Lankapuvath) A man has been killed by a wild elephant  today (18) morning at the D2 Ela junction in Aralaganwila, Police said.
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Sri Lanka to abolish duty free vessel imports
Friday, 18 May 2012, 20:15 (Colombo-Lankapuvath) Introducing a much sought after measure of relief to Sri Lanka’s boating industry, the country will now introduce tax on...
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Mysterious death of hotel worker
Friday, 18 May 2012, 19:30 (Colombo-Lankapuvath) A member of staff of the Hotel Kandalama in Dambulla has been died at the hotel premises in a mysterious manner yesterday ,...
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169 kg of cannabis found from Wilpattu
Friday, 18 May 2012, 18:45 (Colombo-Lankapuvath) 169 KGs of cannabis were discovered from the Wilpattu Forest  by the police at Rajanganaya .   Suspects are yet to be...
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40kg of ganja mixed pills found
Friday, 18 May 2012, 18:00
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(Colombo-Lankapuvath) An unauthorized Ayurvedic Medical Store  at Pahan Junction area in Hanwella has been raided yesterday (17) by the Nugegoda...
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Drunken husband beats wife and father-in-law
Friday, 18 May 2012, 17:30
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(Colombo-Lankapuvath) A drunken man, a resident of Ranawana, Katugastota, has ruthlessly assaulted his wife and  father-in-law and has set his...
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Pharmacy air-condition status pursued
Friday, 18 May 2012, 16:00 (Colombo Lankapuvath) Health officials are conducting visits to pharmacies countrywide to confirm that all pharmacies are air-conditioned as per the...
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Train compartments to be increased
Friday, 18 May 2012, 15:30
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(Colombo Lankapuvath) The number of train compartments in trains that carry more passengers like 'Sagarika'(Colombo-Matara) will be increased...
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Ex-LTTE cadres into self-employment
Friday, 18 May 2012, 15:00 A large number of rehabilitated LTTE cadres will go in for self-employment projects to be independent income generators,Rehabilitation sources said....
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GL MEETS WITH WHITE HOUSE NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM
Friday, 18 May 2012, 14:30 (Colombo-Lankapuvath)  Sri Lanka’s Minister of External Affairs, met with top U.S. national security and trade officials Thursday to build...
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Upper Kotmale ready by June!
Friday, 18 May 2012, 14:00
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(Colombo-Lankapuvath) The Upper Kotmale Hydro Power project is scheduled to be completed by June, Power and Energy Ministry sources said.   They...
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Pilot project for carbonic manure
Friday, 18 May 2012, 13:30 (Colombo-Lankapuvath) A pilot project to produce carbonic manure for agriculture development was launched in the Anuradhapura district,Agriculture...
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President declares open Info Center
Friday, 18 May 2012, 12:51 (Colombo-Lankapuvath) President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared open the new Information Center at Battaramulla to enable the public to access information...
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PSC only option for solution to ethnic crisis
Friday, 18 May 2012, 12:45 (Colombo-Lankapuvath) The proposed Parliamentary Select Committee(PSC) is the only option to find a durable solution to the ethnic crisis, claimed...
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Victory Day open to public
Friday, 18 May 2012, 12:15
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The Victory Day parade tomorrow, marked for the third consecutive year will be freely open to the public.  
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Fonseka given conditional bail
Friday, 18 May 2012, 11:47
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(Colombo Lankapuvath)Sarath Fonseka was today given conditional bail and released by the High Court over the case for harboring army deserters during...
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Heroin distribution in Colombo cracked
Friday, 18 May 2012, 11:30
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(Colombo Lankapuvath) Police have cracked the heroin distribution network in Colombo with several key figures been arrested over the past two weeks,...
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Lankan scholar attacked in India
Friday, 18 May 2012, 11:12 (Colombo Lankapuvath)A PhD scholar from Sri Lanka, who was pursuing her research at National Dairy Research Institute, (NDRI), Karnal in India was...
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Queen Elizabeth in wax
(Colombo-Lankapuvath)Having a wax image in London’s Madame Tussauds museum is nothing new for Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II. The latest image, unveiled yesterday in honour of the mo Readmore


Gota's War...
(Colombo-Lankapuvath) Well known newspaper Columnist and senior Journalist,C.A.Chandraprema who authored the book  -Gota's War-  presenting the first copy to President Mahinda Rajapak Readmore


article thumbnailPoverty alleviation programme to strengthened
18 May 2012, 11:00
article thumbnailSri Lanka ‘poised to open embassy’ in Bahrain
18 May 2012, 10:54
article thumbnailA special public entrance at Victory Day celebrations
18 May 2012, 10:30
article thumbnailHealth Minister to attend Commonwealth Health Ministers summit
18 May 2012, 10:00
article thumbnailNo foreign teachers to serve in SL education system
18 May 2012, 09:30
article thumbnailTwo trains collide:Over 25 injured
18 May 2012, 09:15
article thumbnailScattered rains in some parts of the island
18 May 2012, 08:30
article thumbnailSarath Fonseka:President gets Cabinet approval
17 May 2012, 20:11
article thumbnailBoost to coconut cultivation
17 May 2012, 18:30
article thumbnailProtection of monuments and artifacts
17 May 2012, 17:45
article thumbnailMobile Phone use on the rise
17 May 2012, 17:00
article thumbnailJaffna Municipal bans Massage Clinics
17 May 2012, 16:15
article thumbnailMore tourists this month
17 May 2012, 15:30
article thumbnailTrain accident:Man killed
17 May 2012, 15:15
article thumbnailMan killed by train
17 May 2012, 14:45

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Microsoft country manager takes on added regional responsibility
Tuesday, 20 December 2011, 12:09
(Colombo-Lankapuvath) A recent communiqué from Microsoft Sri Lanka stated that Sriyan de Silva Wijeyeratne, Country Manager for Microsoft in... Read more...
North Korea leader Kim Jong Il dead at 69 of heart attack
Monday, 19 December 2011, 10:20
(Colombo-Lankapuvath) Kim Jong Il, North Korea’s mercurial and enigmatic longtime leader, has died. He was 69. Kim’s death was announced... Read more...
Big day for a little lady: 2ft tall Jyoti dreams of Bollywood acting career after being crowned world's shortest woman
Saturday, 17 December 2011, 14:14
(Colombo-Lankapuvath) Celebrating your 18th birthday is a momentous occasion for anyone, but for tiny JyotiAmge the milestone is even bigger news. Read more...
Cairn Lanka Gearing for Next Level in Oil Exploration
Wednesday, 14 December 2011, 15:18
(Colombo-Lankapuvath) Cairn India the parent company of Cairn Lanka, known for its pioneering technology in exploration in this part of the world is... Read more...

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Currency and Stock Exchange

 

Daily Exchange Rates 18.05.2012
Currency Buying Rate (Rs.) Selling  Rate (Rs.)
Dollar (USA)
127.0800
130.9400
Pound (UK)
200.0100
206.8000
Euro (EU)
160.5200
166.6800
Franc (Switzerland)
133.3900
139.1600
Dollar (Canada)
123.8900
128.9600
Dollar (Australia)
124.3800
129.7900
Dollar (Singapore)
99.2900
103.2200
Yen (Japan)
1.5928
1.6584
Daily Exchange Rates 2005 - 2010>>
As of 18 May 2012
Share Volume | 539,002
Turnover | 16,892,090.20
Market | Regular Trading
ASPI | 5,224.34 | 2.81 | 0.05%
MPI | 4,686.74 | 0.00 | 0.00%
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SLC elections postponed to January 3SLC elections postponed to January 3
Saturday, 19 May 2012
(Colombo, Lankapuvath) - The Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) elections has been postponed to January 03, 2012.It was earlier scheduled to be held on
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GCE(OL) 2011: Visahka Vidyalaya on top
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(Colombo Lankapuvath) Udeshika Hettiarachchi from Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo obtained  the best results at the GCE(OL) Examination 2011. She was  followed by Anusha Perera  from Science College, Matale into second place, the Examination Department announced. The third slot went to Bharatha Madusanka from Dharmaraja College, Kandy with Dilmi Samudhika from Pinnawela College occupying the fourth place.
JVP dissidents hijack Karl Marx Lenin and Engels in tears!
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(Colombo, Lankapuvath) – Staging a ‘Socialist Drama’,  JVP dissidents hijacked Karl Marx leaving Lenin and Engels in tears at the party head quarters, JVP sources said. The photograph of Karl Marx was hung in the centre with Lenin and Engels beside at the so called Socialist Revolutionary Headquarters. While comrades Lenin and Engels looked to be in tears over the missing comrade Karl Marx, the living comrade Somawansa Amarasinghe and his able Lieutenant Tilvin Silva are in a ‘No-win’ situation with the dissidents. The dissidents, not stopping at that have even deleted the party’s official organ...
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Duminda : All life supporting equipment removed
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(Colombo-Lankapuvath) All life supporting machines have been removed from wounded MP Duminda Silva who is being treated at the ICU at  Sri Jayawardenapura hospital  , Hospital Director Dr Sachendra Gamage said a short while ago. Therefore, the team of doctors have recommended raw food for him. The Director added that he is now responding to the medical actions given by the doctors. However, it is not advisable to take him overseas for treatment at the moment as his condition is on the path of improvement, Dr.Gamage added.  
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Queen Elizabeth in wax
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(Colombo-Lankapuvath)Having a wax image in London’s Madame Tussauds museum is nothing new for Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II. The latest image, unveiled yesterday in honour of the monarch’s diamond jubilee, is the 23rd since her first way back when she was only two years old.  
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Gota's War...
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(Colombo-Lankapuvath) Well known newspaper Columnist and senior Journalist,C.A.Chandraprema who authored the book  -Gota's War-  presenting the first copy to President Mahinda Rajapaksa at a ceremony held at Waters Edge, Battaramulla yesterday.(Picture by -Sudath Silva)
Prince Charles at BBC Hq...
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Last week Prince Charles and his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, visited the BBC headquarters in Glasgow. While there they had a go at presenting the weather. During Reporting Scotland BBC newsreader Sally Magnusson handed over to Prince Charles for his lunchtime weather forecast. Reading a...
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We wish our readers a Happy Vesak
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In this era of the 2600th Buddhathva Jayanthi,we wish our readers and viewers a Happy Vesak.
We wish our readers a Happy Vesak
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In this era of the 2600th Buddhathva Jayanthi,we wish our readers and viewers a Happy Vesak.
Tendulkar in- Rajya Sabha
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(Colombo-Lankapuvath) Sachin Tendulkar, the all time brilliant cricketer of India who is popularly known as Master Blaster, has been confirmed a ‘Rajya Sabha’ member. When Tendulkar met the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday (26) at the Prime Minister’s residence, he was...
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Obama meets Shakira…
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(Colombo-Lankapuvath) The US President Barack Obama who went on a state visit to Columbia to attend a summit, met up with Shakira, the Columbian singer and activist of disadvantaged children, who was an attendee at the summit.   The cordial chat between Obama and Shakira  was captures as...
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President meets South Korean President
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(Colombo Lankapuvath) President Mahinda Rajapaksa who is currently on a four-day official visit to Korea met his South Korean counterpart LeeMyung-bak at the official residence of the Korean President today (24).
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