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Sunday, 31st August 2014 By Gotabaya Rajapaksa Continued from last week Another prominent LTTE-linked group emerged out of the British Tamils Association (BTA), which was active since 2001 in supporting the terrorism ...

Local universities to admit 50,000 foreign students by 2020 Sunday, 31st August 2014 By Uditha Kumarasinghe The Higher Education Ministry hopes to admit 50,000 foreign students to local universities by 2020 under the ...

Saturday, 30th August 2014 By J. Yogaraj   Dr. Subramaniam Swamy says the lifestyle of Sri Lanka's Tamil people has improved. "People feel more secure. There is a big parabolic change in the process. They can live ...

 Saturday,30th August 2014 There is reason for hope that the Indian Supreme Court's ruling earlier this week that the Kachchatheevu issue requires a political and diplomatic solution, and not a legal ruling, w ...

The Prime Minister of Japan, His Excellency Shinzo Abe has planned to undertake an official visit to Sri Lanka from 7^th to 8^th September 2014, at the invitation of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. It may be recalled that President Rajapaksa paid an official visit to Japan in March 2013 to mark the 60^th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Sri Lanka and Japan.

It is 24 years since the last visit of a Japanese Prime Minister to Sri Lanka. The Government of Sri Lanka is confident that this visit will enable both countries to further consolidate and expand the existing robust relations, particularly in trade and economic cooperation.  

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Thursday, 28th August 2014 Kumar Chellappan | CHENNAI Avdhash Kaushal, director, Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra, Dehradun, who has been appointed as an adviser to the Presidential Commission — probing the exce ...

Demand to claim Katchatheevu is ridiculous Thursday, 28th August 2014 Pioneer | in Edit Politicians from Tamil Nadu must stop pestering the Union Government with unreasonable demands that relate to Sri Lanka, in their ...