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Diplomacy wins the day

Friday, 21st November 2014 The telephone conversation between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Mahinda Rajapaksa capped days of back channel persuasion by a number of emissaries. The unconditional release by S ...

Pope’s Visit Will Go Ahead

Sunday 23rd November 2014 By Easwaran Rutnam The Catholic Church of Sri Lanka says the visit of Pope Francis to Sri Lanka will go ahead as scheduled despite the Presidential elections taking place less than a week bef ...

15m registered voters for polls

Sunday 23rd November 2014 More than 15 million voters will be eligible to vote at the Presidential election on January 8, a senior official of the Elections Department said yesterday. According to the latest fig ...

SWARAJ TELLS FISHERMEN DON’T CROSS IMBL

Saturday, 22nd November 2014 Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has asked fishermen to stop crossing t he International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) and poaching in Sri Lankan waters till the government wor ...

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