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Solheim at it again, says deputy minister

Monday, 17th November 2014 By Chamikara Weerasinghe Disregarding the high standards and ethics that are expected to be followed by a peace facilitator, the former peace facilitator during the war between the Sri Lan ...

ERIK ENRICHED TIGERS

Monday, 17th November 2014 By Dharmasiri Abeyratne and Dhanushka Godakumbura Erik Solheim, the Norwegian Minister and former chief negotiator between the then government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE, who advised the Sri L ...

SriLankan Airlines Upgrades Aircraft Fleet

By Tom Allett   SriLankan Airlines, the national carrier for Sri Lanka, has announced there will be an investment of US$500m in a modernisation of the airline through a fleet renewal programme. The renewal proj ...

SL probe: UN trapped in its bureaucratic web

Tuesday, 11th November 2014 By Shamindra Ferdinando The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has rejected submissions as regards accountability issues in Sri Lanka on the basis the complainants c ...

Surge in orna fish exports this year

Tuesday, 11th November 2014 Indunil Hewage (indunil.hewage@gmail.com) In spite of market turbulences, Sri Lanka’s ornamental fish exports to the European Union (EU) has increased with an annual growth rate of 10% over ...

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