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EU Decision on LTTE has No Bearing on India

Saturday, 18th October 2014 The European Union court, which struck down the sanctions imposed on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) by the EU in 2006, had its own reasons to do so. Significantly, the court has ...

Fijian Prime Minister expresses gratitude to Sri Lanka in maiden speech

Rear Admiral J.V. Bainimarama, the newly elected Prime Minister of Fiji has acknowledged the immense debt Fiji owes to Sri Lanka, in his inaugural speech on 13th October 2014 at the Parliament House in Suva, following the convincing victory of his Fiji First Party at the general elections held last month, in which it secured 59.2% of the popular vote.

In his address to the Parliament, Prime Minister Bainimarama, while thanking the members of the Fijian Judiciary, judges and magistrates paid special tribute to Sri Lanka for providing an invaluable service by sending judges and magistrates at Fiji’s time of need. The Prime Minister stated:

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Helping returnees to reintegrate better in SL

Thursday, 16th October 2014 By IPS Research Team "I have been migrating to Italy since 1993…my last job was as a caretaker in a castle… Ireturned to Sri Lanka the country in 2003 with the intention of becoming a tourist ...

US-SL trade talks open in Colombo

Thursday, 16th October 2014 The premier annual trade event in historic US-Sri Lanka relations opened for the eleventh time in Colombo yesterday and a top US institution that ensures, “Made in America” brand across the w ...

SL will comply with requirements

Thursday, 16th October 2014 Proposed EC ban on Lankan fish imports Ridma Dissanayake Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne said that Sri Lanka will comply with the European Commiss ...

Hit for six by spectacular Sri Lanka

Thursday, 16th October 2014   Cricket legend Ian Botham takes his grandchildren to the island country with an enormous soul Ian Botham My initial impression of Sri Lanka? Hot. I first visited in 1982 – when Eng ...

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