Colombo Informer

Illicit drugs seized from Colombo shop A special team from the Colombo Fort Police raided a shop in Colombo 13 yesterday, and seized a stock of illicit drugs including cannabis and several other stimulant drugs mixed with illicit chemical substances imported to the country. One hundred … Full News here – Read more on Ceylon [...]

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Categorization of garbage in Colombo from next week onwards – Hiru News … against the disposal of garbage. Speaking in this regard Mayor of Colombo A.J.M Mussammil expressed further views regarding the special plan which has been implemented for the collection of garbage within the Colombo Municipal Council Locality. Full News here – Read more [...]

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Mihin Lanka to increase flight frequency on Madhurai-Colombo route from June … Low-cost carrier Mihin Lanka of Sri Lanka will increase its services between Madurai and Colombo from thrice a week to four days from June 1, 2013 onwards, as per a TOI report. In a communication from Translanka, the general sales agent of Mihin [...]

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PT compulsory from new term Physical training will be made compulsory from the next school term following the April school holidays, Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena said today. He said that a circular in this regard will be sent to all schools and the school principals … Full News here – Read more on Colombo Gazette

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* HSBC Colombo Fashion Week from April 3-5 in Sri Lanka This year the HSBC Colombo Fashion Week ,which has been the backbone of Sri Lanka's fashion design industry for the past decade, will pay tribute to the next generation of designers, saluting them, supporting them, and also paying tribute to their … Full News [...]

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Asian Grand Prix shifted from Chennai to Colombo With the Tamil Nadu Government refusing to host Sri Lankan athletes on political grounds, the third leg of the Asian Grand Prix scheduled to be held in Chennai on 16 May has now been shifted to Colombo. After the Tamil Nadu Government cancelled the … Full News [...]

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Protect north from separatist forces says Wimal Government Minister Wimal Weerawanse says the northern provincial council should not be allowed to fall into the hands of separatist forces. He warned that if such elements obtain power in the council following the scheduled elections later this year … Full News here – Read more on Colombo [...]

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AirAsia suspends KL-Colombo route from Feb 26 KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia Bhd will halt its daily flights from Kuala Lumpur to Colombo, Sri Lanka with effect from Feb 26 due to commercial reasons. The low-cost carrier said on Monday customers affected by the withdrawal would be offered options to … Full News here – Read more [...]

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* Sri Lanka to get Rs. 42.5 billion loan from Japan to expand Bandaranaike … Jan 03, Colombo: Sri Lanka has signed a Rs. 42.5 billion loan agreement with Japan to expand the country's only international airport at Katunayake. Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Ltd. and Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) have … Full [...]

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* Sri Lankan lawyers ask politicians to desist from actions embarrassing and … Jan 03, Colombo: The Lawyers Collective of Sri Lanka has called on politicians not to push the country towards anarchy and desist from all actions embarrassing and compromising constitutional values. Issuing a statement the Lawyers Collective has … Full News here – [...]

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March of Printer's Ink: From Colombo Journal to Ceylon Today Sri Lanka's newspaper history dates back to Colombo Journal (1832) which apparently had a short but feisty life before it invoked the ire of the British Raj. Nearly two centuries and hundreds of titles later, the long march of printer's ink — laced … Full [...]

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* Muslims evicted by LTTE from Northern Sri Lanka to be re-settled immediately Nov 18, Colombo: Thousands of Tamil-speaking Muslim people languishing in refugees camps for 22 years after their forcible eviction from their homes in Northern Province by the Tamil Tiger terrorist group LTTE will be re-settled in their original … Full News here [...]

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* Sri Lanka Defense Ministry to take away automatic rifles from the prisons Nov 19, Colombo: Sri Lanka Ministry of Defense has informed the Ministry of Prison Reforms and Rehabilitation to hand over all the T-56 automatic rifles that are in the armories of the prisons. The Ministry of Defense has informed this to the [...]

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Sivagurunathan of Ananda: He came from Jaffna It all started with the preparations for the 125th anniversary celebrations of a national school in Colombo, viewed as a typical “Sinhala Buddhist school”. With a series of events being planned by Ananda College for 2011 when it would turn 125, Old … Full News here – Read [...]

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* SriLankan boosts MICE Tourism from India Nov 06, Colombo: SriLankan Airlines together with the Sri Lanka Convention Bureau organized a familiarization tour for 65 MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) agents and Media personnel from Chennai, Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai … Full News here – Read more on Colombo Page

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