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Tourism- the theme of Marketing Institute Seminar this year. |
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Friday, 30 July 2010 |
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"Making Sri Lanka a Top Tourist Destination" will be the theme of a seminar organized by the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing. The Seminar which will be held at the “Cinnamon Lakeside” starting at 3.00 p.m. on August 3rd has been organized in a bid to strengthen the government’s efforts to make Tourism a major contributing factor in Sri Lanka’s development goals.
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Over 100 Chartered Logistics Graduates are to enter the Transport Field. |
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Friday, 30 July 2010 |
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Over 100 Logistics Graduates and Diploma Holders are expected to enter the Transport Sector shortly. These professionals are being trained by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport.This will ease the skill shortfall as the island seeks to become a hub for the
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Over 400 herds of Elephants can be seen at Minneriya National Park. |
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Friday, 30 July 2010 |
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The Minneriya National Park has become a popular tourist destination. The number of foreigners visiting the Minneriya National Park is on the increase and more than 120 foreigners visit the park each day and this number doubles during the weekends. A similar increase is also shown in the number of local tourists visiting the Park. |
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Thalawila St. Anne’s Church Festival on 1st August. |
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Friday, 30 July 2010 |
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The annual Thalawila St. Anne’s Church Festival will be held on the 1st of August. This is one of the major Church Festivals in Sri Lanka, and holding of the festival was interrupted during the past years due to the terrorist problem. |
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District Land Tribunals to solve land disputes. |
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Thursday, 29 July 2010 |
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The government will establish Land Tribunals in all districts to solve prevalent land disputes. The Legal Draftman’s Department is presently drafting legislation relating to the establishment of these Tribunals. Once the Bill is approved by Parliament expeditious steps will be taken to establish these Tribunals. Currently land disputes are taken up at District Civil Courts set up island wide. |
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Sri Lanka a land of promise with enhanced opportunities for Japanese co-operation |
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Thursday, 29 July 2010 |
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The current situation in Sri Lanka, with the final defeat of terrorism and an unprecedented degree of political stability, is conducive for greater economic co-operation between Japan and Sri Lanka. Professor G.L. Peiris, Minister of External Affairs, and Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa said at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo. |
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Strong economic fundamentals help to set off GSP + revenue loses – Govt |
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Thursday, 29 July 2010 |
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Sri Lanka government, under no circumstances will betray the country,no bow down to the internal or external pressures but will make every action to protect the integrity and sovereignty of the country. |
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Majority of the Tamil Diaspora are with the government. – Government Spokesman |
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Thursday, 29 July 2010 |
 Sri Lanka government says that major part of the Tamil Diaspora is now pleased with the government’s activities relating to improvement of the living standards of the Tamil people in the Northern and Eastern Provinces following liberating the Tamils from the shackles of the jackboots of the Pirabaharan. |
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DECISIONS TAKEN AT THE CABINET MEETING HELD ON 28.07.2010 |
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Thursday, 29 July 2010 |
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On a recommendation made by President Mahinda Rajapaksa as Minister of Ports and Aviation approval was granted by the cabinet of Ministers to present the coast Conservation Bill to the Parliament for approval. |
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Hambantota port to commence operation |
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Thursday, 29 July 2010 |
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The construction work of the first phase of the Hambanthota Port project is almost complete. |
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Negotiation on the acquisition of Shell Gas to be completed this week |
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Thursday, 29 July 2010 |
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The high-level committee appointed by the Cabinet for the purchase of the controlling shares of the Shell Lanka Gas Company expects to
complete the negotiations within the next two days.
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Bahrain gifts a consignment of Dates for Sri Lankan Muslims. |
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Thursday, 29 July 2010 |
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The Emir of Bahrain Shaikh Hamad Ibn Isa Alkhalifa has sent 20 Metric Tons of Dates as a gift to Sri Lankan Muslims for consumption during the Holy Month of Ramadhan when they break the dawn to dusk fasting at Ifthar time.
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Colombo readies for Fun & Frolic |
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Thursday, 29 July 2010 |
 Sri Lanka’s Colombo metropolitan is going to have fun and frolic in a dedicated area to serve for night life in the post war era. Sri Lanka especially the city of Colombo is becoming the busiest town with business booming with influx of large number of tourists and travelers. |
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The Postal service has returned to normalcy |
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Wednesday, 28 July 2010 |
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Post Master General M.K.B. Dissanayake said the work-to-rule campaign staged its employees yesterday was resolved with the mediation of the Minister and the distribution of mails has returned to normalcy. |
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Jaffna Onion fetches good price in the southern market |
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Wednesday, 28 July 2010 |
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With the opening of the Jaffna - Kandy A-9 highway following the end of war, the red onion harvest of Jaffna is reaching south. The farmers bring their harvest to Dambulla Special Economic Center, a major wholesale food market in the country, to obtain better prices. |
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Rice consumption increased in the country |
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Wednesday, 28 July 2010 |
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With the increase of the import duty on wheat grain by Rs ten per kilo the per capita rice consumption in Sri Lanka has gone up by 15% in the recent times. |
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Sri Lanka welcomes Indian Govt. representative |
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Wednesday, 28 July 2010 |
 The Sri Lankan government will welcome the Indian prime minister's special envoy to discuss with authorities on the resettlement process of IDPs. |
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85 percent of IDPs resettled – Government Spokesman |
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Wednesday, 28 July 2010 |
 Government Tuesday announced that it has completed the resettlement of 85 percent of the Internally Displace Persons (IDPs) in the north and east. Government Spokesman Media and Information minister Keheliya Rambukwella said that 267 393 IDPs in the North and East were resettled within a year at a rate of 700 IDPs per day. |
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We value our scientific innovations as national wealth – President |
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Wednesday, 28 July 2010 |
 President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that scientific research can be considered as national wealth. When a country is developing the quantity of the researches must also rise in every aspect, he said. |
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Government decides to step up dengue prevention |
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Wednesday, 28 July 2010 |
 On a decision taken by the Cabinet of Ministers Sri Lanka has declared the third week of August as National Dengue Prevention Week,as dengue cases spike during the months-long monsoon season. |
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Excerpts of the speech by Chief Justice Asoka de Silva after opening the new combined Court House in Muttur recently.
All Sri Lankans who took part in the long walk to free the nation from the blight of terrorist violence stood in attention to pay a glowing tribute to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, heroic Armed Forces and the Police last Friday as the Nation marked the first anniversary of the Victory over Terrorism.
Media and Information Minister Keheliya Rambukwella today dismissed the opposition criticism on Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement CEPA as a mere fear psychosis and described the proposed agreement as the further development of the already existing Free Trade Agreement FTA with India. 
This is not a celebration of the President, the Armed Forces, the govt., a political party or of one particular community;
Interview transcript with Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa and presenter Ms Fauziah Ibrahim 
14th Summit
Economic Policy and Poverty Team
We are not perfect.
Prudent economic policies and far-sighted leadership have rescued the Sri Lanka’s economy from being shattered in the wake of global economic downturn....
"President Mahinda Rajapaksa took several brave decisions. In the final analysis, it was the cumulative effect of those decisive...