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Formar SL captain slams Sri Lanka sacking of coach Marsh

Formar SL captain slams Sri Lanka sacking of coach Marsh »

Legendary Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga on Thursday slammed his country’s sacking of Australian coach Geoff Marsh as “disgraceful” and “unprofessional.” Marsh was this week replaced by South African Graham Ford. The move followed Tillakaratne...

January 27 2012 / No comment / Read More »
Asath Salley accuses petitioners of being corrupt

Asath Salley accuses petitioners of being corrupt »

UPFA member of the Colombo Municipal Council Asath Salley says the councillorswho petition against him are the ones who are corrupt. Mr. Salley says it is him who had first refused to work with such corrupt councillors. He was commenting to ‘Srilankamirror’ about thecouncillors who had...

January 27 2012 / No comment / Read More »
Govt. misusing EPF monies for its development work says UNP

Govt. misusing EPF monies for its development work says UNP »

The UNP has accused the government of using the monies from the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) to carry out its development agenda. UNP parliamentarian and head of the JSS, Dr. JayalathJayawardena has said that EPF monies were being excessively used to construct a...

January 27 2012 / No comment / Read More »
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Wrong addressee? Large stash of cocaine arrives at UN HQ »

Wrong addressee? Large stash of cocaine arrives at UN HQ

Police in New York have seized two bags containing 16 kg of cocaine at the UN’s mail center. The unusual shipment had been sent from Mexico City and apparently was not intended to end up at the global organization’s headquarters. In a statement on Thursday,...

Jan 27 2012 / No comment / Read More »

CIA infects South American leaders with cancer? »

CIA infects South American leaders with cancer?

Over 18 months period four progressive leaders of Latin America and their fellow citizens were shocked by the diagnosis delivered by their physicians – cancer. Fernando Lugo, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, Hugo Chavez, and recently Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner were given this diagnosis. The...

Jan 8 2012 / No comment / Read More »

Seven-year-old sacrificed to the gods for good harvest in India »

Seven-year-old sacrificed to the gods for good harvest in India

A seven-year-old girl was ritually murdered and her liver offered to the gods in return for a good agricultural harvest in the central state of Chhattisgarh, India, police said on Sunday. According to Narayan Das, police chief of Bijapur district, in a telephone conversation with AFP:...

Jan 2 2012 / No comment / Read More »

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Formar SL captain slams Sri Lanka sacking of coach Marsh »

Formar SL captain slams Sri Lanka sacking of coach MarshLegendary Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga on Thursday slammed his country’s sacking of Australian coach Geoff Marsh as “disgraceful” and “unprofessional.” Marsh was this week...

Jan 27 2012 / No comment / Read More »

Sangakkara Ton Helps Sri Lanka Win »

Sangakkara Ton Helps Sri Lanka WinKumar Sangakkara’s century led Sri Lanka to a riveting two-wicket win over South Africa with a ball to spare as they restored some pride in...

Jan 23 2012 / No comment / Read More »

Strauss Confident Side Will Bounce Back »

Strauss Confident Side Will Bounce BackAndrew Strauss admitted England had been “caught off guard” by Pakistan after slipping to a three-day, 10-wicket defeat in the first Test in Dubai. England...

Jan 20 2012 / No comment / Read More »

World

Wrong addressee? Large stash of cocaine arrives at UN HQ

Wrong addressee? Large stash of cocaine arrives at UN HQ

Police in New York have seized two bags containing 16 kg of cocaine at the UN’s mail center. The unusual shipment had been sent from Mexico City and apparently was not intended to...

Jan 27, 2012 / More »

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Formar SL captain slams Sri Lanka sacking of coach Marsh

Formar SL captain slams Sri Lanka sacking of coach Marsh

Legendary Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga on Thursday slammed his country’s sacking of Australian coach Geoff Marsh as “disgraceful” and “unprofessional.” Marsh was this week replaced by South African Graham Ford. The move...

Jan 27, 2012 / More »

Opinion

CIA infects South American leaders with cancer?

CIA infects South American leaders with cancer?

Over 18 months period four progressive leaders of Latin America and their fellow citizens were shocked by the diagnosis delivered by their physicians – cancer. Fernando Lugo, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, Hugo...

Jan 8, 2012 / More »

Business

Inflation Remain at Single Digit in 2011

Inflation Remain at Single Digit in 2011

Inflation continued to remain at single digit level in 2011 As projected in the beginning of the year the rate of year-on-year inflation, as measured by the Colombo Consumers’ Price Index (CCPI) (2006/07=100),...

Jan 3, 2012 / More »

Health

Girl, 17, who has eaten only chicken nuggets for last 15 years falls sick

Girl, 17, who has eaten only chicken nuggets for last 15 years falls sick

She is all but 17 and is hooked on to chicken nuggets so much so that she has eaten almost nothing else since she was two years old. And the cost of Stacey...

Jan 28, 2012 / More »

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Twitter to block tweets locally, not globally

Twitter to block tweets locally, not globally

Twitter said today that it will withhold tweets from a country when there are local restrictions rather than having to block them globally. “As we continue to grow internationally, we will enter countries...

Jan 27, 2012 / More »

Sports

Formar SL captain slams Sri Lanka sacking of coach Marsh

Formar SL captain slams Sri Lanka sacking of coach Marsh

Legendary Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga on Thursday slammed his country’s sacking of Australian coach Geoff Marsh as “disgraceful” and “unprofessional.” Marsh was this week replaced by South African Graham Ford. The move...

Jan 27, 2012 / More »

Entertainment

Ashanthi Wins Big

Ashanthi Wins Big

At the Indiego Music Awards 2012, South Asia’s 1st Music Awards, Sri Lanka’s Ashanthi De Alwis won 3 awards – Gold for Best Oversall Female Vocalists, Silver for Best Pop Act of Asia...

Jan 26, 2012 / More »
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