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The SLMC (eight MPs, including two on the National List), ... |
UNP loses parliamentary
representation in six districts; group down to 43 MPs
The UNP, struggling to settle a damaging leadership dispute in the wake of April 8 parliamentary elections, has hit a new low with the loss of all its four constituent partners.
Police to question Pakistan fast bowler Wahab Riaz
Riaz will be the fourth Pakistani player to be questioned by police. Test captain Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir had earlier been questioned by Scotland Yard for nine hours before they were provisionally suspended by the Internat...
Shun negative politics!
It is unfortunate that the biggest party in the Opposition, the UNP, boycotted the debate on the Eighteenth Amendment, while the smaller ones braved all odds to appear in Parliament to register their protest gallantly. The former thought it wiser to...
India and China in keen tussle for influence in South Asia
In a way, Sri Lanka is caught in the crunch. Towards which regional heavyweight must it orientate itself most – India or China? If one were to be in the box seat in the formulation of Sri Lanka’s regional policy, this...
Poverty down
"The poverty rate was estimated at 15 percent in 2007 and our recent estimates suggested that the poverty rate could be lower now, somewhere between 9 to 10 percent, but we are still testing the numbers," Cabraal said ...
UN chief in Rwanda over threatened Sudan pullout
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flew to Rwanda Tuesday to discuss the country’s threat to withdraw its U.N. peacekeepers from Sudan if the United Nations publishes a report accusing Rwanda’s army of possible geno...
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