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.

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  Muslims have contributed much to motherland
• ‘Zero civilian casualty policy’ delayed military victory over LTTE- Maj. Gen. Silva
• GL lashes out at Ranil
  Threatens to expose his anti-govt. propaganda

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...

• De La Salle Trophy Twenty-20
  Inter-Lasallian Schools Tournament on 11th and 12th
• India-Pakistan
  pairing shows  anything is possible
• Under-17 Division I Cricket Quarter-final
  De Mazenod make remarkable semi-final entry

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...

• ‘Elected tyranny’
• Solar power—another view
• Keep areas around Parks and Hospitals free of Hawkers

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...

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• The truth about dogs and people
• The ‘Arctic Passage’|
  suddenly throws itself open:
  Will Sri Lanka’s strategic advantage end?

"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 ...

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• 18th Amendment not a factor says analysts
  Shares cross 6,000 point barrier
• Soon, single digit interest rates

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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