An explosion near the Olcatt Mawatha in Pettah-35 injured.........

An explosion near the Olcatt Mawatha in Pettah-35 injured.


An explosion near the Olcatt Mawatha in Pettah, Sri Lnka, city of colombo center to day , police said .35 people have been injured and admitted to the National Hospital due to the explosion in colombo fort, said by director accident Service in National hospital.

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Sri Lanka a country with better health facilities - WHO

Sri Lanka a country with better health facilities - WHO

	World Health Organization

SRI LANKA-The World Health Organisation (WHO) is calling for greater social equality as a way of evening out differences in health, both between different countries and within them.bbc

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Civilians urged to move to Govt territory.......

Civilians urged to move to Govt territory

SRI LANKA-Sri Lanka’s Defence Secretary, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, has urged tens of thousands of people displaced by fighting in the north to leave areas controlled by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.bbc

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Hand grenade explosion in Batticaloa prison-7 prisons injured.............

Hand grenade explosion in Batticaloa prison-7 prisons injured.

SRI LANKA-The police sources says that the Hand grenade explosion in cell number 10 in Batticaloa prison injuring 4 EPDP inmates on murder chargers . one serious. But Batticaloa hospital conferms 7 prisons brought to the hospital for treatments in this morning(29th).

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Twin air raids target terror positions - Kilinochchi...........

Twin air raids target terror positions - Kilinochchi


Sri Lanka- Air Force fighter jets conducted two air raids targeting a Sea Tiger training facility and a mortar location in the Wanni this morning and afternoon (Aug 29).defence.lk

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Rs.1,600 m for teachers' pay hike..........

Rs.1,600 m for teachers' pay hike

Cabinet nod to rectify salary anomalies of principals, teachers :

SRI LANKA-The Treasury has pledged Rs.1,600 million to implement the recommendations of the Salaries and Cadre Commission to rectify the salary anomalies of teachers' and principals' services, Education Minister Susil Premajayantha disclosed yesterday. dailynews

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112 Soldiers admitted to the hospital due to food poisoning......

112 Soldiers admitted to the hospital due to food poisoning

SRI LANKA-112 Soldiers of Senanigama camp admitted to Dehiattakandiya hospital immediately after breakfast suspected food poisoning said by military media speaker to the daily news to day.

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SAARC Convention to help in combating terrorism...........

SAARC Convention to help in combating terrorism

SRI LANKA-The SAARC Convention on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters is one of the most significant and tangible outcomes of the 15th SAARC Summit, held in Colombo recently.

The Convention, which was signed by the Foreign Ministers of the eight SAARC Member States seeks to provide the legal basis that aims to harmonize different domestic legal systems of countries which would facilitate mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, namely investigations, prosecution and resulting proceedings.
Thus the Convention obviates the need to negotiate separate bilateral agreements with individual countries in the region.defence.lk-Pix-Yamuni Rashmika

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Tougher laws for rice trade...............................

Tougher laws for rice trade
To prevent selling same variety under different names:

SRI LANKA-The Government has decided to bring in new measures to prevent traders from abusing stipulated rice prices by selling the same variety of rice under different brand names.dailynews

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