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• Ravanama. A Play?

  
  indi.ca — Authority: 466
  Maya Krishna Rao, channeling Ravana Happy birthday to the late Neelan Tiruchelvam, peacemaker, killed by the LTTE in 1999. He would have been 68 yesterday. His trust staged a performance of Ravanama by Maya Krishna Rao. It was… interesting? I honestly didn’t get it. I’ll be honest here. I was mostly ...
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• Colombo | Sri Lanka | Asia

  
  100 Places to Visit Before You Die — Authority: 117
  Colombo holidays Experience the bustling heart of Sri Lanka with Kuoni Vibrant and busy, Colombo is a bustling city filled with sights and sounds that effortlessly combines colonial style buildings with modern life. Experience the sweeping harbour, majestic forts and historic museums. Stay in one of our ...
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• feature ph. Lea Colombo with md. Lux Paton in ‘The Florist’s Daughter’

  
  The Photography Link — Authority: 417
  Personal Work Title: ‘The Florist’s Daughter’ Hair & Makeup: Corne Visser Style: Ane Strydom Model: Lux Paton Photography: Lea Colombo                     Advertise here with BSA
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• Sri Lanka Security News

  
  Paternal Prose — Authority: 147
  The Police Department has taken measures to install more Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras in Colombo district to enhance surveillance,prevent crimes and detect drivers and passengers who violate traffic laws. The Police Department had installed 108 CCTV cameras worth Rs.350 million at 28 locations in 2010. ...
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• Central Bank Bombing: 16 Years

  
  indi.ca — Authority: 466
  Sixteen years ago, yesterday, a 450 pound bomb tore through central Colombo. It killed 91 people, injured 1,400 and left at least 100 people blind. It also made the city recoil from itself, leaving central Colombo largely abandoned, only to slowly emerge today. It also made tourism drop by 40%, a figure that is also ...
  2 days ago

• Finding A Great Rice And Curry (7 Tips)

  
  indi.ca — Authority: 466
  To buy a good rice and curry you need to find shops which are still home businesses, usually nameless and hidden on the street. If you know where to look, these are the best meals in the city. The Unsavory Valley Sri Lankan cuisine suffers from an Unsavory Valley. Lower class food is great, but then it drops off ...
  4 days ago

• Kala Pola: Street Art Sunday

  
  indi.ca — Authority: 466
  Art by by Thilina Prasangika. This lady is her mum. Any given Sunday they sell art on Greenpath (Nelum Pokuna Road), but today they had full stalls and a grand affair, sponsored by Keells I think. There were hundreds of people walking around, I saw Saskia Fernando , Dian Gomes , Ameena Hussein , etc, so people ...
  5 days ago

• Colombo Public Library. Pretty Bad

  
  indi.ca — Authority: 466
  I finally walked into the Colombo Public Library. It’s about as bad as I imagined it. The periodicals room is OK, it has all the newspapers and you can stand around reading them. Not too much else that’s new. It’s mainly the selection of books that’s depressing. I did a random walk around and the newest book I ...
  1 week ago

• HEY MAN!

  
  groundviews — Authority: 412
  Photo courtesy Reuters Hey, MAN! Yup you. Got a minute? Because I would like to talk to you. Yup, to you. Because you whistled out a love song in my honour from your guard-post on Bauddhaloka Mawatha as I was hopping out of a tuk-tuk to get into work this morning. You were on duty. You and I are not in love. And ...
  1 week ago

• Graham Ford confirmed as new Sri Lanka cricket coach

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 506
  Colombo, Jan 24 (IANS) South African Graham Ford has been named Sri Lanka’s new coach in a series of changes aimed at improving the standard of the national cricket team, the government information department said here Tuesday.Ford will replace Australian Geoff Marsh after the team struggled in South Africa, losing ...
  1 week ago

• 20 injured in Sri Lankan prison clash

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 506
  Colombo, Jan 24 (IANS) A total of 20 people were injured when guards and inmates clashed Tuesday in a Sri Lankan prison near capital Colombo, said an official.The clash broke out after a protest by a group of prisoners, Xinhua quoted Sri Lankan Prisons Commissioner P.W Kodippili as saying. As per initial reports, ...
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• Riot in Sri Lankan prison injures 21

  
  4unews — Authority: 147
  COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – A clash between guards and inmates at a Sri Lankan prison has injured at least 21 people. The riots began after the inmates started a fire inside the prison in Colombo. A prison official says “the inmates are demanding that the prison chief be removed,” reports the AP. A hospital official ...
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• Examinations Department should pass the Integrity Test

  
  groundviews — Authority: 412
  Image courtesy Asian Mirror Basic Questions to Answer In the late 1970s, a Deputy Commissioner of Examinations was prosecuted for interfering with the results of a son of a Minister and a son of a school principal. He was jailed.  It was possible to  prosecute him because the then Commissioner got wind of ...
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• SL, India sign MoUs for housing project for IDPs, restoration of Northern Railway line

  
  PHILCHAR — Authority: 136
  Tweet Share Sri Lanka and India yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding specifying the modalities for the next phase of the Housing Project being implemented with India’s assistance of approximately US$ 260 million. Visiting Indian Minister of External Affairs S.M. Krishna and External Affairs ...
  2 weeks ago

• Iran sanction wont create oil shortage: Sri Lanka

  
  TopNews Law — Authority: 153
  Colombo, Jan 18 - Sri Lanka Wednesday said it will not face oil shortage due to the US sanctions on Irans fuel imports. read more
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• Iran sanction won’t create oil shortage: Sri Lanka

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 506
  Colombo, Jan 18 (IANS) Sri Lanka Wednesday said it will not face oil shortage due to the US sanctions on Iran’s fuel imports.Petroleum Minister Susil Premajayantha told reporters that the government has already begun hoarding oil and discussions with Oman and Saudi Arabia are on for supplies. Iran is Sri Lanka’s ...
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• India committed to rehabilitation of displaced Sri Lankan Tamils, says Krishna

  
  TopNews Law — Authority: 153
  Colombo, Jan 18 : The visiting External Affairs Minister, S. M. read more
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• Krishna brings healing touch to Tamils (Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 506
  Kilinochchi (Sri Lanka), Jan 18 (IANS) Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna visited this former Tamil Tiger hub Wednesday and gifted medical equipment to a hospital, unveiled a renovated school and handed over houses built with New Delhi’s assistance.On the second day of a four-day visit to the island ...
  2 weeks ago

• Pharrell Williams At Jason Binn’s Birthday Party

  
  The Neptunes #1 fan site, all about Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo — Authority: 466
  Pharrell Williams & Jason Binn Pharrell has been invited to Jason Binn’s Birthday Party at the Delano hotel in Miami, FL. Binn created the South Beach ethos having helped to brand the Delano fifteen years ago as an international hot spot. Tonight, as he celebrated his birthday previewing the hotels new ...
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• Drains And Canals

  
  indi.ca — Authority: 466
  The Dehiwela canal, by day. Colombo has open drains, which many canals have turned into. Run off (but not raw sewage) flows into open channels along the streets and between neighborhoods. These liquid alleys end up full of plastic, garbage, whatnot. The canals do sometimes get raw sewage from the wattes (slums or ...
  2 weeks ago

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