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The Sunday Times Sri Lanka
February 25, 2018
In the aftermath of Sri Lanka's local government elections, a weary sense of resignation weighs heavier in the scales than lingering (if not hopeless) ... of Law to a potato farmer in the Uva province whose family is starving or to desperate paddy cultivators in the North Central province stricken by drought.
Sunday Observer
February 25, 2018
They are Avukana and Sasseruwa in the North Central Province and Buduruwagala and 'Kustarajagala' in Weligama, in the Ruhuna and some of the ... There were many exchange of visits between the Indian and Sri Lankan Mahayanists. ... It is one of the finest Mahayana sculptures found in Sri Lanka.
The Sunday Times Sri Lanka
February 17, 2018
Those who are bewildered by the results of Sri Lanka's local government elections a week ago need a harsh reality check if not a resounding knock to the ... Committees sat in esoteric constitutional reform exercises in Colombo that touched on all the unhappy trigger points that had divided the Sri LankanÃÂ ...
The Sunday Times Sri Lanka
February 17, 2018
Led by Dr. Prithiviraj Fernando, Sri Lanka's leading elephant scientist, and assisted by Dr. Jennifer Pastroni and the Cinnamon Nature Trails Team in Habarana, the first two years of the project were dedicated to carefully identifying over 70 different elephants from selected herds in the North Central Province. ThereafterÃÂ ...
Daily Mirror
February 12, 2018
A cooked provisions supplier to a central province council had lost his contract when he entered the local polls fray as an opposition candidate. The food supplier had been informed of the termination of his contract soon after he filed his nomination to contest on the ticket of a 'budding' political party.
Newsfirst
February 10, 2018
Voters from the Nuwara Eliya, Matale and Kandy District cast their vote to elect members for 04 Municipal Councils, 06 Urban Councils and 37 Pradeshiya Sabhas in the Central Province. Voting in the districts of Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa were peaceful today. Votes were cast to elect members for 02ÃÂ ...
Colombo Page
February 7, 2018
... and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Central Province, YouLead is a 1.8-billion-rupee program ($12 million) launched in 2017 that creates a more market-oriented, skilled, and flexible Sri Lankan workforce. YouLead supports youth employability and self-employment opportunities and improvesÃÂ ...
Xinhua
February 4, 2018
He said prisoners held in several prisons including Anuradhapura in the North Central Province, Kandy in the Central Hills and Colombo were released under the pardon. Sri Lanka Sunday celebrated its 70th Independence Day anniversary from British colonial rule by holding a grand parade in the capital.
The Hindu
January 29, 2018
Renowned Sri Lankan filmmaker Dharmasena Pathiraja, fondly referred to as 'a rebel with a cause' and acclaimed for his compelling portrayals of urban underclasses, passed away in Kandy on Sunday. He was 74. Hailing from Kandy in Sri Lanka's Central Province, the filmmaker is credited with making aÃÂ ...
The Sunday Times Sri Lanka
January 21, 2018
Almost three years after local government bodies were dissolved, both voters and candidates in the Central Province welcome the chance to again elect ... though a strong supporter of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), is fielding an independent groupÃÂ ...
The Sunday Times Sri Lanka
January 13, 2018
Razni elaborates that she was also a part of the DIAC (De-institutionalization and Alternative Care) initiative in the central province – a semi-formal network started by the government, as a progression to help de – institutionalisation of children in Sri Lanka. At present she is employed as a counselor forÃÂ ...
PV-Tech
January 11, 2018
10 January: The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has issued a tender for 10MW of solar PV at Polonnaruwa, in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka. This international tender will be on a build, own and operate basis and will be awarded via competitive bidding. The developer will have just over 20ÃÂ ...
Renewables Now
January 11, 2018
The proposed Polonnaruwa project will be developed on a build, own, operate basis at Polonnaruwa district, in Sri Lanka's North Central Province. The winner in the international competitive bidding (ICB) process will have to use land within a specified block of 50 acres (20.2 ha) to construction the PVÃÂ ...
Daily Mirror
January 10, 2018
Meanwhile, SDIG Jagath Abeysirigunawardena will no longer hold the post of Acting SDIG of the Central Province but will remain as the SDIG for the North East and North Central Provinces. SDIG W.F.U. Fernando of Southern, Sabaragamuwa and Acting SDIG of Uva Province will remain in his post asÃÂ ...
Merinews
January 9, 2018
In Sri Lanka's central province, Ramboda Falls are one of most visited tourist site. The tourists who visit Colombo and Kandy invariably visit and spend time to admire the spectacular falls and explore the rich flora around it. The reason being that this water fall is 109 m in height, informed my kin who haveÃÂ ...
Xinhua
January 8, 2018
... designed and constructed by PowerChina, in Moragahakanda, in the island's Central Province. The president and prime minister were accompanied by Speaker of Parliament Karu Jayasuriya, Sri Lankan government ministers, officials from the Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka and foreign dignitaries.
Daily Mirror
January 2, 2018
He is the first president to hail from the North Central Province. He is an agriculturist by vocation. He joined mainstream politics in 1989 as an MP and has held several ministries since 1994. He was General-Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and Health Minister until November 2014 when heÃÂ ...
The Sunday Times Sri Lanka
December 31, 2017
Jan 5: South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 282 runs to win the second Test match at Newlands, Cape Town. With the win South Africa claimed the three-match ... Jan 7: Lionel Samarajeewa of Central Province won the National Cross Country Race held in Nuwara Eliya. This was the fourth consecutive year heÃÂ ...
Xinhua
December 31, 2017
31 (Xinhua) -- The Sri Lankan government has approved a proposal to construct 15 urban parks including recreational centers in selected cities and towns ... Hills, Galle, Matara and Kalutara in the southern coast, Anuradhapura in the North Central Province and Kurunegala in the North Western Province.
The Hindu
December 23, 2017
Considering Sri Lanka's battle-scarred history, provoked in good measure by the politics of language, news of a Telugu-speaking candidate contesting polls would seem unlikely. However, a careful look at the past shows us the layers within the Sri Lankan society that seldom get captured in theÃÂ ...
The Hindu
December 21, 2017
She is one of the first few from Sri Lanka's hill country Tamil community – that has a two century-history in the island – who can call this home, and the ... to construct 14,000 dwellings for Hill Country Tamils, to supplement the Sri Lankan government's own efforts towards providing housing in the region.
The Island.lk
December 13, 2017
According to the Land Affordability Index compiled by the leading property website LankaPropertyWeb.com, which compares the land prices of a province against the average earnings of the residents in that province, North Central Province comes up as the most affordable for its residents, while notÃÂ ...
Daily Mirror
December 12, 2017
During the height of the war, the Tamil medium schools in the Central Province were filled with teachers from Jaffna or rather the Northern Province. The Northern Tamil teachers dropped their pride, set aside the Sri Lankan Tamil-Indian Tamil divisions and egos and humbly helped the children of theÃÂ ...
Lanka Business Online
December 7, 2017
To mark World Soil Day, FAO in partnership with the NRMCand the Provincial Department of Agriculture, Central Province conducted a field day on soil and water management for agriculture officers and farmers in Ruwanpura in the NuwaraEliya district. The field day focused on creating awareness on theÃÂ ...
Daily Mirror
December 6, 2017
The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has ruled that the fundamental rights of the girl who was accused of being pregnant and was ... The HRCSL had directed the Director Education of the North Central Province to hold an inquiry against those involved in making this hasty decision toÃÂ ...
Xinhua
December 6, 2017
Addressing the inaugural ceremony, President Sirisena said the hospital was a symbol of strong friendship between China and Sri Lanka. ... The Polonaruwa Kidney Hospital, located close to the Polonnaruwa General Hospital, will serve not only the kidney patients in the North-Central Province, but also allÃÂ ...
Colombo Page
December 31, 1999
Once completed the Central Expressway is expected to connect two harbors and two airports in the country and lead to the development of the Northern part of the country including the North Western Province, the North Central Province, the Central Province, the Northern Province and the EasternÃÂ ...
The Island.lk
October 27, 2017
In many of my writings I have been lamenting that Sri Lanka has not ... P. C. Imbulana, as the Governor of the Central Province, attempted to ...
Newsfirst
October 24, 2017
... Met Department added that fairly heavy falls of about 50-75mm could be expected in some places, particularly in the North-central Province.
New Zealand Herald
October 17, 2017
"Yeah, yeah," I thought dismissively as I planned my route north from Kandy, the largest city in Sri Lanka's Central Province. There are a ...
The Indian Express
October 14, 2017
Sri Lanka faced UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolutions for ... city of North Central Province) from Vavuniya (Northern Province).
Global Voices Online
October 12, 2017
Sri Lankan schoolchildren ride the 'EleFriendly Bus' designed to avoid ... The conflict between humans and elephants has grown in Sri Lanka as elephant ... corridor' in villages in the central province including Himbiliyakada, ...
The Hindu
October 11, 2017
Sri Lanka's external debt burden is well known. .... rising household debt in the North Central Province, the hill country and areas in the south.
Newsfirst
December 31, 1999
The North Central Province Department of Education has launched an investigation over the expulsion of a female student from a school in the ...
Colombo Page
December 31, 1999
Oct 21, Colombo: The North Central Province Department of Education has commenced a probe into a school principal over the expulsion of a ...
Daily Mirror
December 31, 1999
They said the lorry driver had complained to the North Central Province DIG after he received notices on a traffic offence even after the two ...
Colombo Page
September 3, 2017
Sept 03, Colombo: The work on the Yan Oya irrigation project, the largest irrigation project in the North Central Province has been accelerated,ÃÂ ...
Colombo Page
August 29, 2017
President extends best wishes to Sri Lankan students set to climb Pakistan's K2 Mountain ... Sri Lanka to the world by conquering this kind of challenging tasks, ... The Chief Minister of Central Province Sarath Ekanayake andÃÂ ...
TIME
August 29, 2017
Dambulla in the Central Province, Sri Lanka. ... Park, in southeastern Sri Lanka—and it's the central premise behind Wild Coast Tented Lodge,ÃÂ ...
EconomyNext
August 29, 2017
In Kurunegala in the North Central Province, a densely populated, fast growing area 256,542 persons from 78,016 families have been hit.
South China Morning Post
August 28, 2017
... the ancient capital of the island nation's North Central Province. ... At a roadside temple en route to Jaffna, the capital of Sri Lanka's Northern ... it has served as a boutique hotel, one that frequently hosts the Sri Lankan prime minister. ... Sri Lanka tourism does not really promote the northern provinces,ÃÂ ...
ReliefWeb
August 27, 2017
The project was implemented by PLAN International Sri Lanka with the ... the Provincial Department of Health Services, North Central Province.
HydroWorld
August 21, 2017
Sri Lankan generator Panasian Power PLC's acquisition of Lower ... on the Kotmale River near Pundaluoya in Sri Lanka's Central Province.
The Hindu
August 19, 2017
Sri Lankan rice and curry is a thing of legend. ... To cope with this, Sri Lanka is importing over 3,00,000 tonnes of rice, mostly from India. ... While Anuradhapura in the North Central Province has also been badly hit, theÃÂ ...
WION
August 12, 2017
PTI Pallekele, Central Province, Sri Lanka Aug 12, 2017, 06.18 PM (IST) ... the famed middle-order saw Sri Lanka restrict India to 329 for 6 here on the first day ofÃÂ ...
Bend Bulletin
March 26, 2017
Al-Qaida leader killed - A U.S. counterterrorism airstrike earlier this month in Afghanistan killed an al-Qaida leader responsible for a deadly hotel attack in Islamabad in 2008 and the 2009 attack on a bus carrying the Sri Lankan cricket team, the ...
Star2.com
March 24, 2017
After that, she spent three weeks for personal (solo) travel in the Central Province and Colombo. She says the ample research she did prior to the trip helped her stay independent.
The Sunday Times Sri Lanka
March 18, 2017
In defiance of the Court of Appeal's judgment ordering the Sri Lanka Medical Council to register SAITM medical graduates and thus enable them to practice medicine, the Government Medical Officers Association, the GMOA, began their battle last month in ...
World Bank Group
March 18, 2017
The 30-year old midwife is a member of a community youth group in Sri Lanka's Central Province. Their goal is to ... The Sri Lankan private sector needs to take up the challenge to create a conducive environment that attracts women to work. There is aÃÂ ...
Daily Mirror
March 17, 2017
In the cut-throat competitive world of Sri Lankan politics there have been many casualties, who aspired to high office but failed to fulfil their ambitions.
