SAARC nod for Lanka's anti-terror proposals

Regional Summit an overwhelming success, says Foreign Minister :

The voice of Sri Lanka against terrorism was unanimously endorsed by all SAARC countries who proposed that terrorism should be condemned in all its forms and manifestations, Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said yesterday.

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Upper Kotmale to address looming power shortage - Minister

Japan gives Rs. 30 b for Hydropower Project :

The second phase of the 150 MW Upper Kotmale power project launched yesterday and the proposed Norochcholai coal power plant and Kerawalapitiya power project will be able to generate additional power to meet the rapidly growing energy needs of the country, Power and Energy Minister John Seneviratne said.

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Three sea tigers arrested in India

Three sea tiger cadres Devajodeeswaran, Sugandan and Justinnraj of Mannar and Jaffna who had registered themselves at the Mandapam Transit camp in Ramanathapuram, Southern India as refugees has been arrested by the Indian Police.

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Making Sri Lanka a ?dream? tourist destination

To achieve this we have a tactical tourism promotion programme, where we are working on markets which are closer to us, such as India, the Middle East, China, and other Asian markets and we are also looking at how we can consolidate our traditional Western European markets, because that is our bread and butter.

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