Jobs for Lankans in Libya

LIBYA has opened its doors for Sri Lankan migrant workers with a major share of the country’s foreign job market being offered to skilled Lankan labour, according to a MoU signed between the two countries on Sunday.

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Anura makes final journey tomorrow

Colleagues of former Minister and one time Speaker Anura Bandaranaike bade farewell to their colleague in Parliament as his remains were brought to Sri Jayawardenapura Parliament Complex yesterday at 11.35 a.m. for members and staff to pay their last respects.

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Lankan Tamil’s hand partially severed in UK street attack, Court told

A Sri Lankan Tamil man was left with his hand hanging from his arm exposing the bone in a Tamil gang attack that ravaged London Streets two years ago, the city’s Old Bailey courts was told in a criminal case heard last week.

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Party gatecrashers injure five Tamils in Switzerland

Five Sri Lankan Tamils were injured when an armed group stormed a house and attacked Tamils hosting a party in Bern, Switzerland on Saturday.

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