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Sri Lanka’s Inflation Slows to 5.1%, Lowest Level in 14 Months
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31 October 2011
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Sri Lanka’s inflation slowed to the lowest level in 14 months, giving the central bank scope to keep interest rates unchanged and support growth.
Consumer prices in the capital, Colombo, increased 5.1 percent in October from a year earlier after gaining 6.4 percent in September, the Department of Census and Statistics said on its website today. The median of five estimates in a Bloomberg News survey was for a 5.6 percent advance.
Sri Lanka needs to ensure that inflation remains “under control,” central bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal said last week, signaling he isn’t yet ready to cut rates. Cabraal has left borrowing costs unchanged for nine straight months, joining Asian nations from Malaysia to the Philippines in holding rates, as a weaker global recovery threatens the region’s exports.
Last Updated on Monday, 31 October 2011 19:52
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2 British civilians among those killed in suicide bombing of NATO convoy in Kabul
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30 October 2011
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KABUL, Afghanistan — Two British civilians working for a building contractor were among the victims of a weekend suicide bombing in the Afghan capital that killed 17, Britain’s Foreign Office said Sunday.
The brazen midday attack on Saturday, in which a Taliban bomber rammed an explosive-filled vehicle into a NATO armored bus, killed five NATO service members, including one Canadian soldier, eight civilian contractors and four Afghans. The assault underscored the Taliban and allied militant movements’ ability to strike in the country more than a decade into the U.S.-led coalition’s war against the insurgents.
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Sri Lanka to host Commonwealth Summit in 2013
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30 October 2011
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Perth: The Commonwealth on Sunday announced that Sri Lanka would host its next summit in 2013, ending speculation that the island nation could be stripped off the rights over concerns of war crime allegations during the final push to defeat the LTTE in 2009.
In a communique at the end of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) here in the western Australian city, the leaders of the 54-nation grouping reiterated their decision to hold the next meeting in Sri Lanka.
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2011 New Year Auspicious Times in Sri Lanka
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13 April 2011
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Dawn of New Year (Nekath Udawa)
Dawn of New Year is at 14th April 2011 at 01:01pm
Punya Kalaya
Punyakalaya is the time which starts 6hrs 24 minutes before the dawn of New Year and ends 6 hours 24 minutes after the dawn of New Year. So the puniya kala for Sri Lanka starts on 14 th April at 06:37 a.m and ends at 14 th April at 07:35 pm . The first portion of the Punyakala is allocated for religious ceremonies and the second part is for traditions like preparing Meals. Starting work, transactions ect.
Lighting of the hearth
Preparing Meals "Aahara Piseema"
April 14th at 01:06 p.m
Auspicious direction is north
Auspicious cloth Golden Colour
Prepare a "Kiri Bath" from red rice mixed with Ghee and Kollu seeds (Kollu seeds is – Horse Gram -and Jaggery (sharkara)
Starting Work, Transactions and Taking Meals "Aahara Anubhavaya, Weda Alleema and Ganudenu Kireema"
April 14th at 3:18 pm
Auspicious direction North
Auspicious cloth Golden Colour
Applying Oil "Hisa thel Geema"
April 16th at 07:41 am (Morning)
Auspicious direction South
Auspicious cloth Blue Colour
Bo Leaves for the head and Neem (Kohomba) leaves for the feet
Going to work
April 18th at 6:28 am (Morning)
Auspicious direction North
Auspicious cloth white colour cloth
Progress Reported at Crippled Japanese Nuclear Plant
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13 April 2011
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A bit of progress is being reported at the Japanese nuclear power plant, crippled by last month's magnitude 9.0 earthquake and resulting large tsunami.
The operator of the severely damaged Fukushima-1 nuclear plant and Japan's government are contending the worst is past, here.
But the president of the Tokyo Electric Power Company, Masataka Shimizu, is again apologizing for causing the month-long crisis that has provoked health and environmental concerns far from Japan.
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