March 11, 2010: The government said yesterday that it had decided to begin discussions with the European Commission for the restoration of GSP Plus concessions that were withdrawn last month.

March 11, 2010: Convenor of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party Mahajana Wing parliamentarian Mangala Samaraweera said at a media briefing yesterday that apart from the Gampaha district leader, no other SLFP Mahajana Wing member had joined hands with the government.

March 11, 2010: State counsel Dilan Rathnayake, appearing on behalf of the Attorney General, assured the Supreme Court yesterday that even though persons arrested under emergency regulations were detained at Army and Navy camps, they continued to remain under the custody of the police.

March 11, 2010: Another phase of the campaign to obtain signatures for the public petition calling for the release of General Sarath Fonseka got underway in Badulla yesterday.

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March 10, 2010: Lankan migrant workers, who are deported from Dubai for violating immigration laws, are often jailed as they return to Dubai after obtaining new passports, investigations have revealed.

March 10, 2010: Senior journalist Susil Kindelpitiya has been appointed as the Colombo district organizer of the United National Party.

March 10, 2010: Another phase of the campaign to obtain signatures for a public petition, to secure the release of General Sarath Fonseka, took place in the Nugegoda area yesterday.

March 10, 2010: Senior Presidential Advisor and parliamentarian Basil Rajapaksa said that people's expectations on the Mahinda Chinthanaya Idiri Dekama have now increased.

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March 09, 2010: Forces which do not respect the independence and the unitary nature of the country continue to operate even today, says Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake.

March 09, 2010: A fundamental rights petition was filed in the Supreme Court yesterday, seeking a revision of the United National Party nomination list for the Moneragala district.

March 09, 2010: A site in the Muthurajawela area has been selected for the disposal of garbage collected in the city, says Patali Champika Ranawaka, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources.

March 09, 2010: Three children, all below four years, have been abandoned by their mother at a hospital in Pussellawa and police have begun a search for the mother.

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March 08, 2010: A protest rally was held at Hyde Park today against the holding of General Sarath Fonseka in custody for over one month. Leaders of the Democratic National Alliance were present on stage along with Mrs. Anoma Fonseka.

March 08, 2010: Fifty unauthorised structures, built sans approved plans, have been removed by the Ministry of Urban Development and Sacred Area Development.

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March 08, 2010: A member of the Civil Defence Force survived an attack by a leopard when police intervened to rescue him from the marauding beast.

March 08, 2010: Namal Rajapaksa, UPFA Hambantota district candidate says that Sri Lanka can become the wonder of Asia.

March 08, 2010: The relics of St. Anthony arrived in the island from Italy yesterday to coincide with the 175th jubilee of the St. Anthony's Shrine in Kochchikade.