Government active on peace front

Foreign Affairs Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar, in an interview with Rupavahini on Saturday said, discussions are going on now between the Government and the Norwegians about the most effective way of moving the negotiations or the peace process forward.
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Attack on checkpoint: Another civilian dead

Another victim of last Friday's terrorist attack at the Mahindapura checkpoint, 40 km East of Kantalai succumbed to her injuries yesterday, bringing the death toll to four (civilians and a soldier).
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Woman and youth arrested for drug trafficking and peddling

by Sarath Malalasekera

The Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) yesterday morning arrested a woman suspected of hard drug trafficking and a youth of Central Road, Pettah with a large quantity of heroin.
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Freshers misled by senior undergrade

by A. W. Gunawardhana, Matara Cental Correspondent

The attempts of certain elements to sabotage the efforts of university authorities to modernise university curricula should be condemned, Prof. Ranjith Senaratna, Vice Chancellor, University of Ruhuna, told a media conference on the closure of the Faculties of Humanities and Social Sciences.
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