With pre-monsoonal showers lashing Colombo, two bhikkus get an old umbrella mended near the entrance to the National Hospital yesterday. Picture by Ranjith Premadasa

Economy has to be built from scratch - PM

by Rodney Martinesz

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Saturday observed that in the wake of the multi-fibre agreement coming to an end in 2005 the employment prospects of 45% of our workforce was in jeopardy and that the time had arrived to build a new economy to arrest this trend.
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Dangerous increase in asthma

by Bharatha Malawaraarachchi

About 10 - 15 per cent of schoolchildren in Sri Lanka are affected by asthma, according to an on going study carried out by the International Study on Asthma and Allergies in Childhood.
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Construction begins at Upper Kotmale

by Ranil Wijayapala

The Power and Energy Ministry will commence the construction work on the 150 MW Upper Kotmale hydropower project targeting to meet the future power demand of the country on May 20 amidst protests by environmentalists over the project.
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Korea, China pledge investment support

by Ravi Ladduwahetty

The Finance Ministers of China and Korea in individual meetings with Finance Minister K.N. Choksy in the backdrop of the ADB Board of Governors meeting in Shanghai, China have pledged support for investments in Sri Lanka.
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• Udatalawinna Massacre : 21 suspects discharged
  
  
• More rain, gusty winds : Forty-five houses damaged
  
  
• UNESCO Director-General lauds Lanka
  
  
• Five economic zones in N.E.
  
  
• A9 hopes for relief belied, says teachers
  
  
• Accident victims out of danger
  
  
• CFC loses market share, records loss
  
  
• $80m to upgrade public service
  
  
• Malnutrition in children from Wanni
  
  
• Katpaham at Kataragama
  
  
• Pollution in Pigeon Islands
  
  
• Program to issue NICs within 72 hours
  
  
• Compost fertiliser project
  
  
• Displaced families return home
  
  
• World Red Cross Day in Trinco
  
  
• Environmentalists up in arms against Upper Kotmale power project
  
  
• National Centre for Victimsof Crime set up
  
  
• Private mental institution in the offing
  
  
• Amara Gee Naada held at Dharubaaruge in Male'
  
  
• Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Arrives in Male'
  
  
• USS Sides leaves tomorrow
  
  
• Number plates belong to PSD, says CMV
  
  
• News in brief

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