Above: A section of the massive crowd that thronged the Town Hall grounds yesterday for the Jana Bala Meheyuma. Below: Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and Deputy Leader of the UNP and Minister Karu Jayasuriya at the Jana Bala Meheyuma.

Massive show of support for peace and democracy: Peace hopes high as direct talks approach - PM

by Ananda Kannangara

Tens of thousands of people from all parts of the country converged on to the Town Hall grounds in Colombo yesterday in a show of support for peace and democracy in a demonstration led by the governing United National Front.
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Rubber Corp. fraud : CID seeks AG's advice to quiz Ratnasiri

by Sarath Malalasekera

The Criminal Investigation Department probing the alleged massive fraud at the Sri Lanka Rubber Manufacturing and Export Corporation filing a further report yesterday before the Colombo Fort Magistrate and Additional District Judge Priyantha Fernando said that a colossal amount of money had been released to the Corporation by the Treasary on the direction of former Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake.
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