Best Actor Joe Abeywickrama (Purasanda Kaluwara) and Best Actress Sangeetha Weeraratne (Aswesuma) with their awards at the Sarasaviya Film Festival Awards Night.

Peace Committee for Trincomalee

by Jayantha Sri Nissanka

As Trincomalee limped back to normal following Friday's violent incidents, a Peace Committee comprising civic and religious leaders in the area was set up to defuse tensions and create a climate of peaceful coexistence between the major communities.
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Call for halt to casual appointments

by Ravi Ladduwahetty

The minimum monthly salary of a public servant should be Rs. 6000 - based on the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) for December 2000, the Tissa Devendra Salaries Commission has recommended in its report to President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga.
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Project to divert Menik Ganga immediately halted

by Rajmi Manatunga

The Government has ordered the immediate termination of a project launched by the people of the Lunugamvehera area to divert the Menik Ganga to Lunugamvehara where there is an acute shortage of water for farming and other purposes.
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