Michelle, a young holiday maker from Italy who arrived in the country with her parents looks out of a hotel room in the city through her father’s binoculars. Tourist arrivals are tipped to exceed the 400,000 mark by the end of this year with the prevailing peaceful atmosphere in the country. Picture by Saman Sri Wedage

Govt-LTTE to maintain direct links

by Manjula Fernando and Rashomi Silva

Chief negotiators of the government and the LTTE will maintain direct contacts during the month-long intervals between formal talks, it was revealed yesterday.
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Business chambers commend budget

by the Daily News Business Desk

The leading chambers of commerce and industries in Sri Lanka yesterday hailed Budget 2003 as a development oriented budget with medium and long-term measures to rebuild the country's ailing economy.
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2,000 families displaced by Deduruoya floods

by Uditha Kumarasinghe and Puttalam District Group Correspondent Prasad Purnamal 

Nearly 2,000 families in Chilaw and Arachchikatuwa Divisional Secretariat Divisions have been displaced by the overflowing waters of Deduruoya.
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• President receives names of new ministers
  
  
• Education quality not upto expected level, says Minister
  
  
• Plenty of rain in Kandy, but water woes in Gurudeniya
  
  
• Rs. 80 lakhs to repair 21 tanks
  
  
• New Director-General gives top priority to build Customs Dept image
  
  
• Telecom launches international calling card in London
  
  
• Dept plans to set up five irrigation zones in island - GA Moneragala
  
  
• Bro Edwin Ambrose's prime motive was to improve quality of education - Chairman Chilaw UC

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