The government has established a Railways Authority to revitalise the loss-making train service. The new Authority will be looking at improving and expanding the railways to provide a more efficient service to commuters. Staff photographer Ravindra Seneviratne yesterday took this picture of a Valachchenai bound train passing the famous rail-road Manampitiya bridge, over the Mahaweli river, one of only two such bridges in the country.

by Manjula Fernando and Rajmi Manatunga

The Government is optimistic that the latest set of proposals for a provisional administration submitted to the LTTE will bear positive results given the encouraging response so far from the LTTE.
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More illegal immigrants nabbed

by Asanga Warnakulasuriya

The illegal immigrants' toll set a new record yesterday when Mt.Lavinia Police nabbed yet another a group of 165 would be immigrants from Mt. Lavinia all set to migrate to Italy.
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• Jobs for graduates after training

• Green Movement of Sri Lanka expresses protest

• Kelaniya University clashes : 20 undergrads suspended

• Udatalawinna trial: Nine bullets had penetrated Aswar's body - Assistant JMO

• Measures to curb illegal IDD calls

• 1,000 jobs in Italy for Lankans

• World Bank grant of Rs. 4,000 million for water supply projects

• PM to visit China next month

• First ever Sri Lankan Theravada Buddhist temple in USA

• Judicial service to be upgraded

• Provincial Minister's killing : Four suspects further remanded

• 'Air rage' Lankan in US immigration custody

• Railway TUs to strike

• Businessman sues Hatton National Bank for neglecting insurance policy

• Mahapola scholarships for 375 students in Ratnapura

• Landmine sniffer dogs sought for North

• Strategic post-conflict Economic Development Initiative

• News in brief

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