Tusker Wewaladeniye Raja stepping through the Main Wahalkada of the Sri Dalada Maligawa with the casket carrying the Relics to parade the streets of Kandy, in the inaugural Kumbal Perahera of the Kandy Esala Festival. Below, a section of the large number of foreign tourists who viewed the perahera.

Return to talks soon

by Ranil Wijayapala

The visiting Japanese Senior Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tatsuro Yano making a special statement in Jaffna on the Sri Lankan peace process yesterday urged the LTTE to return to the negotiating table at the earliest possible date.
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PM at Thalawila shrine

by Ariyaratne Ganegoda and Prasad Poornamal Jayamanne

Celebrations of the Annual St.Anne's Feast of the Thalawila shrine, reached a conclusion yesterday morning with the offering of Festive High Mass presided over by Very Reverend Dr. Frank Marcus Fernando, Bishop of Chilaw, followed by the serene procession that took the venerated statue of St.Anne along the streets surrounding the Church.
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• Twenty two would be local illegal immigrants arrested
  
  
• No more bodies coming to South - SPC Chief Minister
  
  
• Tourist Board bowled over upcoming English tour
  
  
• Japan donates Rs. 250 million to improve Maternal health services
  
  
• Kandy spruced up for Perahera
  
  
• Medico-Legal Society a multidisciplinary professional body - Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva
  
  
• They were men of formidable intellectual power and personal charm - Attorney General
  
  
• Some Bribery investigations officers influenced by politicians - Dr. Kingsley Wickremasuriya
  
  
• District Court issues notice returnable regarding land issue
  
  
• Loans on reasonable terms will help improve rural economy - SP Governor
  
  
• Fertilizer factory supervisor electrocuted

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