Passengers inconvenienced by the wild cat strike of Railway Union employees leave the Fort Railway station to board private buses that were brought in to ease the tension last evening.  Picture by Avinash Bandara

PNB widens net to nab key drug traffickers

by Asanga Warnakulasuriya

The Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) will fine tune its investigation strategy to net 15 more 'A Grade' drug traffickers operating both locally and internationally.
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Rail strike continues, commuters stranded

by Manjula Fernando and Ranil Wijayapala

The Police rescued Fort Railway Station Master from angry commuters last night when they stormed his office in fury with the news that trains will not run due to another lightening strike by railway workers.
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US extends LTTE ban

[intro] The United States re-designated the LTTE as a foreign terrorist organisation pursuant to Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, said US State Department spokesman Richard Boucher.
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Other Stories

• Clarification

• UNICEF keen on childcare

• Four major irrigation projects before year end

• Register elephant tusks or face prosecution

• Govt. orders relief for flood-hit families

• Campus clash: Bail for 13 undergrads

• Jak planting project 25th phase on Oct 6

• Regional Dermatology Conference begins on October 9

• Male returns to normal : Gayoom was quick to take action to restore law and order

• "South Korea renders yeoman service to Sri Lanka"

• Canadian team on mental health fact-finding mission

• World Animals Day falls today

• Liquor outlet dispute settled

• Commercial High Court allows Union Bank Ltd its functioning in Sri Lanka

• Banyan Tree buys 69.9% stake of Beruwala Walk Inn

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