President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga met artistes and sportspersons including Sri Lanka's contingent for the upcoming SAF Games at the President's House yesterday. Here, the President greeting the artistes. Actress Anoja Weerasinghe is also in the picture. - Pic by Sudath Malaweera.  President Chandrika Bandaranaike warmly congratulating Muttiah Muralitharan on his achieving 500 Test wickets said: “Please accept my warm congratulations on your great achievement. I join all Sri Lankans, today, in expressing my pride in a great sportsman like you. May you continue to reach ever greater heights in your world breaking achievements”. Picture by Reuters.

BoI squanders staggering Rs. 990 m

by Anura Maitipe

Public funds amounting to a staggering Rs. 990 million has been squandered through several wasteful deals and projects initiated by the Board of Investment, the Auditor General's report for 2002 reveals.
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will be kept out of sports and arts - President

by Uditha Kumarasinghe

President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga yesterday pledged to have the fields of sports and arts outside the influence of politics.
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Docs strike enters 7th day : 

National Hospital overflows with patients

The Colombo National Hospital was yesterday overcrowded with patients rejected by the Colombo South Teaching Hospital ( Kalubowila) and Ragama Teaching Hospitals which had stopped admitting patients as the doctors' strike entered its seventh day.
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Murali joins select band of 500

by Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan joined the select band of bowlers who had taken 500 wickets in Test cricket when he bowled Michael Kasprowicz for a duck in the Australian first innings of the second cricket Test played at the Asgriya Stadium, Kandy yesterday.
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