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Health sector funds to be doubled by Bharatha Malawaraarachchi Budgetary funds allocated for the health sector will be increased from
the present 1.3 per cent of the GDP to 2.5 per cent, the new Minister of
Healthcare and Nutrition Nimal Siripala de Silva pledged yesterday. President's prompt action ensures refugees swift return home The prompt action by President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga to
afford relief to the civilians displaced by the recent conflict in the
Eastern Province have enabled the refugees to return to their homes. Army-LTTE agree to uphold ceasefire A meeting was held between GOC Brigadier Vajira Wijeyagoonewardena, Sri
Lanka Army 23 Division, and Colonel Thambirajah Ramesh, Special Commander,
Batticaloa and Ampara district and their delegations yesterday. World's first woman PM's birth anniversary tomorrow Former Prime Minister the late Sirimavo Bandaranaike's 88th birth
anniversary is on April 17, tomorrow. Mrs. Bandaranaike entered politics
soon after the demise of her husband, Prime Minister S. W. R. D.
Bandaranaike in 1960 and remained in the political arena for nearly 35
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