The USS Cushing -DD 985 Naval destroyer ship which arrived in Colombo yesterday. Picture by Dudley Wickramasinghe.

by Sudarshana Perera

The Government will reduce the cost of a 50 kg bag of Urea fertiliser by Rs. 200 from May 1 in keeping with its election pledge, Finance Minister Dr. Sarath Amunugama said yesterday.
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Parliament opens tomorrow

by Bharatha Malawaraarachchi

The 13th Parliament will meet tomorrow. The newly elected 225 members of Parliament will be sworn in before the Speaker who is to be elected in the morning.
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World Bank grants US dollars 51m for poverty alleviation

The World Bank has approved a grant of US$51 million for a community-driven project to empower communities and strengthen villages in Sri Lanka.
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Other Stories

• Over 500,000 devotees pay obeisance to Sacred Tooth Relic

• China to build state-of-the-art performing Arts Centre

• CWC to decide on its political strategy today

• American Navy destroyer arrives in Colombo

• Met Dept shoots down poisonous air rumour

• Former Thinakaran Chief Editor Sri Kanthan dead

• Surgery management training for homeopaths

• Implementation of five-year action plan on the eradication of rabies

• National Council of YMMA felicitates Prime Minister

• Lions walk-a-thon : Gift of Sight - Children's blindness initiative

• News in brief

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