President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga receives the ‘Ceres’ medal from FAO Director General Dr. Jacque Diouf.  Picture by Dudley Wickramasinghe

Anura launches 
operation  clean up:

Heads roll at BOI

Minister of Industries, Tourism and Investment Promotion Anura Bandaranaike yesterday sacked two top officials of the BOI, as he began cleaning up the BOI of massive fraud, corruption, waste and malpractice in the country's key foreign investment institution.
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President receives prestigious 'Ceres' medal

by Ranil Wijayapala

President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, following in the footsteps of her mother, the late Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike, received the prestigious 'Ceres' medal from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations for her commitment towards eradicating poverty and hunger.
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$220m ADB aid for Lanka

by Shirajiv Sirimane

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) pledged US $ 220 million assistance for Sri Lanka's development this year. ADB Vice President Liqun Jin said they were pleased in the manner in which the government was committed to peace and reaching for a negotiated settlement.
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