Mangala signs top deal in US

Ports, Aviation and Media Minister, Mangala Samaraweera with US Secretary of Energy, Spencer Abraham after signing a cooperative agreement for the first program aimed at thwarting potential illicit shipments of nuclear weapons material through seaports at the Department of Energy headquarters in Washington, DC. The US-Sri Lanka agreement falls under the Department of Energy’s Megaports Initiative, part of the US Government’s ‘Second Line of Defense’ program, designed to work with foreign governments to deter, detect and interdict illegal shipments of nuclear weapons materials.AFP  Full Story

UNF bigwigs involved in police promotions

Recent Police promotions which led to controversy have been decided by the Secretary of the Police Commission on the recommendation of political bigwigs of the former UNF regime, informed sources said.
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Finance Minister announces salary rise at first UPFA budget

by Ranil Wijayapala and Bharatha Malawaraarachchi

Finance Minister Dr. Sarath Amunugama told the Parliament yesterday that the salaries of the government employees will be increased from the inaugural budget of government as pledged by the Freedom Alliance at the election campaign.
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SAARC and ASEAN to work together

The Council of Ministers meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan has requested the SAARC Committee on Economic Cooperation to find out how SAARC and ASEAN could jointly work to enhance their marketshare in the highly competitive European market with the phasing out of quotas under Multi Fibre Agreement, which expires at the closure of this year.
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Other Stories

• Kandy Esala Perahera begins today

• Sarasaviya website launch

• Japanese assistance for agricultural development

• Navodya goals reached, 22 schools honoured

• SAARC Nationals Counter at BIA

• Sri Lanka Law College to break new ground

• Court of Appeal reserves judgement in Chef-de-Mission appointment case

• Witnesses fail to identify Dhammika's murderers

• Orders placed for 2005 school uniform material

• Editors' Guild perturbed by BASL President's address

• Police granted time to file plaint in roofing sheets scandal

• Procession in Rambukkana town to mark Intl. Anti-Smoking Day

• Uninterrupted supply of wheat assured

• News in brief

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