Ports, Aviation and Media Minister and Deputy Education Minister Mangala Samaraweera, who graced the relaunching ceremony of Dinamina, our sister publication, also distruibuted bicycles to ANCL sales agents. ANCL Chairman Janadasa Pieris is also in the picture.  Picture by Sanjeewa Kellepotha

Lanka concerned over Sethusamudram project - Mangala

by Ranil Wijayapala

An inter-ministerial committee headed by the Foreign Ministry has been appointed to study the implications of the proposed Sethusamudram Project of the Indian Government to create a canal linking eastern and western coasts of India.
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President appreciative of Norway's commitment

President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga received Erik Solheim, Special Advisor to the Royal Norwegian Government on the Sri Lanka peace process at the President's House yesterday. Solheim briefed the President on his conversations with Anton Balasingham in London and S.P. Thamilselvan, Head of LTTE's Political Wing in Kilinochchi, states a press release from the office of the President.
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Rs.562 m for upgrading Ruhuna, P'deniya universities

by Ranil Wijayapala

President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga in her capacity as the Minister of Education has taken steps to provide Rs.562.2 million for the improvement of facilities at Ruhuna and Peradeniya universities.
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Other Stories

• Increased allowances for teachers in difficult areas

• Most domestic users, industries exempt from electricity hike

• Code of Criminal Procedure out in November: CJ heartened by significant increase in legal literature

• National Police Commission secretary

• Some bad eggs bring disrepute to Police Department: Magistrate

• No computers: Fingerprints tallied manually

• JICA assistance for health sector

• Literature to liberate country from colonial adherence - Minister

• Maha Bodhi Society to hold birth anniversary of the Anagarika

• Off to India

• Talking Point

• News in brief

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