Samurdhi officials handing over a beautifully crafted glass encased memento of a map of Sri Lanka to President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga at the 7th General Assembly of the Samurdhi development officers. Pic by Dudley Wickramasinghe.

Investigations reveal S.B. Dissanayake embezzled Rs. 620 M from Samurdhi Fund

by Asanga Warnakulasuriya

President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga yesterday pledged that the Government will deposit Rs. 620 million squandered by former Samurdhi Minister S. B. Dissanayake from the Samurdhi Social Security Fund into Samurdhi beneficiaries accounts with interest.
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Former TNA MP shot dead by suspected LTTE gunmen in Batticaloa

by Ranil Wijayapala

Unidentified gunmen suspected to be of the LTTE shot dead former TNA MP Kingsley Rajanayagam who resigned from his seat in Batticaloa, from the present Parliament under pressure from the Tigers.
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