Lankan peace keeper in Haiti A Sri Lankan UN peacekeeper patrols a street near a school in Leogane, Haiti yesterday. The United Nations warned countries near Haiti to prepare for another influx of “boat people” or refugees unless they quickly help the poor and devastated Caribbean nation.     Picture by AFP

Customs investigations reveal:

Rs. 1.4b in foreign exchange siphoned out of country via Pyramid scheme

by Asanga Warnakulasuriya

Rs. 1.4 billion of Sri Lanka's foreign exchange reserves had been siphoned out of the country via the Pyramid scheme, latest Customs investigations reveal. Earlier, President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga lambasted Pyramid operators and lamented over the drain in foreign exchange and came forward to endorse and approve legislative actions initiated by the Central Bank and Customs authorities.
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250 speed limits to be removed within three months:

Speed limits out, faster train rides soon

by Rajmi Manatunga

Commuters can expect faster train rides soon with the Railways Department launching a program to do away with speed limits imposed on rail tracks islandwide. Railways Department sources told the Daily News that under the new program, all speed limits imposed on trains running on certain lines owing to the poor condition of rail tracks will be removed within nine months.
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