The new President of the Organisation of the Professional Associations was inducted at a ceremony at the BMICH yesterday. President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga was the chief guest. Here the President being taken in procession to the venue.  Picture by Indrajith Perera

Consensus among southern political parties, the need - President

by Duminda Guruge

Consensus among the southern political parties is a must to continue peace talks with the LTTE and to solve the North East problem through negotiations, President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga stressed yesterday.
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Railway strike called off

by Rajmi Manatunga

The countrywide rail strike planned for today was postponed at the eleventh hour following the intervention of Transport Minister Felix Perera yesterday.
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MSD men wanted for robbery remanded till November 19

by Sarath Malalasekera

The Cinnamon Gardens Police arrested five most wanted men three of them attached to the Ministerial Security Division (MSD) and produced them before the Colombo Chief Magistrate and Additional District Judge Ms. Sarojini Kusala Weerawardena.
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Ceremonies in Matara to mark decade of presidency

A series of ceremonies will be held in Matara from December 7 to 12 under the banner Nilwala Harasara Upahara, (Nilwala felicitation) with the "Prosperous Future based on the Renaissance of a decade of Presidency"as the theme of the program (Punarudhaye dasavasarin isurubara heta dinak ) to mark the decade of the presidency of Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga.
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• Hindu priest knocked down: Jaffna calms-down after early unrest

• Previous regime ignored the value of graduates

• Sri Lanka to become technically developed nation

• Chinese delegation to provide more schols, explore oil and gas

• Common consensus vital to expedite peace talks - Malwatte Mahanayake Thera

• Annual Congress of the Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture

• Clergy Organisation welcomes President's efforts on ethnic crisis

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