Govt decision on CEB, CPC will benefit country - UPFA

THE UPFA Government will not act in an irresponsible and arbitrary manner regarding the future of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) and the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), the UPFA said in a statement issued yesterday.

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Stop provoking Security Forces, Ratnasiri tells LTTE

PUBLIC SECURITY, Law and Order Minister and Acting Defence Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake told the LTTE yesterday to stop their attempts to provoke the Security Forces as the Government has no intention to wage a war against them at all.

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Two-day Summit rekindles spirit of Non-Aligned Movement:

New era of Afro-Asian unity dawns in Jakarta

LEADERS of 90 Asian-African countries will meet today at a historic summit to revive and re-invigorate the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in the backdrop of a new world order. The Asian-African Summit 2005 and the commemoration of the Golden Jubilee of the Asian-African Conference 1955, Indonesia will be ceremonially declared open today by the President of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono following a minute's silence for tsunami victims.

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Finance Minister Sarath Amunugama and Caio Koch-Weser, Under Secretary for Finance of the Federal Republic of Germany during a bilateral meeting at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington D.C. on April 17. (Inset) Hiroshi Watanabe, Vice-Minister of Finance of Japan and Finance Minister Dr. Sarath Amunugama, in discussion at the Spring Meetings on April 17 at the World Bank Headquarters.

BUSINESS

Leasing industry poised for growth

President of the Sri Lanka Leasing Association Dr. Dilangan Soyza is optimistic that the total revenue generated form the leasing industry would increase this year.

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Curator Jayananda Warnaweera (L) and former England all-rounder Ian Botham inspect the damage done to the Galle International Stadium by the tsunami against the back drop of the historic Galle Fort. Botham was in Sri Lanka on a fact-finding mission with Laureus Sports Award to help assist tsunami victims and to rebuild devastated areas.
Pic by Herbert Perera

SPORTS

Galle Cricket Stadium - some hope?

THREE months ago the destiny of Galle International Stadium as a Test cricket venue looked gloomy with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) having plans to build a new cricket stadium at Habaraduwa. The excuse given for that change was 'in the event of another tsunami' which was a farsighted one and came for much criticism from the cricket-loving

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Above: SLNS Samudura. Right: Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, Chief of Defence Staff and Navy Commander Daya Sandagiri, US Ambassador Geoffrey Lunstead and Defence Secretary Asoka Jayawardena inspect the vessel. Pictures by Samantha Weerasiri


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