Talks with political parties next week

President Mahinda Rajapakse will start consultations with political parties represented in Parliament next week, as the initial step to reach a consensus among Southern political parties in his bid resolve the country's ethnic problem prior to initiating direct talks with the LTTE.

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Peace process:

Mangala briefs Indian leaders

Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera has briefed Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed on the policy President Mahinda Rajapakse seeks to follow with regard to the peace process.

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Country Manager DHL Sri Lanka Chaminda Hewamallika and CEO DHL Asia Pacific Scott Price unveiling a model of the proposed DHL country office Colombo.
Picture by Shirajiv Sirimane

BUSINESS

DHL invests US$ 2.5m on colombo office:

Visiting CEO sees significant economic boom in Sri Lanka

SRI LANKA is on its way to achieve a significant economic boom within the next few years, predicted Chief Executive Officer of DHL Express Asia Pacific, Scott Price. Price who is in Sri Lanka as a part of the DHL 25th anniversary said the present political conditions are very favourable for economic development.

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Sri Lanka’s cricket coach Tom Moody (R) speaks to Sri Lankan captain Marvan Atapattu during a practice session in the southern Indian city of Chennai..(REUTERS)

SPORTS

Indo-Lanka first Test starts today

Spinners hold the key on dry Chennai pitch

Ask any captain to name his team a day before the Test match and you can doubly be sure you will not get a positive reaction. The answers more or less will be in the negative with phrases like: "It all depends on the state of the pitch and conditions or, we will decide on the morning of the match or, we have not finalized our eleven yet, so on and so forth.

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