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• Polluters at Sri Pada to be punished

• 5,000 permanent homes for Lanka's tsunami victims completed by 2005 

• Japan defers Sri Lankan debt repayment

• Indo-Lanka Naval joint exercise

• National Agricultural Policy to ensure sustainable development

• Germany grants 15m Euro for reconstruction work in Batticaloa

• Deputy Foreign Minister of Italy visits Sri Lanka

• Housing project at Beruwala for the tsunami affected

• Highly successful visit by British Cabinet Minister to Sri Lanka

• Law College bids farewell to its Principal

• New steps to upgrade quality of education in the NCP

• Five national level primary schools to be set up  

• Harsh realities post quota era haunt garment industry - Survey

• Universal Peace Federation in Sri Lanka inaugurated

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BUSINESS

Rs. 30 Billion Southern Highway will boost economic growth

THE Government has given priority for the fast track of the Rs. 30 Billion Southern Highway which is expected will boost GDP growth to 10%+ in the South. The Asian Development Bank and Japan Business Corporation is supporting the 'Southern Transport Development Project' estimated at a cost of Rs. 30 Billion.

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Anil Kumble celebrating after taking a match bag of 10 for 157 to lead India to victory over Sri Lanka by 188 runs. REUTERS

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Kumble (10/157) lures Sri Lanka to defeat
 

Sri Lanka managed to stall the inevitable till 41 minutes into the fifth and final afternoon before losing the second cricket Test to India by 188 runs at the Ferozshah Kotla grounds here today to trail the three-Test series 0-1 with one match to play. The first Test at Chennai ended in a draw.   

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This convivial scene where two Dhaham pasal children in the company of these Samaneras at the Borella Vihara portraying a scene of tranquillity. Picture by Indrajith Perera

The National Movement Against Terrorism held a demonstration yesterday opposite the European Union Office in Colombo demanding the banning of the LTTE in all EU countries. Here a protestor handing over a petition in this regard to an EU representative.
pic by Sudath Nishantha

Government allocates Rs.10b for plantation sector modernisation

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