A Nation remembers

EVEN the waves once cruel to Sri Lankans by claiming more than 40,000 lives within minutes, joined the entire Nation as it observed two minutes silence sharp at 9.30 a.m. yesterday to remember the first anniversary of the tsunami tragedy.

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Resolve to face all challenges with greater strength: President

THERE is no challenge that cannot be overcome by a Nation that has awakened as one and there is no challenge that cannot be defeated by a Nation that has joined ranks to achieve a single aim with total commitment.

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Will hold discussions with Indian PM, President and Jayalalitha:

President's first state visit, more than just symbolic

PRESIDENT Mahinda Rajapakse's visit to New Delhi today, his first as Head of State is more than just symbolic. Several agreements between the two countries will be signed during the President's visit to the Indian capital.

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Bank of Ceylon

BUSINESS

Bank of Ceylon aims Rs. 4 b profit in 2006

Bank of Ceylon will not be privatized under any circumstances, said Chairman of the BoC Udayasiri Kariyawasam. He said that Bank is one of the leading state banks in the country and the Bank was making profits without any problem and assured that it is not the under the government's privatization list.

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Australian batsman Ricky Ponting clips the ball away to reach his century on the first day of the second Test being played at the MCG. AFP

SPORTS

We lacked the killer instinct - coach Moody

AUSTRALIAN-BORN coach Tom Moody said that the Sri Lanka team led by Marvan Atapattu lacked the killer instinct to finish off India in the three-Test series which ended in a 2-0 win for the host nation.

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President Mahinda Rajapakse is joined by Minister Sarath Amunugama and Service Chiefs as he offers prayers for thousands of people killed in the December 2004 tsunami during the main official remembrance ceremony by the government, at the Jinarathana College in Peraliya yesterday.

A Soldier stands in respect before a tsunami remembrance monument during the main official ceremony at the Jinarathana College. Pictures by AFP, Rukmal Gamage and Dudley Wickremasinghe


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