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Navy morale high - CommanderNAVY Commander Vice Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda reiterated that despite the recent attacks on sailors in Mannar, Trincomalee and Jaffna the morale of the Navy was very high. Karannagoda told the Daily News following the recent LTTE attacks against Navy personnel in the North and East, he visited all key Naval installations and instructed to tackle the LTTE threats. LTTE on a propaganda warA report in the Tamilnet website seriously altering Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer's recent statement on the ceasefire violations perpetrated by the LTTE, has posed doubts as to the credibility of the website. Floods as tanks spill overSEVERAL reservoirs and tanks spilled over during the last few days causing minor floods and disrupting road traffic in the wake of torrential rains which lashed many parts of the country. The most significant of these is the spill over of the Parakrama Samudraya in Polonnaruwa which cut off traffic between Polonnaruwa and Batticaloa. |
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BUSINESSTen year tax holiday for 300 factory programmeThe Government's 300 factories Programme, to bring investment into the regions creating employment opportunities would be launched on January 24. This is one of the main objectives in the "Mahinda Chinthanaya", and it would be launched in 300 divisional secretariats across the island.
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SPORTSDomiciled Lankans glad to see cricketers leave MelbourneTHE Sri Lankans domiciled in Melbourne were glad to see the backs of the Sri Lankan cricketers as they flew out to Brisbane after their demoralizing defeat against Australia under lights at Telstra Dome on Friday.
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President Mahinda Rajapakse and Mrs. Rajapakse
yesterday participated at special Thai Pongal celebrations held at
Temple Trees along with Ministers and MPs. Here, the President is being
blessed in accordance with the Hindu rituals. Social Welfare Minister
Douglas Devananda, Indigenous Medicine Minister and Deputy Minister of
Religious Affairs Tissa Karaliyadda, Deputy Minister of Health and
Nutrition Vadivel Suresh and UPFA MP Ramalingam Chandrasekaran also
participated at this ceremony. |
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