Donors put off Kilinochchi visit

HEADS of donor agencies who were to undertake a visit to Kilinochchi yesterday decided to postpone the trip lest it negatively impacted on the build up to the Geneva Ceasefire talks. The Heads of the World Bank, IMF and ADB put off the visit with the delegation claiming it did not want the visit to have a negative impact on the build up to the talks.

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Let us make our freedom a meaningful one - President

"It is with a profound sense of victory that we as a nation celebrate the 58th Independence Day today. Independence obtained in 1948 brought to us the privilege of equal status with the rest of other nations in the world.

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Govt invites Lankans abroad to help build nation

IN keeping with the budget 2006 the Government yesterday announced the launch of foreign currency denominated Government Bonds giving an opportunity for Sri Lankans overseas to contribute to the nation building effort.

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BUSINESS

SLIOP trains printing industry professionals

The Sri Lanka Institute of Printing (SLIOP), is a premier organisation in the country aimed at enhancing the quality of the printing industry by conducting professional courses for prospective students, its Director of Studies Asoka Nanayakkara said.

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SPORTS

Fielding is the key to success, says Mathews

IF Sri Lanka intend making any major headway towards lifting the ICC under 19 World Cup they will have to hold onto their catches and make a big improvement on the field. Three vital catches were dropped in the final against Bangladesh in the under 19 tri-nation tournament held in Dhaka last month which cost them the match and with it the title.

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We love you, Mother Lanka

Hope and expectations are written on the face of this little girl for a New Sri Lanka which is slowly but steadily emerging from the ashes of a deadly natural catastrophe and the ravages of a civil war as the country celebrates another Independence Day.
Picture by Dushmantha Mayadunne