Enhanced healthcare for IDPs

Healthcare facilities will be expanded for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the Eastern Province. This follows a discussion held with the participation of Healthcare and Nutrition Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva and Senior Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa.

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Italy assures strong measures to curb terrorism against Lanka

President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday met Italian President Giorgio Napolitano where the Lankan leader was assured of stringent measures to deal with any terrorist activities directed against Sri Lanka from Italian soil.

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British High Commissioner misled

British High Commissioner Dominic Chilcott has been completely misled by interested parties in an attempt to discredit the name of Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, sources close to the Defence Secretary told the Daily News yesterday.

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Malicious attempts to tarnish Defence Secretary’s image - Government

The Government yesterday strongly rejected accusations levelled against Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa by certain media organisations that he had threatened an editor of a local English newspaper.

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Tight monetary policies to keep economy trim

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) is to maintain 11.6% of reserve money growth for 2007 while maintaining 14.8% broad money growth for the end of this year through vibrant monetary policies.

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