LTTE child soldiers: UN warns of tough steps

The UN Security Council’s Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict has again warned the LTTE of grave consequences if it does not put an end to the recruitment of child soldiers.

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President presents memento to Murali

President Mahinda Rajapaksa presented Sri Lanka’s star off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan with a memento for reaching 700 test wickets at a special banquet to the Sri Lanka and Bangladesh cricket teams and the officials of the Kandy District Cricket Association at a function held at the President’s House in Kandy.

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Lankan team in Saudi to make personal appeal to infant’s father

A top-level Sri Lankan delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Hussein Bhaila will arrive here tomorrow to seek clemency from the parents of an infant who allegedly died under the care of Sri Lankan housemaid Rizana Nafeek.

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Tri-Star invests Rs. 500m for Apparel Village in Trincomalee

Tri-Star Apparel Exporters will establish an apparel village investing over Rs. 500 million in the Trincomalee district. Chairman of the Tri-Star Apparel Exporters Kumar Dewapura said the company expects to establish five garment factories in the Village providing 5000 job opportunities for youth in Thambalagamuwa in the Trincomalee district.

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