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The huge earth bund been constructed by the LTTE from Nachchikuda to Akkarayankulam was a major obstacle the Security Forces had to overcome in their forward march towards the LTTE’s last bastians in the North, has now been overcome by the troops attached to the 58 Division operating on the Kilinochchi front with the capture of a section of this earth bund in Karambakulam area in the northeast of Nachchikuda. Here the valiant troops of the 11 Sri Lanka Light Infantry attached to the 58 Division operating from their newly gained territory. Picture by Rukmal Gamage

Sri Lanka on course to achieve MDGs by 2015

UN: Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama has declared that Sri Lanka is on track to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015.

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Two trains collide: One dead, 32 injured

Ganemulla : One person was killed and 32 people injured as the Polgahawela bound train and the Kandy bound intercity train collided at the Ganemulla station around 4 p.m yesterday, the Trains Control Room and Gampaha hospital sources said yesterday.

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Ticket machines, crew uniforms ‘must’ from January - SC

COLOMBO: The Supreme Court yesterday directed the Western Provincial Road Transport Authority (WPRTA) to fully implement the gazette order that required private bus operators in the Western Province to equip their conductors with ticketing machines and the bus crew to wear uniforms by January 1 next year.

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More car parks for Colombo needed

Private sector companies and the Urban Development Authority (UDA) will set up modern car parks in strategic locations in Colombo to ease parking congestion.

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