Army breach last defence

Troops of the 57 Division and the Task Force - I operating in the Kilinochchi and Paranthan fronts yesterday breached the heavily fortified LTTE earthbund, the last obstacle before entry to Kilinochchi, from five locations regaining a near 5 km stretch under the control of the Forces causing heavy damage to the LTTE, Military Spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara told the Daily News.

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GCE O/L Maths paper :

Exams chief assures justice

The new syllabus Mathematics II question paper of the ongoing GCE O/L examination will be evaluated in a manner that no injustice would be caused to those who sat that paper, Examination Department sources revealed yesterday.

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An attempt to pose as champion of the poor

UNP Parliamentarian Ravi Karunanayake’s attempt to show himself as a champion of the poor is in stark contrast to the deliberate anti-poor decisions he took while he was Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister in Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Government of 2001 - 2004, says Mass Media and Information Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa in a statement issued to the media yesterday on the remarks made by Ravi Karunanayake MP following the Supreme Court determination with respect to a pricing formula for fuel.

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High 3Q growth in all sectors

The Department of Census and Statistics said the country’s GDP growth rate was 6.3 per cent for the third quarter of 2008 compared to a growth of seven per cent for the same quarter of the last year.

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