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The little hero from Mahiyangana nine-year-old Dinesh Sandakelum who saved the lives of three elders who were on the verge of drowning in a canal, was rewarded with a fully sponsored educational scholarship to enter Nalanda College, Colombo recently. Dinesh met President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat on March 16. The People’s Bank Sisu Udana program donated Rs. 200,000 and Nalanda OBA donated Rs. 500,000 for his studies. Nalanda Principal Hemantha Premathilaka is at right. Ministers Susil Premajayantha, Nimal Siripala de Silva, Dinesh Gunawardena and Chairman People’s Bank W. Karunajeewa were also present. - Picture by Sudath Silva

Idp Influx Gains Momentum

Thousands cross over daily:

With the territory held by the LTTE diminishing progressively the number of civilians braving LTTE threats and arriving in Government controlled areas is increasing day by day.

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United National Party crisis

MPs rebel against Leader

Motion of No Confidence brought:

UNP Members of Parliament have rebelled against the Party Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe during a meeting of the UNP Parliamentary Group held at the Parliamentary Complex yesterday morning.

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Yala paddy crop 50 percent more

Military victories boost production:

UDITHA KUMARASINGHE and IRANGIKA RANGE

Agriculture Development and Agrarian Services Minister Maithripala Sirisena told Parliament yesterday, paddy production of the 2008 Yala season has shown a 50 per cent increase compared with the 2007 Yala paddy harvest, due to moves taken by the Government to cultivate a large extent of fallow paddy lands under the Government’s national food production drive Api Wawamu Rata Nagamu.

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National policy promotes public private partnership - DG Merchant Shipping

The implementation mechanism of the national policy will create an environment for public-private partnership to establish the infrastructure and services.

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