Goods flow through A9
Forty lorries permitted to travel a day
Army escort for convoys
Essentials include rice, sugar, dhal, oil
Around 35 lorries belonging to private traders
transporting essential items to the North through the A9 Road left
Medawachchiya yesterday morning. Military spokesman Brigadier Udaya
Nanayakkara said 35 lorries of private traders have left from
Medawachchiya check point carrying essential items to the North on
the A9 Road after a lapse of several years.
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President to unveil restored Jetawana Stupa today
The historic Jetawana stupa in Anuradhapura
conserved by the Central Cultural Fund will be unveiled for the
benefit of the public by President Mahinda Rajapaksa today at 4.00
p.m.
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Sri Lanka gains partnership in SCO
Members welcome end to terror in country:
Sri Lanka has been granted the status of
Dialogue Partner of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). The
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced this at the conclusion
of the SCO Summit at Yekaterinburg, Russia.
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Second Swine Flu patient detected
Parents test negative:
Health authorities said yesterday that a second
confirmed case of Swine Flu had been detected in the country. The
new patient has been identified as the brother of the first case
detected on Tuesday.
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