Manaape to go
UPFA plans end to preferential voting:
This will be the final election in Sri Lanka to
be held under the preferential system, said Transport Minister
Dullas Alahapperuma. All voters,especially public sector employees
who cast their postal vote on March 25 and 26 should use all three
preferential votes at the April 8 Parliamentary election. Persons
who could not show their gratitude to President Mahinda Rajapaksa on
January 26 can use this opportunity to do it, Minister Alahapperuma
said.
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Significant growth in industrial sector
The industrial sector recorded growth in the
last few years especially from year 2005, from Rs 497 to Rs 667
billion in 2008. In the apparel export sector the export earnings
were Rs 291 billion in 2005 and by 2008 it increased to Rs 378
billion. The total export income has increased by Rs 170 billion
from Rs 4,976 billion in 2005 to Rs 6,676 billion in 2008.
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PM calls for strong mandate to fight conspirators
Foreign nations should not meddle with the
internal affairs of our country. Sri Lanka has never interfered in
the internal affairs of any country, said Prime Minister Ratnasiri
Wickramanayaka yesterday.
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