High sea drama
The Navy rescued
138 Bangladeshi and Myanmar
nationals from a sinking overcrowded
wooden vessel, 50 nautical miles off
Akkaraipattu on Saturday, in a 20
hour rescue operation.
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Lanka marks 65th Independence
Day today
Sri Lanka’s 65th
Independence Day celebrations will
be held on a grand scale at Fort
Frederick in Trincomalee today. The
celebrations will be held under the
patronage of President Mahinda
Rajapaksa.
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President opens renovated Dutch
Navy Commissioner’s Housing Complex
in Trincomalee
Refurbished
building to be converted to Naval
and Maritime Museum:
President
Mahinda Rajapaksa opened the
renovated Dutch Navy Commissioner’s
Housing Complex in Trincomalee
yesterday. This was once the Dutch
Naval Commissioner’s official
bungalow. The opening was held as a
part of the 65th Independence Day
celebrations in Trincomalee.
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International Bar
Assn issue :
Visas withdrawn due to
inaccurate information
Following the
detection of inaccurate information
in the visa applications of the four
member delegation representing the
International Bar Association (IBA),
which had unilaterally scheduled a
visit to Sri Lanka, regrettably the
Sri Lankan government was
constrained to withdraw visas issued
through the ETA system for three
applicants and the other by a
diplomatic mission, the External
Affairs Ministry said yesterday.
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Hungary will stand by SL –
Speaker
Visiting
Hungarian Speaker Laszlo Kover
assured Prime Minister D M Jayaratne
that the country will stand by Sri
Lanka against international
pressure.
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World’s largest passenger ship
here today
The Queen
Elizabeth cruise ship, one of the
world’s largest passenger ships,
will arrive at the Colombo Port
today. This is the first time such a
large ship will arrive in Sri Lanka.
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Industrial and tourism zones
coming in North
Five new
industrial zones and several tourism
zones are to be established in the
North shortly. The industrial zones
are to be set up in Jaffna, Vavuniya,
Kilinochchi, Mannar and Mullaitivu
districts. Mandativu, Karativu and
Kayts islands have been earmarked to
establish the tourism zones.
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Walallawita Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Udeni Atukorala was arrested by Bribery Commission officials for allegedly soliciting a Rs 1.5 million bribe from the Bentara Paradeshiya Sabha chairman. It is reported that he had accepted the bribe to provide a permit to transport soil. 
