MASS MARCH AGAINST SABOTEURS
* ‘ Workers’
walk’ in protest against enemies of
the state
* UNP, JVP
misleading the people
The working
masses in their thousands who are
‘committed to protecting the
motherland which was saved from the
clutches of bloody terrorism at the
expense of thousands of lives, will
throng to Colombo this evening to
raise their voice against disruptive
forces,’ Trade Union sources said.
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Tamil pressure group to lobby
against PCs
Tamils for Sri
Lanka, a group of Sri Lankan Tamils
has begun a process to mobilize
Tamil intellectuals in the country
and overseas to demand that the
government devise a mechanism to
ensure equality and more tangible
reconciliation among all communities
in the country rather than fostering
the Provincial Council system which
has proven highly ineffective in the
last two and half decades. (Please
also see page 8, and interview on
page 9.)
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To protest
attempts to sabotage development ...
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Joint TUs to hold massive demo
today
The Joint Trade
Union Alliance has organized a
massive demonstration from Lake
House Roundabout to Pettah today
beginning 3 p.m to protest against
attempts made by local and
international forces to sabotage the
accelerated development process
launched in the country after the
liberaton of the motherland from
terrorism.
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USD 218 m worth of FDIs in first
quarter
Sri Lanka has
received Foreign Direct Investments
(FDIs) worth USD 218 million during
the first quarter of this year,
Investment Promotion Minister
Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said.
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Jute fibre fence to ward off
jumbo threat
The Wild Life
Department is exploring the
possibility of erecting a jute fiber
fence parallel and close to the
electric fence currently constructed
to ward off elephant encroachment
into villages. Wildlife Resources
Conservation Minister Gamini Wijith
Wijayamuni Zoysa said that elephants
will not get close to the jute fiber
fence because of its thorny nature.
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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. 
