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President will offer viable political solution:
TNA MP pledges support to Govt
The Tamil National Alliance Vavuniya district
Parliamentarian Sivanathan Kishore castigated the LTTE saying that
the outfit’s rhetoric of heroism and valour over the past several
decades had achieved nothing other than leading them to their
present plight.
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Local Govt polls in Jaffna and Vavuniya:
Nominations being finalised
While the UPFA, UNP and other national political
parties were finalising their nomination lists for the Jaffna and
Vavuniya Local Government polls, three independent groups had
already paid their deposits at the Jaffna and Vavuniya Secretariats
for the forthcoming LG polls.
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India offers Rs. 5b for displaced persons - Thondaman
Minister Arumugan Thondaman who recently went to
India on a goodwill mission said that the Indian centre has pledged
five billion rupees assistance to the Government towards the post
conflict phase in rehabilitation, resettlement and welfare measures
for IDPs.
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Following lifting of restrictions:
Fish production to increase in the North
The Government said that fish production in the
North was expected to increase with the lifting of fishing
restrictions in the North. Senior Advisor to the President and
Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Resettlement Development
and Security in the Northern Province Basil Rajapaksa made known the
Government’s decision on lifting fishing restrictions in the North.
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Swine Flu:
No need to panic
The Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health
yesterday reiterated that the novel influenza AHINI (commonly known
as Swine Flu) is not fatal like the dengue fever which has already
claimed nearly 140 lives throughout the country.
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A gang of eight in motor cycles snatching gold chains from women was taken into custody by Wellawa Police. According to Police, the gang had been operating in several villages in the Kurunegala district and had robbed gold chains over Rs. 500,000.
Postal Votes Percentage in Monaragala District - Mahinda Rajapaksa 66.70%& Sarath Fonseka 32.95% | President Mahinda Rajapaksa - United People's Freedom Alliance – 4,988 | General Sarath Fonseka - New Democratic Front – 2,464
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field first. The match played in Bangladesh at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur. India 245/all out (48.02 ov).Sri Lanka 249/6 (48.3 ov)
