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Leaders from seven Asian countries line up for a group photograph on final day of the First BIMSTEC Summit in Bangkok Prime Ministers from seven Asian nations, (L-R) Nepal’s Sher Bahadur Deuba, Myanmar’s General Khin Nyunt, Sri Lanka’s President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, Thailand’s Thaksin Shinawatra, India’s Manmohan Singh, Bhutan’s Jigmi Y. Thinley and Bangladesh’s Begum Khaleda Zia, line up for a group photograph on the final day of the First BIMST-EC Summit in Bangkok on July 31, 2004. The two-day economic summit was held to build closer links in transport, tourism and trade between the countries. REUTERS

by Gamini Warushamana

A sum of nearly Rs. 289 million has gone missing from the Taruna Aruna program. According to the accounts of Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Labour, Rs. 490,430,380.00 has been allocated to the Taruna Aruna program. But the accounts of the Taruna Aruna show only Rs. 201,438,060.00 Skills Development, Vocational and Technical Education Minister Piyasena Gamage has ordered an inquiry to probe where this money has gone.
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President proposes BIMST-EC infrastructure fund

President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga addressing the first ever summit of BIMSTEC held in Bangkok, Thailand proposed to mobilize Asia bond market resources for an infrastructure development fund for the region, to be managed by the interested Central Banks on a commercial lending basis.
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