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Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Tadao Chino met Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse yesterday morning. AFP PHOTO/Sena Vidanagama

by Jayantha Sri Nissanka

Asian Development Bank President Tadao Chino after visiting tsunami devastated areas in Sri Lanka yesterday pledged US $ 200 million to assist the reconstruction effort of the Government.
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Tsunami rations

The government has decided to provide a relief package including food and other essential items amounting to Rs. 375 per week on the ration for each person displaced as a result of the tsunami disaster commencing from next week, said a press release issued by the Commissioner General of Essential Services.
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Reconstruction plans Monday

President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga will submit the government's detailed reconstruction plans at the National Committee for Disaster Management that meets tomorrow.
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• Interpol pledges full support for local Police

• PM calls for speedy reconstruction of Galle city

• Provincial Councils join relief effort

• EU wants no politics

• Foreign victims of tsunami

• Several underworld figures nabbed

• Telecom waiver for tsunami victims

• Laws to monitor work of NGOs

• Spadework on housing begins

• UDA and UNICEF to co-ordinate

• Tourism Ministry to provide funds for reconstruction of hotels

• Galle traders extract assurances from Dinesh

• UAE donates US$ 500,000 for tsunami victims

• PBDA calls for information on tsumani-affected members

• Attempt to dupe Mahapola fails

• Planting of coconut seedlings stepped up

• Life returns to roads

• Dr. Weerasena ex-President IMPA makes recommendations on rehabilitating the tsunami affected

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