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Colombo - Katunayake Expressway:
A boon for the economy, a blessing for commuters
The Colombo-Katunayake Expressway was Sri Lanka's
latest addition to its fast growing road network, and it was vested
with the public on October 27. President Mahinda Rajapaksa
commissioned the expressway and unveiled a plaque at a function held
at the E-03 Kelaniya entrance on the morning of the 27th. Sri
Lanka’s second E Class Expressway with a length of 25.8 Km, linking
Colombo with the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA),
Katunayake had cut down the travel time of daily commuters and will
boost economic growth in the country in many ways, many Western
Province citizens opine.
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No better opportunity to showcase Lanka's
progress:
CHOGM 2013 will be a resounding success – Minister G.L. Peiris
External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris, in
an exclusive interview with the Sunday Observer, said that despite
‘irresistible domestic political pressure’ on Member States, the
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Sri Lanka will
be a resounding success..
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Opinion:
LTTE rump active ahead of CHOGM:
Anti-Sri Lanka campaign reaches its peak
The anti-Sri Lankan campaigns by the LTTE rump,
Tiger sympathisers, certain International Non-Governmental
Organisations (INGOs) and a few notorious television channels have
reached the peak with only a few days to go for the Commonwealth
Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2013 in Colombo this week. Such
malicious campaigns against Sri Lanka are nothing new as it has now
become a habit for them to intensify such campaigns before an
international summit such as the United Nations General Assembly,
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