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The Rangiri Dambulla Viharaya, Sri Lanka’s oldest and most ornate rock temple splendidly illuminated as part of ANCL’s Vesak program, provides a fitting foreground to the gold-plated statue of a seated Buddha, that towers over the golden temple. (Pic. Saman Mendis)

by S. Selvakumar

 LTTE's decision to meet with Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister Vidar Helgessen in Kilinochchi yesterday was interpreted as a positive sign by political and diplomatic circles that the Tigers would attend the Tokyo Donor parley scheduled for next month.
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Mahanayake urges President - PM dialogue

The Mahanayake of the Malwatte Chapter, Ven. Rabukwelle Sri Vipassi thera has urged President Chandrika Bandaranaika Kumaratunga and the Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to amicably settle the political crisis through sensible dialogue.
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DLB issue : President must end confrontation - minority parties

by P. Krishnaswamy

The bulk of ethnic minority political parties in Parliament, who hold a decisive vote on both sides of the House, are calling on President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga to end her confrontation with the Government and warn that the current constitutional controversy could endanger the peace process.
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• Work as 'usual' at DLB
  
  
• Kalu Ganga flooding
  
  
• Employees stranded due to close-down of Korean factories
  
  
• Shortage of staff at G.A.'s Dept. : Court cases held up
  
  
• Tangalle prison incident : Probe report handed over to Minister
  
  
• Sri Lanka well poised to curb AIDS - US AIDS expert
  
  
• Environmental problems - Foreign construction contractors to blame
  
  
• Postal workers warn of renewed strike
  
  
• Colombo West and East- a paradise for dengue vector
  
  
• Accidents caused by lightning on the increase
  
  
• Special HNB Community Projects during Vesak
  
  
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