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Three Muslim Congress members joined the Government rank as Non Cabinet Ministers yesterday. They are from Right: Minister for Rehabilitation and District Development for Vanni Abdul Risath Bathiyudeen, Minister for Rehabilitation and District Development for Batticaloa Ameer Ali Shihabdeen, Deputy Leader of the SLMC alternative group M. Shaheed, Minister for Rehabilitation and District Development for Trincomalee Abdul Majeed and Deputy Secretary General Y.L.S.Hameed are seen speaking to the Media at the Galadari Hotel yesterday.  Pic by Thilak Perera.

by Ranga Jayasuriya

The Indo-Lanka Defence Cooperation Agreement will be signed next month, hopefully, within next two or three weeks, a top defence official said.
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More SLMC members join Government

The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress split into another faction reducing its numbers when three of its elected members joined the Government ranks yesterday while another member was expected to join soon.
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Wimal Weerawansa's attack on President :

Deputy Ministers, MPs express dismay

Convener of the Association of Deputy Ministers and Members of Parliament, Ports and Civil Aviation Deputy Minister Dilan Perera in a statement issued Friday expressed concern and dismay over a speech reportedly made by the Propaganda Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa, MP defaming the President.
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• Government to negotiate release of Lankan hostage

• China gives Rs. 5 b for railways

• Indian fishermen's planned protest thwarted

• Another protest campaign in Colombo

• More vehicles, narrow roads cause accidents

• Suspects arrested with 4 gold chains

• Upper Kotmale, Noraicholai to kick off soon

• Handsome compensation for Riyadh victims

• Cyclone threat-nothing to panic

• Cops, robbers reverse roles

• Indo - Sri Lanka Co-operation to meet challenges

• Rape and killing of schoolgirl (14), an act of revenge

• Soil Science Society wins National Agricultural Research Award

• A funny thing called love comes to Sri Lanka

• BIDTI a model of training in diplomacy

• Private sector called to fall in line

• Quintuplets Trust Fund

• Appeals

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