Wide development spectrum envisaged
750 public proposals mooted in Budget 2007
The Government in its second budget has allocated
the highest ever provision, over Rs.730 billion for the
infrastructural development in the country. This is nearly 55
percent of the Government total expenditure and the quantum could be
the largest allocation for infrastructural development in the
history, said Deputy Finance Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya.
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LTTE planning major offensive in East, says Army
The Security forces have charged that the LTTE
was planning a major offensive in the East. Intelligence reports
revealed an LTTE military build up in the Tiger held Vakarai from
where the LTTE had directed repeated mortar and artillery fire at
the Kajuwatta and Mankerny military detachments.
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Fowzie to take stern action against errant officials
Train rams into Podi Menike
Transport Minister A. H. M. Fowzie said
yesterday that he would take stern action against officials who were
on duty at the time a Colombo bound trains from Polgahawela rammed
into the "Podi Menike" express train which was halted due to a
signal failure on Friday evening.
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