 | More Articles | | | Laugfs LP gas price up by Rs. 50 Daily News Online 2004-08-03 19:35:53 In addition the US dollar currency appreciation against rupee too has further aggravated the stability in the buying price of LPGas in the world market. This abnormality has created a grave situation to the organisation in term of the cost.In order to stabilise the domestic retail price of LPGas we have made .... Over 200 landless farmer families get land Daily News Online 2004-08-03 19:35:59 The Environment and Natural Resources Ministry has stepped into solve the problem of landless farmer/cultivators in the Devramvehera and Bogahawewa areas belonging to the Lunugamvehera Pradeshiya Secretariat Division.Minister A.H.M.Fowzie granted one acre of land each to around 240 unauthorised farmer families who had cultivated but had not owned these .... Ravi K. granted time to file objections in revision application Daily News Online 2004-08-03 19:36:05 The Court of Appeal yesterday granted former Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister and UNP MP Ravi Karunanayake time to file objections in a Revision application that sought to set-aside the order of the Fort Magistrate granting him anticipatory bail.The Bench comprised Justices Saleem Marsoof PC and S. Sri Skandarajah. .... Scholarship fund to honour former PM Sirimavo Bandaranaike Daily News Online 2004-08-03 19:36:11 The newly formed Bandaranaike Center in Canada in honour of the world s first Woman Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike has taken steps to establish a scholarship fund to help Sri Lankan students who need financial support.The new scholarship fund was inaugurated on July 23 2004 by Dr. .... Principals committee for school admissions Daily News Online 2004-08-02 19:35:16 In addition to discussing issues concerning the ongoing 2005 admissions new suggestions for a future policy on school admissions will also be sought the Education Ministry said yesterday.These ideas will be passed on to the Savithri Gunasekera Committee deliberating on the subject at the National Education Commission the .... Govt allocates Rs. 2.5 b for highways Daily News Online 2004-08-02 19:35:18 allocation which is three-fold the amount allocated for highways maintenance this year. This year the RDA received only Rs 800 million for maintaining the roads which is not adequate given the condition of our highways. But the new Government under Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse s guidance has ... | | |  | Sports | | | Sri Lankan skipper angry BBC Sports - March 12th 2004 Sri Lankan captain Hashan Tillakaratne pulled no punches as he tore into his side after their 197-run defeat by Australia in Galle.'I totally blame the batting for not saving this Test match,' he commented.'You can survive on this track but we were so casual in our approach and gave it to them on a platter.' | | |
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