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- No solution
on subjects yet
The SLFP Friday night agreed to give in to two key JVP
demands that the National Film Corporation and the Livestock Development are
placed within the purview of JVP ministers but reiterated the necessity to
have a separate Mahaweli ministry, well informed alliance sources told the
Sunday Island.
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- SLMC
considers supporting UPFA
The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is considering the possibility
of extending conditional support to the United People’s Freedom Alliance
government while continuing to sit in opposition.
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| POLITICS |
- Will
Ratwatte be Deputy Defence Minister again?
The former Deputy Defence Minister’s name figured
prominently in political circles this week, as rumours circulated that the
United People’s Freedom Alliance is considering appointing him to the
National List in Parliament, from where President Chandrika Bandaranaike
Kumaratunga could appoint him to the key post of Deputy Defence Minister
once again.
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- Elections,
Constitutions and Statistics
It is said that there are ‘lies, damned lies and
statistics’. I refer to the recent UPFA advertisement that says –
106 of 163 Polling Divisions
16 of 22 Districts
A two thirds majority.
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| FEATURES |
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- Suriya
Arana: Ethics as cinema
Without seriously offending Buddhist
sentiment, questioning whether the Buddhist ethic is universally
appliable is the name of the game of Somaratne Dissanayake’s daring
film Suriya Arana.
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| BUSINESS |
- Exporters
call on government to develop national export policy
The National Chamber of Exporters of Sri Lanka (NCE) and the
Exporters Association of Sri Lanka (EASL) representing small, medium and
large exporters in the agriculture, industrial and service sectors last week
called upon the new government to define its export policy giving high
priority to the exports sector which it said was potentially the biggest
foreign exchange earner and employment generator in the country.
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- Dankotuwa
buys used German kiln and machines to save costs, enhance quality
Dankotuwa Porcelain Limited (DPL), a leading domestic
tableware manufacturer, has negotiated to purchase a new kiln and several
new glazing machines from a German manufacturer going out of business at
very favourable prices enabling the modernization and expansion of its
factory, the company said in a news release.
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- Crowning Star
The Undisputed Champion
It was drama, excitement and climax
probably Dick Francis the great fiction writer on horse races would
have described in his own characteristic style.
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