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Fifty-five, a beginging
Army Commander Lt Gen
Shantha Kottegoda addressing the officers and men on the
55th anniversary of the Sri Lanka Army at the Army
headquarters yesterday. Pic. by Kamal Wanniarachchi.
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"Army must learn Tamil"
I am not crazy to disband Long Rangers
– Lt. Gen.
Kottegoda
by Harischandra Gunaratna
Army Commander Lt Gen Shantha Kottegoda
yesterday categorically denied reports that Army’s Long Range
Reconnaissance Patrols (LRRP) had been disbanded. He said their
existence is very essential and these men were still
being trained. The Army Commander expressing anger and
disbelief said " I am not mad to do such a thing "
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Clare stops Short of identifying LTTE as
Neelan’s killers
The US-led ‘ill-considered’ war on Iraq split
the UN, undermined the international law and it also
‘strengthened Al Qaeda, created a bitter divide between the
Muslim world and the West and fanned the flames of Islamaphobia’,
British Labour Party MP Clare Short told the fifth Neelan
Tiruchelvam memorial lecture Justice and Human Rights for
All-the Key to Peace and a Sustainable World, on Saturday at the
BMICH.
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Two shot dead at funeral
Two persons were shot dead while attending a
funeral in the public cemetery at Wadduwa on Thursday.
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- Imposition of civic disability on Mrs.Sirimavo Bandaranaike a
monumental Political mistake
The Resolution to deprive Mrs. Bandaranaike of
her civic rights was passed on 16th October 1989; it represented
yet another blow to parliamentary democracy in Sri Lanka. Mrs. Sirimavo
Bandaranaike, that illustrious leader who made a
tremendous contribution both locally and
internationally, for the development of the country
and the political modernization in Sri Lanka
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Work Smart, Not Hard
to climb career ladder
Time Management Guru Peter Drucker once noted
that no manager ever has more than 25 percent of his time under
control. The problem with discretionary time is that it is not
handed to you in a nicely wrapped package. It comes to you in
bits and pieces-chopped up.
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Colombo Engineering carries out
repairs to five ships
Ship repairs bring in much needed foreign
exchange and Colombo Engineering, one of the largest off-shore
and underwater ship repair organisations, undertook and
completed major repairs to several ships calling in Sri Lankan
waters recently.
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CDL
complete repairs to Aban II
Colombo Dockyard Limited (CDL)
operating in Joint collaboration with Onomichi Dockyard Co.
Ltd. .
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BANGALORE, India, Oct 10 (Reuters) -
Australia crushed India by 217 runs in the first test to take a
1-0 lead in the four-match series on Sunday despite defiant
batting by the Indian tail-enders on the final day.
Australia dismissed India for 239 in their second innings 40
minutes after lunch, having set an imposing victory target of
457 on Saturday and then reduced them to 105 for six overnight.
Shane Warne...wicketless
on day five. (AFP Photo)
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