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Legally on the wrong side
Yesterday’s
traffic flow on the Galle Road, Bambalapitiya after City
Traffic implemented the new ‘uni-flow traffic system’ as
an answer to traffic congestion. The new system has
introduced a one-way traffic flow northwards along the
Galle road from Wellawatte (near Savoy ) upto the
Kollupitiya Junction; and form the Liberty Plaza
roundabout along Duplication Road for traffic moving
southwards up to, Wellawatte.
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COPE to probe board heads, members
 The
Parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) plans to
check on the bio-data of heads and board members of over 200
public enterprises. "This is to ensure incompetent persons would
not be given responsibility," COPE chief Kurunegala District MP
Rohitha Bogollagama told The Island yesterday. "We want to
prevent people from securing high posts on the strength of their
political affiliation."
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- Dial
118 to report a crime and spur police into action
Law and Order Secretary Tilak Ranaviraja yesterday said a new
scheme had been implemented by the ministry where public could
dial the number 118 and inform about any crime or break down
in law and order anywhere in the country.
- TRC
restrained
The Court of Appeal on October 8, 2004, issued
an interim order, valid till October 19, 2004, restraining the
Telecommunication Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka from
preventing or taking any steps to prevent Art Television
Broadcasting Company (Pvt.) Limited, the assignee of IWS
Holdings Pvt. Limited, from continuing to broadcast and or
transmit television programmes, on the frequency allocated to
the IWS Holdings Pvt. Limited.
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- Sri Lanka reach final
after Zimbabwe match called off
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Sri
Lanka qualified for the final of a three-nation one-day
tournament on Monday after their match with Zimbabwe was called
off due to overnight rain.
- Time running out as
India sweat on Tendulkar fitness
BANGALORE, India, Oct 11 (AFP) - India,
bruised by the heavy defeat by world champions Australia in the
first Test here, prayed on Monday for Sachin Tendulkar's speedy
return to the series.
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CHICAGO, IL UNITED STATES : Evans
Rutto of Kenya crosses the finish line with a time of
2:06:16 to win the Chicago Marathon 10 October, 2004
in Chicago, Illinois. Rutto claimed his third victory
on the trot when he successfully defended his Chicago
marathon crown. (Matthew Stockman/Getty Images/AFP)
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