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Terrorism over,
return home and help rebuild nation
President tells Lankan expats
President Mahinda Rajapaksa, in his address to the nation at the
61st Independence Anniversary celebrations held at the Galle Face Green
yesterday, said that he was confident that in a few days Sri Lanka would
defeat the terrorist force that many repeatedly kept saying was
invincible.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa enters the Deyata Kirula exhibition venue at the BMICH Wednesday evening accompanied by a group of children depicting people living in Sri Lanka. Pic Kamal Bogoda
US, UK insist on political
solution
The United States and United Kingdom jointly reaffirmed
their insistence on a political solution to Sri Lanka’s longstanding
conflict and said the LTTE and the Government must respect the
international law of armed conflict.
One shot ponders next shot
Opposition leader of the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council
and movie actor/director Ranjan Ramanayake is in a dilemma as to whom he
should marry. At first he told ‘The Island,’ he would choose a wife from
Ratnapura.
CB to attract US$ 500 mn from Diaspora through Treasury securities
