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Lanka produces a mixed scorecard on managing poverty
By Poornima
Weerasekara
Sri Lanka has failed to manage its poverty alleviation challenge
during the past 10 years compared to other low and middle income
economies according to a recent World Bank survey titled “Moving
out of Poverty: Success from the Bottom Up.”
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President, UN Chief
in phone talk on North crisis
 The
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and President Mahinda Rajapaksa
had a telephone discussion last evening where the matters
discussed centred on, inter alia, the humanitarian situation in
the North, efforts of the Government to ensure the...
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War of words
over CC
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UPFA Gen Secy Minister Susil Premajayantha alleges UNP
making Constitutional Council a distraction when the
priority is to eliminate LTTE terrorism;
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Govt. ally NFF leader Wimal claims CC appointments
“unconstitutional and unethical”
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Ranil insists delay forcing fresh crisis
By Uditha Jayasinghe
The government yesterday described the Constitutional Council
(CC) as a “distraction” and insisted that its main focus was
ending the scourge of terrorism in the country.
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to the North Healthcare and Nutrition Minister
Nimal Siripala de Silva yesterday said that 600 nurses will be
sent to the north from March 23.
“The 600 nurses, already part of the national cadre, will be
reassigned to the North, since providing Healthcare in the
conflict affected areas has become an urgent priority. An
emergency recovery plan for these regions is also being
formulated,” de Silva said, at a media briefing to announce the
outcome of the United Nations Economic & Social Council (ECOSOC)
regional ministerial meeting on financing for Health strategies.
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W.A. Dhammika, one of MAS
Holding’s Empowered Woman for the year 2008, at her home
From garbage dump to intimate lingerie
quality controller
Dhammika’s incredible tale of
destiny and courage
By Nizla Naizer
She was one and half months old when she was left
abandoned in a garbage dump in Gampaha. The start may
have been dismal but W.A. Dhammika’s life has been an
extraordinary tale of overcoming the odds. Selected as
one of MAS Holding’s Empowered Woman for the year 2008,
she is now a quality controller at the MAS Slimtex
factory which produces higher fashion intimate lingerie
to US.
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Less appetite
for Lankan Development Bonds
For the first time bids fall short
of
US$ 200 m Bonds on offer Proving its
crunch time for Sri Lanka’s efforts to tap global
financial markets, the latest offering of Development
Bonds has for the first time fallen short of being fully
subscribed.
The Central Bank on behalf of the Government, offered to
issue Sri Lanka Development Bonds (SLDBs) to eligible
investor categories for subscription at a rate of US
Dollar 6 month LIBOR plus a margin to be determined
through competitive bidding.
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story Sri Lanka a “Small
Miracle” Keeping with the trends, Sri Lanka
Tourism will launch a new brand image in the next few
weeks. “From ‘A Land Like No Other’, our branding
position will be, ‘Sri Lanka-Small Miracle’,” Tourism
Ministry Secretary, George Michael said yesterday.
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story Noose getting
tighter around Ranil The noose tightened
around the UNP Leader as the clamour for him to step
down from the Opposition Leader post and the party
leadership gained momentum yesterday.
The group of reformist MPs from within the party called
for a no confidence motion against the UNP Leader Ranil
Wickremesinghe at a group meeting held yesterday morning
in Parliament.
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