Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe paid a courtesy call on Archbishop Rt. Rev. Dr. Nicolas Marcus Fernando at Bishop's House yesterday. Here the Prime Minister is being received by the Archbishop.Auxiliary Bishop Marious Peiris, Rev. Fr. Joe Wickramasinghe, Rev. Fr. Erwin Perera and Interior Minister John Amaratunga were also present.

War risk surcharge: removal imminent

by Ravi Ladduwahetty

The War Risk Surcharge and the Held Cover imposed on the Colombo Port by the London Underwriters' Association following the July 24 Katunayake Airport incident are expected to be removed very soon, authoritative shipping sources told the Daily News yesterday.
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PM tells Archbishop: Peace talks within international safety net

by Ravi Ladduwahetty

Peace talks between the Government and the LTTE should be within an international safety net and in consonance with international opinion, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told the Archbishop of Colombo Rev. Fr. Nicholas Marcus Fernando at the Archbishop's House last night.
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Avenues to open Kandy-Jaffna road explored

by Ariyaratna Ganegoda

Vavuniya District Secretary K.Ganesh will meet several LTTE leaders in the unliberated areas in Vanni in a bid to open the Jaffna Kandy road.
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