Unemployed Graduates’ Joint Union convenor Chandana Suriyarachchi handing over their petition to the Co-ordinating Secretary to the Prime Minister K. P. Dayaratne in front of Temple Trees yesterday. Colombo DIG Bodhi Liyanage is also in the picture. - Saman Sri Wedage

Sri Lanka, model of Maritime Security

by Ravi Ladduwahetty

Sri Lanka has been designated as a model of Maritime Security according to Colonel Tim Spicer, Team Leader of the Trident Maritime team which was nominated by Lloyds of London to engage in a security audit of the Colombo, Galle and Trincomalee Ports and the Bandaranaike International Airport following the July 24 LTTE attack.
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Peace will transform Sri Lankan economy

by Ranga Kalansooriya

Nobel Peace Prize winner and the key player in the Northern Ireland peace process John Hume said yesterday that Sri Lanka should grab the golden opportunity for peace at a time when there is an enormous sympathy right across the world for the people of Sri Lanka.
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Norwegians arriving today

by Manjula Fernando

Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister Vodar Helgesen arrives in Colombo today in a bid to finalise the bilateral declaration for a concrete ceasefire between the Government and the LTTE, authoritative sources told the Daily News yesterday.
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