Popular actress of yesteryear Mabel Blythe was a winner of the Ranathisara Award at this year’s Sarasaviya Film Festival. She also received a cheque for Rs. 50,000 given by Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd, one of the sponsors of the award ceremony, held at the BMICH on Sunday. The wheelchair was also donated by ANCL. Picture by Dudley Wickremasinghe

First ever Sri Lanka foreign fund : Dollar Fund for Infrastructure

By Ravi Ladduwahetty

The Government will shortly establish a United States Dollar fund named the Sri Lanka Infrastructure Fund to provide long term finances primarily for infrastructure development.
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60,000 jobs in Italy and Korea

by Ananda Kannangara

The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment will provide nearly 60,000 employment opportunities for Sri Lankans in Italy and Korea before the end of this year.
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Study recommends total revamp of Northern railways

A foreign funded feasibility study for the reconstruction of the Northern Railway line has concluded that re-laying the 266 km track has to be complemented by large-scale railway-related infrastructure development. According to the Australian and European funded study, a large number of railway bridges have to be rebuilt in addition to the construction of stations and staff quarters.
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• Major duty fraud busted

• Universal Children's Day observed in Trincomalee

• "Priority to solve unemployment problem"

• Lions clubs in England donate books valued at over Rs. 1 m.

• "Unity, tolerance and loyalty symbols of Lankan identity"

• Education minister to launch Sahitya Kala Prasadini 2002

• MLTs resort to sick note campaign

• Project to uplift total irrigation network - Minister

• Pandit Wickramaarachchi rendered yeoman service for Ayurveda - Chief Minister

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