Going to school sometimes can be fun as discovered by these tiny tots who are about to savour this boat ride along with their guardians in the swelling waters. A typical scene along the Hamilton Dutch Canal which caught the camera eye of our staff photographer Dudley Wickremasinghe.

Helgesen meets Prabhakaran

by Ranga Jayasuriya and Jaffna , special correspondent

The Norwegian delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Vidar Helgesen met LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran yesterday for talks on the peace effort."The discussions focused on the North-East political situation, the Joint Task Force and preparations for the second round of formal talks," LTTE media spokesman Daya Master told the Daily News.
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2003 - Year of Employment

by Chatura Vidyaratne

The Government plans to name next year as the "Year of Employment" and ensure job opportunities for the unemployed, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told yesterday's Cabinet meeting.
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Interest in Lanka surges in major tourism markets

by Tharika Goonathilake

Sri Lanka Tourist board offices in the major markets - Germany, France and the United Kingdom - have been forwarded special communiques to facilitate the growing interest in Sri Lanka as an attractive alternative to South East Asian countries.
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• No hike in bus fares

• Improve English or lose foreign jobs, workers told

• Donald Camp to visit Lanka

• Central Bank predicts sharp drop in inflation

• Sale of Met Dept land to British High Commission : Science fraternity protests

• Mundo Gas in two weeks

• BASL condemns alleged threat on magistrate

• Bus listing further postponed

• Record number of green projects

• World environmental journalists to meet in Sri Lanka

• ADB grant for Panadura-Ratnapura road expansion
  
  
• Global Family documentary series launched in Sri Lanka
  
  
• Green Peace Award for Ven. Assaji Nayaka Thera
  
  
• Work on Kelani river bank begins on minister's orders
  
  
• Archbishop expresses concern over Christian fundamentalist group activities

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