A giant lamp was lit at Independence Square on Saturday evening as part of the countrywide Sama Pooja programme to celebrate the first anniversary of the signing of the MoU between the Government and LTTE. The ceasefire and the peace process have lit up many lives around the country. lamps were lit around the Island symbolising hopes for Peace. Here, the cultural show in progress with the giant lamp in the background and below, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe with Ministers Tilak Marapana, S. B. Dissanayake and Prof. G. L. Peiris about to release pigeons to mark the occasion. Pictures by Saman Mendis

Management Council to revamp Railways

by Sarath Malalasekera and Rajmi Manatunga

Minister of Defence, Transport, Highways and Civil Aviation Tilak Marapana has restructured and reactivated the Railways Management Council, giving it wide decision making powers and also powers to implement them.
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Slow and steady path to peace - PM

Sri Lanka is seeking international pressure to end three decades of ethnic bloodshed, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said as he marked a full year of a Norwegian-brokered truce Sunday.
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The ultimate objective of the current peace process is not to introduce piecemeal amendments on devolution to the Constitution but to introduce a completely new Constitution that will reflect the aspirations of the people, Constitutional Affairs.
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SLMM settles Navy-LTTE dispute

by Ranil Wijayapala

Seven armed LTTE cadres detained by the Navy in a government controlled area were released around 9 pm yesterday following the intervention of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM), defence sources said.
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