Commuters in a mad rush to board the few available buses on the road following yesterday’s islandwide strike by private bus operators over several demands.  Picture by Avinash Bandara

Bus strike ends

By Chamikara Weerasinghe

The sudden islandwide strike by private bus operators was called off yesterday following a meeting between Transport Minister Tilak Marapana and bus owners of the Southern Province who triggered off the strike.
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President, PM to meet again

President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe are expected to meet later this week according to a media communiqu, issued yesterday by the Presidential Secretariat.
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Security beefed up in Trincomalee

President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga has directed the defence authorities and the IGP to take immediate steps to bring the situation in the Trincomalee district back to normalcy.
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