Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar and former MPs Wimal Weerawansa and Vijitha Herath at the United People’s Freedom Alliance news conference yesterday. Picture by Dudley Wickramasinghe Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe called on Asgiri Mahanayake Most Ven. Udugama Sri Buddharakkitha on Thursday before commencing the United National Front’s election campaign. Also in the picture are; UNP Deputy Leader Karu Jayasuriya, UNP Chairman Malik Samarawickrema and Western Region Development Minister Tissa Attanayake. Picture by Dumbara Group Gamini Ranasinghe

Lakshman Kadirgamar announces at news briefing:

No preconditions for comprehensive peace talks

by Uditha Kumarasinghe

Information and Telecommunications Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar yesterday reaffirmed that the Freedom Alliance is firmly committed to a political dialogue with the LTTE to bring about a final solution to the ethnic issue.
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'Regaining Sri Lanka' a myth - D.M. Jayaratne

by Anura Maitipe

PA General Secretary and Minister of Posts, D.M. Jayaratne referring to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's concept of "Regaining Sri Lanka", described it as a myth claiming that the Government had leased out vital land to foreigners and asked how these lands were going to be regained.
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10,600 polling stations to be set up

by Anura Maitipe

The Election Commissioner's Department has taken measures to establish 10,600 polling stations and to engage 110,000 state officials to supervise the April -2 General Election, a spokesman for the Election Commissioner's Department told the Daily News.
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• Leadership training essential for students - Deputy Solicitor General

• Partners' meeting

• Stay notice issued on TRC

• CPA expresses concern

• Fourth year Engineering students boycott final exam

• Commonwealth Telcom chief here

• HNB donates surgical instruments to Cancer Hospital

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