Nona Riyaz... a happy girl now Picture by Sumanachandra Ariyawansha

LTTE crisis worsened

The LTTE Military Commander of Trincomalee, Pathuman was reported detained and the members of the Jayanthan Brigade from the East taken prisoner and held at the Tiger Headquarters in Killinochchi while effigies of Prabhakaran and Pottu Amman were burnt in demonstrations in support of Karuna at Valachchenai, as the crisis in the LTTE worsened over the weekend.
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Dame Fortune smiles on seven-year-old Nonariyaz

by Nadira Gunatilleke

Dame Fortune has smiled on seven-year-old Nonariyaz whose plight was spotlighted on the front page of the Daily News on International Women's Day 2003.
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Lankan women have played important role in nation building - President

President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga states in her message to mark International Women's Day that Sri Lanka's female generation throughout the past, as well as at present have engaged themselves intensively to shoulder the important task of building the country.
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• Increased electricity generation helps industrial sector growth, says Govt spokesman
  
  
• Give more power and confidence to women and girls - Kofi Annan
  
  
• Four-hour water cut to continue
  
  
• We must facilitate gender equality - Women's Affairs Minister
  
  
• Newly designed uniforms for riot control squads
  
  
• Women's International Day celebrations today
  
  
• Maldives set to open trial in prison shootings
  
  
• Women join labour force in record numbers - ILO
  
  
• Seminar for Judicial Officers
  
  
• Centenary of St. John's College, Jaffna OBA and South Sri Lanka
  
  
• Sinha marathon from Kalutara to Colombo
  
  
• Court of Appeal issues notice on Minister and Secretary
  
  
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