Viharadhipathy of the Pepiliyana Sunethradevi Pirivena Ven. Dr. Medagoda Sumanatissa, Archbishop of Colombo Rt. Rev. Dr. Oswald Gomis,Dr. M. A. M. Shukri, Secretary to the President W. J. S. Karunaratne and Secretary to the Ministry of Interior M. N. Junaid were also present.  Picture by Sudath Malaweera

President in Address to the Nation:

Use mandate to get country out of mess

President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga in her Address to the Nation last night called on the people to use their mandate at the April 2 general election to bring the country out of the current mess it is in.
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Freedom Alliance policies will not solve problems, says Prime Minister

from Bharatha Malawaraarachchi in Kurunegala

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, criticising the policy statement of the Freedom Alliance, on Friday stressed that those policies would not resolve the country's burning problems.
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Health strike snowballs

by Bharatha Malawaraarachchi

The Health sector crisis triggered by the doctors' strike is threatening to take a serious turn with a call by the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) to stop all admissions to the Colombo South Teaching Hospital from 12.00 noon today.
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