Indian Minister meets President Indian Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Panchayathi, Raj Mani Shankar Aiyar accompanied by his wife was in Sri Lanka last week to deliver a lecture on ‘The Secular Imperative of South Asia’ to mark President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga’s 10 years in office. Here the duo with President Kumaratunga at the President’s House. Minister Aiyar’s book Confession of a Secular Fundamentalist was also launched at the Vijitha Yapa Bookshop prior to his lecture at the BMICH. Picture by Wimal Karunatilleke

ADB provides Rs.500 m to develop Samurdhi banks

by Uditha Kumarasinghe

With the remarkable progress achieved by the Samurdhi banks in alleviating poverty and inculcating the savings habit among low income groups, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has granted Rs.500 million to the Government to upgrade the Samurdhi bank network financially and technically.
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CTB to re-open workshops

by Rajmi Manatunga

The Central Transport Board (CTB) has decided to recommence work at its workshops which have been closed down due to maladministration. Under the first phase of the project, the Kaludewala workshop of the CTB will be renovated and reopened by the end of this month while taking swift measures to develop other workshops islandwide, CTB Chairman Dr. I.S Jayaratne said.
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President greets Amaradewa on 77th b'day

Dr. Pandit W. D. Amaradeva celebrated his 77th birthday yesterday. President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga in a congratulatory message on his birthday wished him well, long life, health and wisdom.
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