Poojas to bless tsunami victims Special poojas were held at kovils to bless the Tsunami victims and the country to mark Thai Pongal which fell yesterday. Here, a priest conducting religious activities at the Maligawatte Kovil.  Picture by Dudley Wickremasinghe

Tsunami recovery gains further momentum:

US dollars 441m. debt relief for Lanka in 2005

by Channa Kasturisinghe

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has granted Sri Lanka a deferral of its repayments in 2005 to the tune of US$ 113.5 million. The Executive Board of the IMF took this decision on January 13 in response to a request by the Sri Lankan Government following the tsunami catastrophe.
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Prostitutes from over five nations arrested in Colombo:

Massive international human smuggling racket busted

by Sarath Malalasekera

The Sri Lanka police which had been working closely with Interpol based in Lyons, France, a suburb of Paris and its feeder sub station in Hongkong exchanging information for the past several years yesterday busted one of the largest rackets in international smuggling extending from the Far East through Sri Lanka to Europe.
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Rajitha, GL campaigning against Govt-UNP joint disaster relief ?

Some members of the UNP Working Committee are reportedly planning to take up certain statements attributed to Prof. G. L. Peiris and Dr. Rajitha Senaratne which are in conflict with the written proposals of the Working Committee sent to the President by the UNP leader.
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Tsunami destroys 90 Local Government institutions

by Uditha Kumarasinghe

A total of 90 local Government Institutions and regions under their purview in the Southern, Western and North East Provinces were completely destroyed in the tsunami tidal wave catastrophe.
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Other Stories

• Lamp lighting canard shot down
  
  
• Special talks on tsunami victims' resettlement
  
  
• NCPA alert against child smuggling
  
  
• Committee to inquire into admissions issue
  
  
• Two tsunami prison escapees killed in police shootout
  
  
• Adhistana Pooja's theme song praised
  
  
• Samsung Networks gives $ 100,000 for tsunami victims
  
  
• We will put tourism back on track - Anura
  
  
• Minister seeks donors' assistance to rehabilitate damaged temples
  
  
• Foreign Minister visits Indian Naval ship
  
  
• Appeal to support tsunami hit journalists
  
  
• Canadian Prime Minister to visit Sri Lanka
  
  
• Trained counsellors for refugee camps
  
  
• Moving letter from Irish tsunami survivor family
  
  
• Two ship loads of dry rations, medical supplies and construction equipment from Pakistan
  
  
• Dutch aid to renovate damaged Galle and KKS ports
  
  
• Relief package on ration cards for tsunami victims
  
  
• UNHCR Deputy Chief to visit Lanka next week
  
  
• US Congressional delegation impressed
  
  
• More graduates for health sector
  
  
• News in brief

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