President tells countrymen:

Let us turn tears of anguish into smiles of triumph - Maiden reconstruction programme from Hambantota

by Ranil Wijayapala

The Government will commence rebuilding the country, which was struck by the tsunami catastrophe on December 26, from Hambantota on January 19 with the launching of the housing scheme for the homeless, President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga said yesterday.
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Govt aid for tsunami hit SMIs

by Uditha Kumarasinghe

The Government has decided to grant immediate relief to owners of small and large scale business ventures destroyed by the tsunami tidal wave in the form of support loans upto a maximum of Rs.5 million to help these affected entrepreneurs in the rebuilding task.
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Life limps back to normality in Batticaloa

from Ranil Wijayapala in the tsunami affected East

Thousands of tsunami affected victims in the Batticaloa district are returning to their homes as Government officials supported by the Security Forces have started issuing dry rations to help them settle down.
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• US Deputy Defence Secretary in Lanka today

• God Speaks to man in many ways - Auxiliary Bishop

• Ministry sends 1389 graduates to Tsunami camps

• Provision of relief aid to children affected by Tsunami

• "We need to lay roots for better future," says ADB President Chino

• Food and essential items on ration card from next week

• Tsunami museum, film planned

• Judge Karunaratne pays glowing tribute to Judge Sarath Ambepitiya

• Sudi Arabia repatriates 122 stranded Sri Lankan workers

• Nine 'mothers' claim tsunami baby

• Spate of robberies torment residents

• Tsunami silver lining seen for war on malnutrition

• Code of conduct for Maha Sangha to protect reverence

• Vehicles found after tsunami disaster

• Sorrow registered in the faces of Sri Lankan passengers

• Man who robbed tsunami victims pays the price

• News in brief

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