Parliament will not be dissolved, says Mangala
 

GOVERNMENT Spokesman and Information and Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera yesterday scoffed a report in an English daily that President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga was intending to dissolve Parliament and go for an election. The Minister in a media release expressed doubt whether this was an April Fool's Day joke or a day dream of those who want to topple the Government.

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Religious ceremonies mark UPFA's first anniversary
 

THE United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) Government will mark its first anniversary today with religious ceremonies in the Anuradhapura city with the participation of leaders representing all constituent parties. The religious ceremonies are scheduled to commence with Buddhist religious observances from the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi.

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