Foremost priority North-East education

LTTE ruined Tamil students' aspirations, says Government :

The Government Peace Secretariat yesterday reiterated that education of children in the North-East remains a foremost priority of the Government and that it was the LTTE which ruined the aspirations of talented Tamil students and pushing the population into a war situation.

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Vakarai resettlement begins

The Government will commence the resettlement of 4,000 families of Internally Displaced People in their original places in Vakarai today providing a proper security.

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US-Lanka sign mutual defence pact

Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and U.S. Ambassador Robert O. Blake yesterday signed a logistical agreement between the two countries, providing a framework for increased cooperation in the field of defence, the US embassy announced last night.

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Mobitel rings in 'Smart' path to customer satisfaction

Business in 2006 has been "phenomenally good" for Mobitel (Pvt) Ltd, which has seen its share in the local mobile telephone market grow in excess of 100 percent. As Mobitel's CEO Suren J. Amarasekera reveals in this interview, one of the secrets of his company's success has been its insightful strategy of focusing sharply on the consumers' needs.

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