Govt Analyst's Dept hit by drugs racket

The Criminal Investigation Department has uncovered a massive drug racket at the Government Analyst's Department following the arrest of four employees of the Department and a Sub-Inspector attached to a Colombo police station.

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More commitment needed, FM tells expats

Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama called on the expatriate community in various parts of the world to give a greater degree of commitment to help Sri Lanka towards a better tomorrow.

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Additional 100 buses to SLTB fleet in two weeks

The Government has added nearly 100 new buses to the State bus service within the last two weeks at a cost of Rs. 220 million. According to the Transport Ministry, the new buses were distributed among seven SLTB depots islandwide including the Kirindiwela, Avissawella, Galle, Trincomalee, Batticaloa, Valachchanai and Kalmunai depots to strengthen the State bus service in rural areas.

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	MAS Go Beyond

Exhibition: The ‘Adyapana’ exhibition organised by Lanka Exhibition and Conference Services concluded at the BMICH last week. The main aim of the event was to create an opportunity to many Sri Lankan students who are deprived of entering local universities every year. The sponsor of the event was Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. Picture by Saliya Rupasinghe

FINO to win non-banking community

Fifty per cent of the population is still are not utilising banking facilities and by introducing Financial-Information Network and Operations Ltd., technology this gap could be breached.

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