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President urges all Heads of State Corporations:

PRESIDENT Mahinda Rajapaksa urged all Heads of State Corporations to perform a more exemplary service with diligence and commitment to make the envisaged goals of the Mahinda Chintana Ten year Plan’ a reality.

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‘SriLankan given ample notice on President’s travel plans’

SriLankan Airlines has been given ample prior notice regarding President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s travel plans from London on December 13, a senior member of the Presidential delegation disclosed yesterday.

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Prabhakaran won’t allow amicable solution - Devananda

Holding talks with the Tigers’ shadowy leader would be a blunder and there will be no peace unless he is killed, Sri Lankan militant-turned-minister Douglas Devananda has warned.

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India to play key role in oil quest

India will be a key player in the Sri Lankan oil and gas exploration in the Cauvery Bay of the Gulf of Mannar which is set to begin in March next year.

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Power Gas Lanka; third player in local market

Power Gas Lanka (Pvt) Limited with an Australian joint venture company will invest US $ five million to enter the local market as the third player in the Sri Lanka’s LP (liquid Petroleum) gas industry.

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