12 dead, 100 injured in station blast

At least 12 people were killed and 100 injured, 10 of them critically, as an LTTE female suicide cadre blew herself inside the Colombo Fort Railway Station yesterday. Among the dead were four students from a leading boys school in Colombo.

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President most capable leader - opinion poll

EIGHTY SIX per cent of participants in a Nielsen-Sunday Times opinion poll have expressed optimism that real peace can be achieved in Sri Lanka while 81 per cent believed that all ethnic groups would be able to live in harmony.

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Eradicating terrorism, poverty challenges before us - President

Sri Lanka has two challenges as the country completes 60 years of freedom. One is the challenge of eradicating terrorism and the other eradicating poverty, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said.

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60th National Day ceremony at Galle Face

The 60th National Independence Day celebrations will be held on a grand scale. The main function at Galle Face will be presided by President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

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Janashakthi Insurance to go for an IPO

JANASHAKTHI INSURANCE, Sri Lanka’s leading insurance company will go for an Initial Public Offering shortly, its sources said. General Manager, Sales and Marketing, Ravi Liyanage told Daily News Business that the directive IBSL made of all insurance companies to be listed in the CSE had prompted them to take this decision.

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