WB endorses US$ 900 m for Lanka
Broad development envisaged under Country
Assistance Strategy:
The World Bank has endorsed a lending package of
US$900 million under the Country Assistance Strategy for Sri Lanka
for the period July 2008 to June 2011. The envisaged lending package
for the Sri Lanka CAS was endorsed by the World Bank’s Executive
Directors at a recent meeting.
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Tigers must disarm before peace talks - President
President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that supporters
of the LTTE were able to raise millions of pounds each year from the
Tamil community in Britain, some of whom were coerced into donating
the money.
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Foreigner with police ‘star medals’ in custody
A foreign national with a stock of 1,400 ‘star
medals’ worn by the police top brass was taken into custody near the
Kandy Selva Vinayagar Kovil by the Kandy police headquarters on
Thursday.
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Cost cutting programme at Premier’s Office
The Prime Minister’s Office has launched a
programme to cut down the fuel, electricity and water costs, to be
implemented on the instruction of Prime Minister Ratnasiri
Wickramanayaka.
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