20/01/2003 - Daily News
Regaining Sri Lanka - blueprint for Tokyo Donor Conference - Yasushi Akashi
'Regaining Sri Lanka' is the blueprint for the Tokyo Donor Conference scheduled for mid March, the Japanese Government's Special Representative to Sri Lanka's Peace Process Yasushi Akashi told the Daily News at the Colombo Hilton on Saturday night...
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20/01/2003 - The Island
India this, India that, what is the confusion brigade's game plan?
There is no doubt that India is Sri Lanka’s most important neighbour and friend, more because we have so many similarities be it our language, Buddhism or culture...
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21/01/2003 - Daily News
Management handover to IBIS only after payment
The management of the CTB's six cluster bus companies will not be handed over to IBIS of UK until and unless the investor submits the 60 per cent of the total value to the Government, the Transport Ministry said yesterday...
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21/01/2003 - The Island
Touching-up the picture
A highly reputed pedagogue of a bygone era in Ceylon had a pithy saying which he often used on his pupils: the first time might be an accident, the second time could be a coincidence...
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22/01/2003 - The Island
CBK-PM talks on structure of state
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe…led a government delegation for talks with President Chandrika Kumaratunga…discussed a range of issues…at a separate meeting, the President and Prime Minister, accompanied by Minister Moragoda and Lakshman Kadirgamar discussed developments relating to the ongoing talks between the government and the…
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22/01/2003 - The Island
President, PM discuss national issues
President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, accompanied by Ministers K. N. Choksy and Milinda Moragoda and officials, held a meeting yesterday...
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25/1/2003 - The Island
Editorial - Compulsory military service
The proposal of compulsory military service that has been resurfaced, by Minister Milinda Moragoda, is evoking much interest even though the topic of the times is about peace...
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26/01/2003 - Sunday Times
PM instructs CoL be brought down
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has instructed both the Finance Minister and Economic Reforms Minister to inquire as to why the consumer continues to suffer despite the Government introducing several concessions to bring down the cost of living...
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27/01/2003 - Daily News
PM directs plans to reduce COL
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has directed the Cost of Living Reduction Committee to submit its recommendations within a week on how to stop the escalation of prices of essential commodities...
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28/01/2003 - Daily News
British Minister Mike O’Brien in Sri Lanka
British Foreign Office Minister Mike O’Brien…He will be meeting Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, Minister G.L. Peiris, Minister Milinda Moragoda and other senior officials to discuss the progress of the peace process and other matters of bilateral interest…
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