New Constitution will ensure supremacy of people'

from Ranil Wijayapala in Badulla

President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga said yesterday that a new Constitution should be created to ensure the supremacy of the people and to reflect the people's power in the legislature following the August 21 referendum.
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Vanniyele Atto calls on LTTE to negotiate

from our Kataragama Group and Special Correspondents

Vanniyele Atto Chieftain Uruvarige Vanniya urged LTTE leader Velupillai Prabakaran to negotiate with the Government and find a political solution to the present crisis and help achieve lasting peace in the country.
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SLPA Chief assures: Port Safe

by Ravi Ladduwahetty

Stringent security measures which were enforced in the Colombo Port five years ago have eliminated cause for panic, Sri Lanka Ports Authority Chairman, former Navy Commander, Admiral Mohan Samarasekera told the `Daily News' last night.
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Sri Lanka and Madagascar agree to establish Diplomatic Relations

Sri Lanka and Madagascar have reached agreement to establish, with effect from July 27, 2001, diplomatic relations on the basis of the provisions of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
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• Woman drug trafficker held

• Three NUA MPs face expulsion from PA

• Ratnapura triple murder case: Policeman transferred for recording statement

• Vanniyale Aththo take up milk production

• Three policemen remanded

• Police refuse to entertain complaint against colleague

• Railway stations to cater to daily needs of commuters

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