The 42nd death anniversary of Prime Minister S.W.R.D.Bandaranaike and the first death anniversary of Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike was held yesterday at Horagolla. President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga pays floral tribute at the Bandaranaike Samadhi.

Mass protests against LTTE conscription

by M. Suaib

A delegation of peace activists from Batticaloa has told the senior LTTE leaders that mass protests could erupt if it persists in continuing with its forced conscription of youth.
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Hambantota port project gets going

by Ravi Ladduwahetty

The Government will be awarding the tender for a feasibility study of the megabuck Hambantota Port Project on October 8, Minister of Ports, Shipping and Fisheries Mahinda Rajapakse told the Daily News yesterday.
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Settlement likely in Sunday Times case

by Rodney Martinesz

A settlement in the "Sunday Times" case where its Editor Sinha Ratnatunga was found guilty for criminally defaming President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, appeared imminent with counsel for all parties agreeing to the compromise formula suggested by Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva for terminating the case.
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Power cut: No immediate reduction

by Ranil Wijayapala

The total storage of the hydro reservoirs rose to 215.3 GWh by yesterday with heavy rainfall in the Laxapana complex catchment areas increasing the total storage capacity to 17.1 per cent, CEB sources told the Daily News yesterday.
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Other Stories

• Thousands pay homage at Horogolla Samadhi

• Water supply back to normal in greater Colombo

• Production of seed potatoes in N-Eliya

• Overhead bridge near Peradeniya Engineering Faculty

• Plans to develop highways via Gampola

• VTA to train 30,000 youth

• Service Chiefs pay tribute to US terrorist attack victims

• State Literary Festival winners announced

• Amnesty cautious Bush

• Massive humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan

• President J.R. Jayewardene's 95th birth anniversary

• Pay no money to join the queue

• Four Dick Wittingtons

• Hospitals to be upgraded

• Over Rs. 1000 million to irrigate Monaragala

• Robbers axe and plunder world's biggest sandalwood tree

• Green light for travel to Sri Lanka

• BMC, Ind-Sri in strategic alliance

• News in brief

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