International Cricket Council (ICC) President Malcolm Gray hands over the ICC Champions Trophy to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who opened the 12-nation cricket tournament at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo yesterday while Sports Minister Johnston Fernando, ICC Chief Executive Malcolm Speed and Interim Committee Chairman Hemaka Amarasuriya look on. The trophy will be presented to the winner of the final match scheduled to be played on September 29. Above: A dance item from the colourful opening ceremony.

Commends government for peace moves, fiscal reforms: IMF predicts 4 per cent growth in economy

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its latest report on Sri Lanka issued yesterday predicted an economic growth of 3.5 per cent to 4 percent by end of 2002.
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Raise LTTE truce violations during talks - President

President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga yesterday requested Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to ensure that truce violations by the LTTE are discussed during the peace talks starting on Monday.
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ADB funds Revenue Authority

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Sri Lanka has signed an agreement for a study to improve public sector resource management, including support for the establishment of the Revenue Authority.
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Positive response from British investors

Minister G.L. Peiris yesterday invited the British business community to invest more in Sri Lanka, taking advantage of the conducive climate created by the peace process.
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Over Rs. 4.2 m worth wooden sleepers lying idle at Port

by Manjula Fernando

Over Rs. 4.25 million worth of wooden sleepers imported by the Railways Department from Australia last December, are now lying idle at the Colombo Port causing great inconvenience and a loss to the Ports Authority, official sources told the Daily News yesterday.
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PM leaves for New York today

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will leave for New York today to brief political and business leaders on the peace process and highlight investment opportunities in Sri Lanka.
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